A master musician, a film producer and actor, best known as the lead guitarist and occasionally lead vocalist of The Beatles, George Harrison was born February 25, 1943, in Liverpool, Merseyside, England. He was also the youngest of four children, … Continue reading
Hendrix performs the blues masterpiece “Red House” at a 1969 gig in Stockholm, Sweden. Astonishingly, Hendrix did not pick up a guitar until he was 15 years old. That means his life on the guitar from first note to its end was … Continue reading
Jimi and Buddy play together! James Marshall Hendrix was born on November 27, 1942 in Seattle, Washington. Jimi, whose parents refused to buy him a guitar, found a one-stringed ukulele in the trash and studiously learned to play songs by ear. His career took off … Continue reading
Parading to remember and celebrate. The Allen Toussaint Funeral Procession will be remembered as a befitting memorial to an American musical hero. It’s an old New Orleans tradition – and it’s never been done better. Allen Toussaint, one of the giants of New … Continue reading
From the confines of his own living room at his home in Chicago at the intersection of Dante and 41st Street for Steve and Ronnog Seaburg in 1965, J. B. Lenoir conjures up the roll of thunder and a spark … Continue reading
November 16th, 1968 : Jimi Hendrix – Electric Ladyland #1 The Jimi Hendrix Experience went to No.1 on the US album chart with Electric Ladyland. The double album included Crosstown Traffic, Voodoo Chile and All Along the Watchtower and featured guest … Continue reading
I’ve posted about the tragedy of Glen Campbell before. The recently released story of the Rhinestone Cowboy, Glen Campbell, entitled I’ll Be Me is a difficult view. I hadn’t seen it previously, and was somewhat nervous to see it, as I … Continue reading
Mike Mainieri and his New Steps Ahead group from 2005. Brilliant! The first line-up of the group originally known as Steps in the period 1979-1981, as can be read on the live album Smokin’ in the Pit, consisted of Michael … Continue reading
Allen Toussaint is one of the most influential songwriters/musicians in American music. Toussaint grew up in a shotgun house in the New Orleans neighborhood of Gert Town, where his mother, Naomi Neville (whose name he later adopted pseudonymously for some … Continue reading