I've posted this before but the link is broken, so why not. Danny Gatton was a true Master of the Telecaster, while Joey DeFrancesco was one of the spearheads of the B3 revival in the nineties. Here they work out on a Thelonious Monk classic.
Friday, September 4, 2015
Thursday, September 3, 2015
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
The Doors - Aura Studio Demos
The Doors made their first studio recordings fifty years ago (h/t Glide magazine). Fame was still a couple of years away. Here Morrison sounds very young, the whole sound is unfinished, but the results are still fascinating.
The band here was Morrison, Ray Manzarek, and John Densmore, plus Ray’s brothers Rick Manczarek on guitar and Jim Manczarek on harmonica, along with a woman playing bass whose name is lost in the mists of time. Manczarek's brothers and the bassist would fall away, Robby Krieger would join, and the world would open up to them.
The band here was Morrison, Ray Manzarek, and John Densmore, plus Ray’s brothers Rick Manczarek on guitar and Jim Manczarek on harmonica, along with a woman playing bass whose name is lost in the mists of time. Manczarek's brothers and the bassist would fall away, Robby Krieger would join, and the world would open up to them.
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Monday, August 31, 2015
Krugman on Katrina, Trump, and the Lessons of Recent History
The things that Krugman says seem pretty obvious, but very few people seem to be saying them.
What we should have learned from Katrina, in other words, was that political poseurs with nothing much to offer besides bluster can nonetheless fool many people into believing that they’re strong leaders. And that’s a lesson we’re learning all over again as the 2016 presidential race unfolds.
You probably think I’m talking about Donald Trump, and I am. But he’s not the only one.
What we should have learned from Katrina, in other words, was that political poseurs with nothing much to offer besides bluster can nonetheless fool many people into believing that they’re strong leaders. And that’s a lesson we’re learning all over again as the 2016 presidential race unfolds.
You probably think I’m talking about Donald Trump, and I am. But he’s not the only one.
Sunday, August 30, 2015
John Peel's Desert Island Discs
John Peel, longtime and deeply influential British DJ, plus the force behind all those Peel Session releases, was born on this date in 1939.
Saturday, August 29, 2015
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