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    What are you listening to right now?

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    "Apache"......this song gave me goosebumps the first time I heard it....and still does. Along with “Walk Don't Run” by The Ventures, “Apache” was one of the songs I learned how to play lead on the guitar. It was the Jorgen Ingmann version that was the big U.S. hit in 1961. But this version by the British band, The Shadows, uses one of the earliest, and the wackiest, video you will ever see.

    “Apache” - The Shadows (1960)

    [video=youtube;xqbGZMCWeYo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqbGZMCWeYo&feature=related

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    What are you listening to right now?

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    While sitting in Jilly’s (Ellicott City) having breakfast this morning, “Rumble” by Link Wray started playing. At work, I’ve been pulling up Link Wray songs on the computer all day, including my favorite, “Jack the Ripper.” The beat is infectious, and with my band back in the early 60’s, I used to play a blaringly loud version of the song to stir the crowd to dancing. One night, a girl in a red dress jumped up on the stage dancing like someone possessed. Then she started stripping, so we kept playing. The dress and bra was off before two guys yanked her off the stage. Ah…..the mammories….er….memories.

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    Do you like country music?

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    False sentiment in music is a deal-killer for me and country music is certainly no stranger to commercial manipulation and outright phoniness. But country also allows songwriters, especially male songwriters, to express themselves in ways that other genres don't and when done right, it's very powerful.

    As a sometimes, wannabe, ain't good enough, male country songwriter, I think your statement is incredibly insightful. As a songwriter, I express things in my songs that I would otherwise never say. I think this is what makes country music, both old and modern, somewhat special.

    Haven't heard this in a while...

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    The greatest guitarist nobody knows...

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    Shortly after Roy Buchanan's death, a musician friend of mine, Rick Goggin, somehow wound up with prototype guitar that Buchanan had designed and built with the help of a guitar maker in N. VA. (Don't remember his name). I played the guitar a few times -- it had a modified Telecaster-style body and some super hot, custom-wound humbucking pickups. I remember the neck was a little to bulky for my taste.

    When Rick got the guitar, he was preparing to move from Laurel, MD to Tampa, FL, so he sold it to a black jazz/pop guitarist with the nickname of "Spider." I was told that Spider, who also lived in Laurel at the time, collected guitars and did lots of studio work in NY and LA. No clue whatever happened to Spider or the guitar.

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    Haven't heard this in a while...

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    Meant to comment on this earlier, I have a clip, post-Queen, of Brian singing Tie Your Mother Down. I was surprised at what a good voice he has, nearly adequate to substitute for Freddie, who I considered one of THE greatest rock singers.

    Yeah....Brian May is an excellent singer. When Guild was building the Brian May model guitar, he made appearances at several NAMM shows, and at one of them, did several private 1/2 hr acoustic sessions for Guild retailers. I was surprised he could sing that well.....but then, if you listen to the backup vocals on the Queen stuff, you kind of know.

    Haven't heard this in a while...

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    Speaking of the Blasters, that link had me thinking it was Dave Alvin! I never got to see the Blasters, but I've seen Dave several times, and even got to see the Knitters at Slim's in SF a few years ago. A great story about the show is the power went out just before showtime and Dave and John Doe came out and played acoustic to tide us over till the power came back on!:wedge:

    Dave is definitely the "personable" Alvin brother....Phil seemed somewhat "aloof" to me.

    I saw John Doe, and Exene, several times in LA -- late 70's/early 80's --during their "X" days. Some really good "roots" bands popped up during that era....before the "hair bands" took over.

    A Blaster's story......they were the opening act for an Eric Clapton tour, an odd paoring, I thought. This happened at Merriweather Post, in Columbia, MD, and I was backstage talking with the Blaster's stage tech. The Blaster's came on and started their first song. But Phil missed the opening beat and everything was off. He stopped the music and the crowd started booing....loudly....and it continued right through their first song. Before they could start the next song, the boos suddenly changed to wild cheers. The Blasters had no idea what was going on....until they turned and saw that Eric Clapton had come on-stage with his guitar. The stage tech plugged him into one of the guitar amps, he said something to Phil and Dave, and they started into a song. He stayed in the background, did a brief solo (at Phil's request) and left the stage when the song ended.....and the Blaster's were cheered wildly for the rest of their set.

    Haven't heard this in a while...

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    Thought you'd find this interesting:

    Musicians by Academic Degree

    OK....this blew me away....LOL Especially Phil Alvin, of The Blasters!! I had the pleasure of meeting both Phil and Dave Alvin back in the mid-80's, when I was working as the Eastern Regional sales rep for US Music Corp. The Blasters were endorsing Randall Amplifiers, owned by US Music. US Music also owned Guild Guitars at the time, and l also met Brian May several times-- Guild was making a Brian May model electric guitar.

    Thanks for the link!!

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