There is a strong argument to be made about Jeff Beck being the best guitarist in the world, and without a doubt is among the best of all time. He was playing…
Author: A
Grin – Grin (1971)
I’ve never heard anything by the band Grin, but I did recently find out that their guitarist/songwriter, Nils Lofgren, is a well respected guitarist who has played with Bruce Springsteen’s E Street…
Mojohand – Wild One (2020) – Single
Mojohand has been one of my favorite first listens of 2020. A very young, well-versed, cosmic Americana jam band of sorts, without a studio album released yet either, they’re one of the…
Bert Jansch – Birthday Blues (1969)
I don’t really know anything about Bert Jansch other than what I can find on wikipedia – that he was a Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle, so…
Quintron – Spellcaster II: Death In Space (2014)
Quintron is, without a doubt, one of my favorite artists I first listened to this year. Extremely inventive in his music, while his main instrument is the electric organ, he’s also been…
Merry Clayton – Gimmie Shelter (1970)
I’ve never knowingly listened to Merry Clayton before today, but she was featured singing along with Mick Jagger in The Rolling Stones’ hit tune “Gimme Shelter” off their 1969 album, Let It…
Jerry Garcia & David Grisman – So What (1998)
Jerry Garcia is without a doubt, one of my favorite and one of the most influential musicians to play in the last 100 years. The Grateful Dead essentially invented the jam band…
Ray Manzarek – Carmina Burana (1983)
Going further down my foray into The Doors’ members solo projects/careers, I figured I’d check out Ray Manzarek’s 1983 album, “Carmina Burana”. Those organs in The Doors is part of their unmistakeable…
Black Pumas – Black Pumas (2019)
I’ve heard a lot of buzz online about these guys lately from guitar focused YouTube channels like Michael Palmisano aka Guitargate in a recent video in his “Guitar Teacher REACTS” series, as…
John Prine – Bruised Orange (1978)
Today’s album is the late John Prine’s 1978 album, “Bruised Orange”. I must admit, I heard about his passing and many musicians speaking about what he meant to the world of music,…