Is Clapton really God ?
Blues guitarist and singer Eric Clapton is celebrating his 60th birthday on Wednesday, alongside a forthcoming reunion with his old band Cream. Long before Eric Clapton embarked on a solo career, he...
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This is the week that was in matters musical …1956, the second Elvis Presley RCA album is released, simply titled Elvis … 13 tracks were recorded in September at Radio Recorders in Hollywood with...
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This is the week that was in matters musical …1878, the original DJ, Thomas Edison, receives a patent for the phonograph …1954, blues shouter Joe Turner cuts "Shake, Rattle & Roll" six months...
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This is the week that was in matters musical …1963, “She Loves You” is played on the radio by influential DJ Murray “The K” Kaufman on WINS in New York … it is the first time a Beatles song is played...
View ArticleWhen I find myself agreeing with that Manc monkey
Noel Gallagher, it doesn’t feel right.But when he says of the legend that is Peter Green…With all due respect to the other great British blues artists, Peter Green is THE man. End of.Noel Gallagher…he...
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This is the week that was in matters musical …1954, bluesman Joe Turner cuts “Shake, Rattle & Roll” six months before Bill Haley’s version is released … the cover blows up into a giant hit …1955,...
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This is the week that was in matters musical…1958, Billie Holiday is sentenced to a year’s probation after pleading guilty to narcotics possession … Perry Como’s “Catch a Falling Star” becomes the...
View ArticleIt happened this week
This is the week that was in matters musical…1958, Billie Holiday is sentenced to a year’s probation after pleading guilty to narcotics possession … Perry Como’s “Catch a Falling Star” becomes the...
View ArticleFleetwood Brun wouldn’t have worked
would it?It was announced yesterday that the original Fleetwood Mac bass player Bob Brunning died last month, October 18th.Now Peter Green named his band after the rhythm section he wanted behind him,...
View ArticleRIP Peter Green
the greatest British guitar player.Sad news that Peter Green, founder of the real Fleetwood Mac, died at the weekend, aged 73.Probably two things sum up Peter Green, one is a quote by the legend B.B....
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