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Small Faces: Whatcha Gonna Do About It
“Whatcha Gonna Do About It” was the debut single which the British Mod group Small Faces released in 1966 (A great year for music). The Small Faces were initially heavily influenced by American R&B. The melody was written by Small Faces songwriting duo Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane, and was influenced by Solomon [...]
Louis Jordan: Ain’t That Just Like A Woman
And so it continues. I started out on Monday with the Beach Boys having “Fun, Fun, Fun“, which led me on to Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. Goode“, and today here I am with Louis Jordan, a famed pioneer of Jazz, Rock & Roll and Rhythm & Blues music. The connection between the [...]
ZZ Top: La Grange
Well, I know this song pretty well, and know ZZ Top wrote and sing it, but what I didn’t know were the names of the three members of ZZ Top. I know of their beards (how is one able to sleep with such long facial hair), their tendency to always wear sunglasses in public [...]
The Yardbirds: Smokestack Lightning
The Yardbirds started the careers of three of the most influential guitarists of all time, namely Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page. The trio never shared the stage together (what a super-group that would have been), though Beck and Page did combine to play a lead guitar duo for a brief stint [...]
John Lee Hooker: Boom Boom
I’m not a big listener of Blues music, but I do have a lot of respect for Blues artists. They were the foundation blocks of rock music, and without artists such as John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters and B.B.King we may never have had rock bands such as The Rolling Stones or [...]
