The best part of our regular visits to South Carolina farm country involved all of us sitting around to watch him play this guitar. On a good day, my great grandmother would accompany him on autoharp and the rest of the family would kick in with improvised vocal harmonies. For me, this...
So when I was thinking of how to do it, I came to think of Joni Mitchell’s re-recording of “Both Sides Now.” That seemed to sum up a lot of the things that I was feeling and thinking when I was making these re-issues. That song just hits you so hard when it’s re-recorde...
On lead single "Spite," he’s pulled between longing and resentment in the wake of the break-up over a bouncing guitar riff. Second single "Dispose of Me" finds Apollo heartsick and feeling abandoned as he laments, "It don’t matter if it’s 25 years, 25 months/ It don...
The great unveiling: StillJReming is Jean-Rene Ella, and though I’ve never met the man, he taught me how to play guitar. more Nov 17, 2009 Gabe Birnbaum AEM021 Cuddle Magic It would be easy to accuse Cuddle Magic of being Luddites if only they weren’t making music about a hund...
Santana (1970): Carlos Santana's shamanistic guitar served as the lodestar as his band brilliantly stirred in elements of rock, salsa, jazz and blues -- completely transforming Tito Puente's "Oye Como Va" and Fleetwood Mac's "Black Magic Woman" along the way. ...
Santana (1970): Carlos Santana's shamanistic guitar served as the lodestar as his band brilliantly stirred in elements of rock, salsa, jazz and blues -- completely transforming Tito Puente's "Oye Como Va" and Fleetwood Mac's "Black Magic Woman" along the way. ...
Santana (1970): Carlos Santana's shamanistic guitar served as the lodestar as his band brilliantly stirred in elements of rock, salsa, jazz and blues -- completely transforming Tito Puente's "Oye Como Va" and Fleetwood Mac's "Black Magic Woman" along the way. ...
Learning to Play the Ukulele There are seven basic major and minor ukulele chords, and they can be played using between one and four fingers. The chords are: A(m); B(m); C(m); D(m); E(m); F(m); G(m); If you already feel comfortable playing guitar, you'll get into the ...
Timing is perhaps Hugo 2’s strongest suit of all – it brings absolutely believable unity to ensemble music. That Michael Jackson tune features both brass and strings sections in addition to the more standard bass/guitar/keyboard/drums rock’n’roll line-up, but there’s never any suggestion...
i’m going to go glam for clothing, hair, and makeup. but then the performance is going to be like a barroom. it’s going to be plugging a guitar into an amp and playing rock and roll music with no bells and whistles. the reason why i always say bar and busking is that whe...