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Here is the wonderful Ms. Winehouse from 2005. One can only hope that there is someone or something which can help her regain this kind of physical and musical presence.
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I can’t express how good this clip is so you’ll just have to watch it. Graham Bond from 1965 with Ginger Baker on drums and Jack Bruce on bass (and harmonica) with Dick Heckstall-Smith on sax from the film “Gonks Go Beat”. The film also starred Terry Scott, Kenneth Connor, Arthur Mullard and Lulu! (info [...]
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I had a series running on my previous blog entitled The Blues Masters. Time to revive it with this extraordinary video featuring Hound Dog Taylor, His wife Koko Taylor, Little Walter and Hubert Sumlin. During the performance the camera pans out to reveal Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, presumably the next “act”.
Great sound quality and [...]
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I’d like to thank Karen for the latest batch of images from Castle Rocks. I particularly liked this one.
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After months of meticulous planning, Castle Rocks Rock and Blues Bash goes ahead tonight at Dumbarton Masonic Hall. We are all looking forward to a nice big cheque being handed over to Bobath Scotland who help children with cerebral palsy. The event was the brain child of Allan Sneddon to whom the successful outcome of [...]
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This weekend saw the other 3 members of Harmonica Lewinsky and myself, along with a coach load of other musicians of varying abilities, take to the road for a weekend “jam session” in Gosforth, Cumbria. The location of the village is a few miles from Winscale/Sellafield Nuclear Power Station. As I had mentioned, the fee [...]
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Some things to bear in mind before watching this video. 1) Doc Watson is 85 years old 2) He has been blind since before his first birthday and 3) This is an impromtu performance where he tries out a new guitar he’s never played before.
He got the nickname “Doc” during a live radio broadcast when the [...]
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Unfortunately this video doesn’t allow ambedding but the usual drill in such cases - just double click the Youtube logo to view what is the coolest video you will watch today. Here is what the poster of the clip (Jane) has written about it:
Jammin’ the Blues is a 1944 short film in which several prominent jazz musicians [...]
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