More on Jeff Beck and the reverse headstock White strat . . . . .not strictly a left handed stock at all and made that way round by Todd Krause
Personally I don’t know I would get on with it and the machine heads would be best on top for easier tuning but maybe thats just me
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Jesse Lee Kincaid - Baby You Come Rollin’ Cross My Mind (1967)
Jesse Lee Kincaid was a founding member of Rising Sons with Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder. After Rising Sons disbanded, he recorded a few singles before heading to Europe. This excellent folk/blues tune has been stuck in my head for days, and was covered by the Peppermint Trolley Company. Apparently Jesse Lee lives close by in Mill Valley and still performs.
And when the feeling comes, it’s like a thousand drums
Are pounding in my heart since we’ve been apart
Nineteen-forty-eight's "Boogie Chillen'," John Lee Hooker's first R&B hit, inaugurated the most prolific recording career in postwar blues history. (It's estimated that between 1949 and '53 alone, Hooker cut some 70 singles on 24 different labels, using a dozen different names to avoid contractual problems.) Other big R&B hits followed: "Crawlin' King Snake" in '49, "I'm in the Mood" in '51 and "Dimples" in '56.The very heartbeat of John Lee Hooker's music remains his unique songwriting, powerful voice and down-home, propulsive guitar. Like Muddy Waters, Lightnin' Hopkins, and very few others, he remains a musical law unto himself, still specializing in the sparse blues and infectious boogies that first rocked the globe more than 40 years ago. As Miles Davis expressed it after a 1990 session, "John Lee, you the funkiest man alive. You sound like you buried up to your neck in mud!"
Who's come closest to playing like you?John Lee Hooker: Let's see. Eddie Taylor is real close. He can do it. Buddy Guy pretty close. He can play "Boogie Chillen" real good. He plays it on every show. Buddy Guy is playin' so well, and I'm so happy for him. He gettin' a lot of recognition that he should have had a long time ago, like us all should have got. He's such a beautiful person.
HERBERG DE KELDER
in all my praise and pleasure of New Orleans piano master (from Archibald to Tuts Washington Alan Toussaint and of course the Professor one Henry Roland Byrd or Prof Longhair and their Doctor Mac Rebbeanaack Dr John) I don’t know why I leave some folks out from Fats Domino to this man James Booker, legends both and this goes some small way to make up for that I hope
As there was no Dave in the last Traffic post . . . ( he was nothing if not mercurial! Some might say ‘curmudgeonly’) - here he is with some gathered pals
Dave Mason, English singer-songwriter and guitarist, recently deceased, left us over 100 songs written and 16 solo albums recorded along with numerous appearances on various classic rock albums.On this show from 06-02-1979 at the Greek Theater in Berkeley, Dave Mason was joined on stage by some of his friends, like Joe Cocker, Stephen Stills, Mark Stein, Jimmy Haslip, Rick Jaeger, and more.
Source: FM Broadcast
Track List:1. Share Your Love2. Only You Know and I Know3. Pearly Queen4. You Are Every Woman5. Take It To the Limit6. Look At You, Look At Me7. I Fell In Love8. Watching the River Flow9. We Just Disagree10. Bring Your Love In11. Let It Flow12. All Along the Watchtower13. band intros, encore break14. Stand By Me15. second encore break16. Feelin' Alright
An AtticRock Special
TrafficWinterland, San Francisco, CA1973-01-26sbdmp3 @ 320 [179 mb]
CD1
01 Shootout At The Fantasy Factory
02 Rock'n'Roll Stew
03 Roll Right Stones
CD2
04 Empty Pages
05 Evening Blue
06 40,000 Headmen
07 Glad
08 Freedom Rider
09 Tragic Magic (incomplete)
10 Sometimes I Feel So Uninspired
11 Light Up Or Leave Me Alone
tt: 1:23:45
Stevie Winwood - keyboard, guitar, vocals
Jim Capaldi - drums, vocals
Chris Wood - sax
David Hood - bass
Roger Hawkins - drums
Reebop Kwaku Baah - percussion
A bizarre social media trend has been targeting a secretive institution in the heart of Hollywood.
The Church of Scientology is removing its doorknobs in response to young creators sprinting through the church before they are dragged out.
Now I have shared my views on Scientology and would prefer to not see Scientologists in my arts and media as I despise the ignorant and ill informed gobbledegook beloved of the rich and stupid
Do you avoid all films with Tom Cruise due to his association with "Scientology”? Well no!
