The Kinks - All Day and All of the Night
Saturday, 03 December 2016 23:26 | Written by bluesever | 
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The Kinks - All Day and All of the Night
In a September 2012 interview with Mojo magazine The Kinks’ Ray Davies recounted the tale: “The funniest thing was when my publisher came to me on tour and said The Doors had used the riff for ‘All Day And All Of The Night’ for ‘Hello, I Love You.’ I said rather than sue them, can we just get them to own up? My publisher said, ‘They have, that’s why we should sue them!’ (laughs) Jim Morrison admitted it, which to me was the most...
In a September 2012 interview with Mojo magazine The Kinks’ Ray Davies recounted the tale: “The funniest thing was when my publisher came to me on tour and said The Doors had used the riff for ‘All Day And All Of The Night’ for ‘Hello, I Love You.’ I said rather than sue them, can we just get them to own up? My publisher said, ‘They have, that’s why we should sue them!’ (laughs) Jim Morrison admitted it, which to me was the most...
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Leonard Cohen’s Famous Blue Raincoat
Sunday, 20 November 2016 11:03 | Written by bluelover |
Leonard Cohen’s Famous Blue Raincoat
Sometime in the early 1970s, a thief stole Leonard Cohen's old raincoat from Marianne Ihlen's New York apartment. (Marianne Ihlen was a Norwegian woman who was the muse and girlfriend of Leonard Cohen.) God only know what happened to it, but the thief almost certainly had no idea he was stealing an object that belongs in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, if not the Smithsonian. It was that very coat that inspired Cohen to write one of his most beloved and... On the Road Again (Canned Heat)
Sunday, 09 October 2016 20:29 | Written by bluesever |
On the Road Again (Canned Heat)
Canned Heat's debut hit single, "On the Road Again" is one of the finest examples of updating ancient Delta blues into the psychedelic era of Top 40 radio. Based on a basic E-G-A blues chord pattern, Al Wilson built on the basics by adding a droning ‘tambur’ to give the arrangement a contemporary feel and flavor. Underneath and above this is Wilson utilizing is best Skip James-inspired falsetto vocal, as well as guitar and blues harp. The single was a huge... |
The Grand Sonata – Liszt’s Piano Sonata in B Minor
Tuesday, 01 November 2016 15:07 | Written by bluesever |
The Grand Sonata – Liszt’s Piano Sonata in B Minor
What we can never deny is that Liszt and Chopin were the two that totally changed the piano technique, and we would not be wrong to say that not such an important advancement in piano technique has been made since what they did. Starting from the technique of using a coin on the wrist and then developing their études (either by Chopin or Liszt), it seems one of the big gaps ever jumped in the history of art. The Liszt Sonata in B... Moanin'
Monday, 26 September 2016 15:16 | Written by bluesever |
Moanin'
Benny Golson cajoled Jazz Messengers pianist Bobby Timmons into expanding a funky little lick into what would become one of the signature tunes of hard bop: “…I said, ‘OK, Bobby, that sounds good.’ And Lee [Morgan] and I learned it. Lee and I, for some reason, had the extraordinary ability to play and think and breathe exactly the same. And we never practiced it. I wasn’t aware of it myself ’til somebody pointed it out. We played exactly as one. I said, ‘OK, we’ve... |
