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Joe Bonamassa: The Ballad of John Henry
Utica, NY. Famous for Chicken Riggies, The Utica Boliermaker road race, Saranac beer, Half-Moon cookies, Tomato Pie, Pusties, and Joe Bonamassa. Bonamassa is a blues-rock guitarist/singer, and lists Eric Clapton amongst his influences. The Ballad of John Henry is featured on his 2000 album of the same name, John Henry being a [...]
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 [...]
The White Stripes: Suzy Lee / We’re Going to be Friends
This is one of the few ‘love’ songs by Jack White of The White Stripes. Suzy Lee is heavily influenced by early Blues music, and you could almost imagine Led Zeppelin creating this song in the late 60’s… yes, this is the era this song belongs to. The White Stripes, a duo [...]
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 [...]
Grateful Dead: Truckin’
Wow. It’s not every day I can write about a song that is was regarded by the US Library of Congress as a National Treasure. And I have more good news, Nicholas Cage is nowhere in sight! The Grateful Dead released this treasure in 1970 on their album, “American Beauty” and this [...]
The Blues Brothers: Peter Gunn Theme
a href=”http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080455/” target=”blank”>The Blues Brothers is my all-time favorite musical movie. I would even go so far as say that this is my all time favorite of all movies! The script is packed full of memorable quotes (”We’re on a mission from God”), and a star studded cast that includes Carie Fisher, [...]
