Browsing the archives for the guitar tag
The Outrider Tour Featured Jimmy Page’s Finest Playing Since 1973. This song, Emerald Eyes, is an instrumental from Jimmy Page’s Outrider album, and it really comes to life in concert. There’s 80′s cheese all over this. From the on the beat, soulless thudding of a 22 yr old Jason Bonham, to the icky tone… yes, [...]
Wouldn’t You Miss Me At All? Mick Rock’s Iconic Pic The Twilight World Of Syd Barrett Is Still A Mystery This new radio documentary about Pink Floyd’s legendary guitarist, and primary songwriter, doesn’t really shine any new light on Syd’s mysterious disappearance from the music world. It does have commentary from Syd’s sister, who was [...]
Jimmy Page And Ron Wood Sound Great Together Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) is old friends with Ron Wood (Rolling Stones), to the point of sharing Ronnie’s spouse for a time. Yes, it was the ’70′s. It was 2/13/75 in Uniondale, NY. Led Zeppelin (I believe they were some sort of sporting team. Lawn darts, I [...]
Django Reinhardt is one of the greatest guitarists in history. He’s tremendously influential, wicked cool, and incredibly vibrant and lyrical. He also played with two fingers. Holy shit, right? Les Paul was with him the day before he died, that’s how awesome he is. Check it out. His music is, without a doubt, the coolest [...]
Boolah Boolah, Youdopia. Great song. Clapton is spending the Sept of his years playing with who he wants. He told Rolling Stone that he always felt like a dick (paraphrasing here) because he pretty much just bailed on Blind Faith, because of drugs/fame. That’s why Clapton went underground (kinda) and went with Derek and the [...]
Youdopia, Les Paul is amazing. His playing is amazing. His impact of music is virtually unparalleled in the 20th Century. He invented multitrack recording (as demonstrated in the video above) and overdubs, he perfected the solid body electric guitar, he played with some of the greats like Bing Crosby, Chet Atkins, and of course, Mary [...]
Originally posted on The Toronto International Film Festival Page. The electric guitar has dominated popular music for the last half century. Anyone who has ever plugged into an amp understands its power. So does the average stadium crowd. But if you have too much exposure to amateurs, you might forget the incredible range of expression [...]
