Great jam from 2013 with Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite.
Walter Trout kicks Joe Bonamassa loose at the Winter Park “Blues From The Top” music festival in 2007.
Anders Osborne slides into Swamp/Soca/Reggae mashup with a nice groove.
Great stuff to rock you for a while. Have a great weekend, folks, and we’ll be back tomorrow whether you like it or not.
1922 beauties and fashions in color [via].
Anonymous octogenarian walks into a guitar store and doesn’t play “Smoke On The Water.”
This guy nails the styles and acknowledges that there are caption typos in the vid. The Utoobage post has the entire list.
Jeff Healey (with Dr. John) had a killer jam recorded in 1988.
Have a great weekend, folks. Rock on wit yo bad sef.
Great Grampa Strutts and his sons were painters. I tried it once, but didn’t have the proper equipment.
“Unsatisfying” by Parallel Studio.
PPAP is mildly disturbing.
[h/t Bunkessa.]
JJ Grey & Mofro cranked some swamp soul at the Peoria Blues Fest on 31 August 2013. Lotta recognizable influences, especially Joe Cocker.
Have a great weekend folks.
Self explanatory slippery wreckage with an appropriate soundtrack. (Here’s another version with a Canuck/Reggae/Punk soundtrack.)
Is it too early for a Christmas jam? Nah.
Yeah, I didn’t recognize Eric Clapton, but you can’t miss John Popper, and I can’t keep the image of John Belushi out of my head while listening to him.
Sorry about that, but I’ll make up for it. Lookee here:
Mitica scena del film “The Blues Brothers” in cui Jake e Elwood entrano nel ghetto per andare a reclutare Matt Guitar Murphy e Blue Lou Marini. Eccezionali le performance di John Lee Hooker (è proprio lui che canta il suo stesso pezzo Boom Boom Boom) e di Aretha Franklyn, che interpreta la moglie di Matt.
Vi auguriamo un grande fine della settimana, la gente. Ci vediamo di nuovo qui domani per più divertente.
Mississippi John Hurt sings a classic spiritual.
[That one’s for you, Calo.]
Jimi Hendrix – no slouch on a reversed and restrung 12-string.
Stevie Ray Vaughan burns it. The clip is apparently from a television show in France, date unknown. Some think that may be an impostor because his face is hidden, but I seriously doubt that any impostor who plays like that would need to pretend.
Have a great weekend folks.
I honestly don’t know what to make of it, but thanks to Bunkarina you get to see it, too. Reminded me of this viral vid from 2006:
Matt Harding was an internet sensation back then, and I was surprised to hear the soundtrack, lifted from a relatively obscure CD from 1992 that I own but don’t recall buying.
“Where The Hell Is Matt?” reminded me of this classic prank:
That innocent stunt still makes me grin.
Iron Horse Bluegrass consists of Tony Robinson (mandolin), Vance Henry (Guitar), Anthony Richardson (banjo) and Ricky Rogers (bass). Iron Horse has recorded twelve projects for CMH Records. Tributes to Metallica, Led Zeppelin, Ozzy Osbourn, Modest Mouse, The Shins, Guns & Roses, The Goo Goo Dolls, Hank Williams, Black label Society as well as others. [h/t Aussie Phil.]
Danny Gatton is a national treasure.
Have a great weekend, folks. There’s more fun on the horizon.
Way too few Little Isidore videos in this world IMO. (Click that link to be amazed.)
Rhett & Link, singin’ the order… then they had to pay for it. Posted in 2009, here’s the caption:
Yes! the guy’s reaction is totally authentic. He had no idea we were coming, and he really got the order right (almost right). We couldn’t believe it either, so we understand the questions….
[h/t Octopus.]
To those suffering the wrath and aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, here’s this:
Dead & Company. Pretty decent lineup, including Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann & John Mayer.
This is also appropriate, even though Texas wasn’t hit by the hurricane.
To my friends on the East Coast, stay safe.
Herd mentality experiment [via].
That explains a lot.
This is THE rope trick [via]. Now let’s rock and roll.
Kim Wilson has always amazed me. One of the best blues harp players around, Wilson doesn’t get the recognition he deserves, IMO. I’m no slouch on a Hohner chromatic with a Ham Radio bullet mic, but I sure as hell can’t pull off what he does.
Kim Wilson & The Fabulous Thunderbirds (featuring Jimmy Vaughan) jam with Stevie Ray Vaughan in a tribute to Ray Charles‘ classic “What’d I Say” circa 1984.
Have a great weekend, folks, and remember to put your Flag out on Sunday if only for the passengers and crew of Flight 93.
I was looking for a live performance of “Brazil” (perhaps by Xavier Cugat) to commemorate the Competitions of the Grecian Gods, but instead we must settle for The Theme Song to Terry Gilliam’s Brazil as performed by Geoffrey Muldaur. He was famous for marrying Maria Grazia Rosa Domenica D’Amato who recorded some popular songs in 1973 about putting camels to bed, and another one about feeling her leg.
There’s no live performance for that one, so I looked for some more Olympics-themed stuff.
The Olympics sound a lot like another Lieber & Stoller product to me, but so what.
Yep. There be the Olympians of Eefin’ and Hambone, Jimmy Riddle & Jackie Phelps.
Let’s go back to Maria Grazia Rosa Domenica D’Amato (aka Maria Muldaur) and the leg feeling stuff. What a sultry voice.
This version by Tuba Skinny is a bit closer to Blue Lu Barker’s 1946 original.
Have a great weekend, folks, and we’ll be back tomorrow with more stuff that’s too hot to handle and too cold to hold.
Robin Trower‘s album Bridge of Sighs was a gold record in 1974. (According to Trower, the title song was named for a racehorse that was named after il Ponte dei Sospiri).
Procul Harum in 2013(?) playing their 1967 hit “Whiter Shade of Pale,” featuring Gary Brooker, Keith Reid, Matthew Fisher, Robin Trower, Chris Copping.
Okay, the slow dance is over. Let’s crank it up.
Clarence Gatemouth Brown (1924-2005) burns through “Pressure Cooker” and “Up Jumped The Devil.” Amazing musician, and his 1981 album “Alright Again!” is one of my favorites.
Have a great weekend folks, wherever you are.
Tacky Raccoons 