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… at least from a guitarists perspective. The topic : Chord Construction Formulas The author : Chris Juergensen.com
As the man says :
Kudos to Chris – a really interesting page.
‘Great’ footage from Swedish TV – featuring Jim and the boys over 40 years ago. Have to say that the camera man must have practiced really hard to NOT capture the detail.
Round about 1’26″ – as ‘the man’ starts the lead – camera dutifully focussed on Jimi’s face for 2 to 3 seconds before jumping across to see EXACTLY how that bass line was being played. PRICELESS ! Passed on – with thanks to : Gogo Surfer Tampa rocker (that would be ‘the FIFTH Tree Man’) – made both of his dreams come true
Nice human article about the other live guitarist that hangs around the stage when The Tree play live. Reminded me of these photos from a few years ago – taken in Camden Town, London when he and SW played to around 200 people in a record store.
Passed on – with thanks to : Tampa rocker made both of his dreams come true A Los Angeles (Echo Park) folk outfit signed to Chrysalis Music Publishing. Debut EP produced by Mike Daly (Whiskeytown) and Michael Beinhorn (Soundgarden, RHCP).  The band consists of Jason Mandell (vocals, guitar), Darice Bailey (keys, vocals), Jason Debo (bass, vocals) and JR Kurtz (drums). Also singing on the recordings is Sutter Zachman and Sara Watkins, a mainstay at the Largo scene in Los Angeles. Venues they have played to date include LA scenes – Largo (residency), Spaceland, Silverlake Lounge, the Bootleg Theater and even The Press in Claremont. Personally – I like the sound a lot. Riding that wave of Folk Rock that abounds – but a nice varied sound – and somehow different. Oh wait – actually – I agree with their label promotion … they are “minus the cuteness or irony that soaks so much of today’s folk music.” - Yup – that’s it. The Coals @ Chrsalis – their new label Passed on – with thanks to : Jason Mandel of the The Coals – who made me aware of the music and the release. Thankyou Jason Bobby G flagged originally – and both he and I have now posted to Facebook. Enjoy.
No one is going to argue that John is going to be a tremendous loss to the world of music. The magnitude of your agreement to that statement will be directly proportional to how well you are aquaintated with his body of work – it is extensive and wonderful. If you don’t know him now – try him out. A couple of samples here : May You Never
Solid Air – with Danny Thompson on Bass And, if you want to hear an example of why the reviewer writes : ” … utterly original guitar playing—just ask U2’s the Edge who’s entire style is based on Martyn’s—his early use of the wah wah pedal on an acoustic guitar, and more importantly for his employing loop and delay technology—preceding even Brian Eno’s and Robert Fripp’s …” Take a listen to Glistening Glindebourne Meanwhile – a quick extract form the All Music blog. (Why try to say anything in a different way, when it has already been said ?)
We were deeply saddened to learn that Scottish songwriter, guitarist, and true legend John Martyn passed away early on January 29, only weeks after being awarded Great Britain’s OBE (Order of the British Empire)–not bad for a rebellious lifelong Scotsman. His website announced his death with the words: “With heavy heart and an unbearable sense of loss we must announce that John died this morning.” As of this writing, the cause of that death is unknown but it hardly matters. What does is that in place of that gruff, slurring, dark, smoky voice and stunning guitar playing completely of his own design, is the silence, the gap, the void, the damn black hole in life that he filled by singing those unbearably emotional songs of his. … and it has to be said that the All Music Blog track selection from his albums is pretty ‘spot on’ … Solid Air and Glistening Glindebourne are both personal favorites. … read more on the All Music Blog, for the full bio and recap. It only seems like 35 years ago since I discovered Nektar … turns out it was 36 years ago – where does the time go ? Last Friday – a group of us from my old uni days got to together – and with typical philpin planning – though some of them travelled over two hundred miles – the venue was at my local – 200 yards I was reminded that night by my good friend Mr J Bilboa (a reader of this blog – alas – so far – not a contributor) that Nektar were playing the Borderline last night. I thought about it – couldn’t resist – and went. I am amazed that they are still going – though of course it is the creative force (Roye Albrighton) who is the constant (though the drummer is the original – the other two were relative newbies.) During the 72/73 time period – they were described as ‘the new Pink Floyd” – needless to say – just like our other heroes – the comparison does both bands a disservice. However – it likely came from the fact that at the time – the visual element of the band was so important that the guys responsible were listed as official members of the band. Floyd of course being famous for their visual effects that were built around and complemented their music (they always argued that the band and the people were secondary … well until they all fell out over who was the most important !!) The Nektar concert last night – very good. I was guessing Roye was in his late 50s last night – purely to do with how long he had been around – turns out he was born in 1949, so is 60 this coming February. His guitar playing last night was masterful – BUT I do remember it being better. Am off to rediscover Tab In The Ocean and Remember the Future – two definitive albums from 72 and 73 – and see if my memory has lost it – or he has …. Regardless – good concert – and well worth a little explore – their enitire back catalogue is streamed from their web site if you don’t want to fork out …. JB – thanks for making me go Just been watching a PBS thingy featuring ‘Bob’ … friggin awesome ‘string manager’ …. They say he is an “acoustic guitar virtuoso”. The Hendrix of the Accoustic Guitar …. do we know – any comments ? |
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