I really can’t in all honesty and as actors go I have enjoyed more than I have disliked (Rainman, Minority Report, etc,)
If I were to practice that doctrine, I would have to wrestle with some follow-up questions:
Do I avoid watching Se7en, The Usual Suspects, Glengarry Glen Ross, LA Confidential with Kevin Spacey due to his association with "sexual misconduct”? Well no because he was found not guilty and there is no case to answer here! I don’t judge folk by what they’re accused of!?
Do I turn my back on Pulp Fiction, Good Will Hunting, No Country For Old Men produced by Harvey Weinstein due to his association with being a “convicted sex offender”? No he was producer and I care not one jot for producers and am scarcely impressed by Directors more the writing and the source and especially the actors!
Do I refuse to watch Rope, Psycho, North by Northwest, Rear Window directed by Alfred Hitchcock due to his association with the “psychosexual torment” of his actresses? Err well no! Obviously not , , , this is beneath anyone from Hollywood to Great Britain his great direction and place in film history is indelible! Of course Did he have personal foibles regarding certain actors? Yes! Do I care ? Nit terribly much!
Do I avoid watching Inglourious Basterds, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Reservoir Dogs directed by Quentin Tarantino due to his association with “choking Diane Kruger,” “spitting on Uma Thurman’s face” and “almost killing Uma Thurman”? One sided rumour and argument is anetheama and why would you judge someone on one side of the argument when those self same actors would work with the people accused again and again!
Do I skip watching Chinatown directed by Roman Polanski due to his association with being a “convicted sex offender”? Don’\t even get me started. The context tis everything and I leave the matter in the voice and requisite actions of his so clad victim who insisted he should not stand trial for something that seems legion and why was an underage girl young pm,wan sent to the Playboy Manon Party without a chaperone or anyone to guard her young modesty and innocence!?
Do I abandon Braveheart, Lethal Weapon, Mad Max with Mel Gibson due to his association with saying the sentence “Fucking Jews... the Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world. Are you a Jew?" to a cop? He is an alcoholic! Do you judge Eric Clapt and his drunaken ramblings starting the backlash Rock against Racism? Oh wait! Yes I do!
Do I avoid watching Three Kings, Silver Linings Playbook, The Fighter directed by David O. Russell due to his association with being a “all around piece of shit human being”?
I can do this all day. and I can riposte . . . . . I did ;t actually enjoy any of his work so its a non starter!
Several of the movies listed above are some of the greatest ever made. And I didn't even get to some of the heaviest hitters — Francis Ford Coppola, Charlie Chaplin and Stanley Kubrick.
Honestly, if I had avoided movies directed by, produced by, or starring problematic Hollywood figures, I’d probably be on my deathbed having seen just 20 films — all starring Tom Hanks.
I exaggerate for effect, but you get the point.
For me, the math on this is simple, there are a lot of people working in Hollywood, and there are a lot of terrible people in this world. Ergo, there are a fair few terrible people working in Hollywood.
By extension, some of the greatest movies ever made are touched by those terrible people.
The vile things some of those bad people do bother me {allegedly!? anyone guilt by social media? its called kangaroo courts!, but it genuinely has no effect on my movie-watching preferences or indeed how I perceive movies made by them.
As far as I’m concerned, Roman Polanski is a despicable entity that deserves to first rot in jail and then in hell. Do you take on board any of his history and background? What is he guilty of again!? But I also think Chinatown is one of the greatest scripts ever filmed.Repulsion? Tess?
Obviously “separating the art over the artist” is a contentious debate, but it is also a very personal one — I revere Chinatown but I understand there are millions who can’t bear to watch it, let alone appreciate it.
In fact, I’d even say that the opposing camp is “right.”. But my morality in this particular case is clouded by my immense love for movies.
As far as Cruise himself is concerned, I’m also insulated by my ignorance (and let’s be honest, some top-tier PR work). What exactly has he done? I don’t know.
And in my personal hierarchy of offenses, being a Scientologist ranks lower than some of the transgressions I’ve mentioned.Actually not for me . . .and for reasons I have eliscidaterd elsewhere. It is a truly evil social brainwashing technique that is ant-psychotherapy psychiatry and all things conventional as to mental health and addiction. Evil!
Perhaps I’m just trying to rationalize. Honestly, the true reason is that Tom Cruise has been a part of my life since I was a child, he has made some of my favorite movies of all time and is one of my favorite actors of all time.
This is especially relevant now more than ever before — he is the last movie star we have left and he still makes movies that rock my world.
I don’t think I’ll stop watching Tom Cruise movies unless you present me with undeniable video evidence of him shooting someone in the head.
And even then, my first question might be, “Are we sure this isn't a deepfake?” But hey, I’d be open to persuasion.
Billy Strings on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert