Friday, May 27, 2005
The Doors
The Doors were an incredible band. Jim Morrison was a creative force in the history of rock. He was called Dionysus by his fellow band mates. Their best song was Touch Me which was a brilliant symphony of rock that included all kinds of instruments. Horns, strings and the great Doors band...
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Monday, May 23, 2005
Dire Straits
Mark Knopfler is the chief Dire Strait and he is enormously talented. He is a guitar player and film music composer and the main songwriter for Dire Straits. The Sultans of Swing is probably their biggest hit but they have had many others as well. Money for Nothing was also a huge hit for them....
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Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Bob Marley and the Wailers
Bob Marley was a legend in his own right before he became known as the father of Ziggy Marley. His band was the Wailers and they had enormous raggae hits in the seventies. No Woman No Pride was perhaps their biggest hit. Jamming was another hit. Would You Be Loved? Buffalo Soldier were other hits....
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Tuesday, May 3, 2005
Cream
Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker were the three best men at their instruments. Clapton played guitar, Bruce played bass and Baker played drums. The three formed an unholy alliance out of which was born the band Cream as they were the cream of the crop of musicians. The trio was the...
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Monday, April 18, 2005
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello has been a huge favorite of mine for years. He first gained fame as the leader of Elvis Costello and the Attractions, but later dropped the Attractions to become famous by himself. Sometimes he still heads the Attractions and he has another group (or perhaps the same group) called the...
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Thursday, April 14, 2005
The Clash
The Clash was a great group of the late 70s and early 80s. Joe Strummer was the heart and soul of this group and he died last September of a heart attack so there can be little hope of a reunion. Strummer played guitar and sang. Mick Jones also sang and played guitar and Paul Simonon played bass....
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Friday, April 8, 2005
Chicago Transit Authority/Chicago
Chicago Transit Authority is the original name of the group that ultimately became Chicago. Chicago followed the idea of the group Blood,Sweat and Tears and offered a brass section of horns to a smoking guitar, bass and drums to expand a rock group to a rock/jazz fusion. Robert Lamm was Chicago's...
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Saturday, April 2, 2005
Marshal Crenshaw
Marshal Crenshaw is an energetic Buddy Hollyesque type of musician. On stage, he has energy and keeps pumping out the songs one after another. I think he's great. He has a similar format on almost all his songs rather like the Beatles when they first started out, and this format is about as...
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Sunday, March 27, 2005
David Bowie
David Bowie is wonderful. A talented musician, he is also a capable actor. He has made his main mark in music though and he is a mainstay in the history of rock n' roll. Probably one of his most symbolic songs is the song Changes because he has changed his image and they type of music he has played...
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Thursday, March 24, 2005
The Byrds, Roger Mc Guinn et al.
The Byrds were always headed by Roger Mc Guinn who, with his musical brilliance and charisma, always attracted terrific musicians into this band. Stephen Stills and David Crosby also played in this band and they had more permanent members like Gene Clark and Chris Hillman. Clarence White also played...
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