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How to Play the Blues
Here is a step-by-step lesson on how to learn to play the Blues — the Texas Blues. 1. Learn from The Secret Guitar Player First, go over and over this video — the best lesson […]
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Best Texas Blues Guitarists Today
And impossible question to answer — but here goes: a list in no particular order: 1. D Man Out of Louisville, Kentucky. Had a band called D Man and the Alleycats with his brother Chris […]
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Song of the Year 2020 (& 2024 & Decade): “Pallets Full of Ballots” by Austin Forman
The Song of the Year for 2020 (and the Decade) was in my opinion, “Pallets Full of Ballots” by Austin Forman. Forman came out with the song days after the people behind Joe Biden apparently […]
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The Generator Parties in the California Desert that Led to Queens of the Stone Age
The story is so romantic; the music so good. The story of the psychedelic music concerts in the middle of the California desert in the early 1990’s by the ‘stoner’ group Kyuss, with guitarist Josh […]
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The Story of Francoise Hardy — Singer, Songwriter, Model, Actress
You can read about Francoise Hardy’s story on wikipeida. This is my story on Francoise Hardy’s story. What’s New Pussycat? I first saw Francoise at the end of the movie “What’s New Pussycat” staring Peter […]
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How to Use Youtube ‘Missile Command’ Easter Egg (to Defend Francoise Hardy)
It was my finest moment — using the Youtube Missile Command Easter Egg to defend Francoise Hardy. Except in the end I failed. It was November 2013 — youtube had introduced an Easter Egg that […]
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La Femme — French Psychedelic Band
La Femme is a psychedelic surf-guitar-dance-music band out of France that JUMPED on the music scene in 2013, with their phenomenal first album — Psycho Tropical Berlin. In short order they became the hottest band […]
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The Story of Steve Marriott — One of Best Singer/Lead Guitarists Ever
Steve Marriott was one of the greatest figures in Rock History, yet is completely unknown to many rock fans — even fans who have spent their lives listening to Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, the DOORS, […]
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Story of a Song: Etymology of ‘Marrakesh Express’ by CSN
Marrakesh Express is an amazing song melodically as well as lyrically — it tells a story of a journey to Marrakesh. It was written by Graham Nash, and was a big hit in 1969 for […]
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The Story of Robin Trower — Legendary Guitarist & Touring Now
My Robin Trower Back Story I was working in the Queensboro Public Library, Forest Hills Branch (Queens, NYC) in the summer of 1980 in a college summer job I landed with the NYC government. It […]