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I've been in awe of Tommy Emmanuel's acoustic guitar wizardry for years, but damn, that kid can hold his own beside him. Love their cover of "Working Man's Blues," one of my favorite Merle Haggard...

Funny, for months before Eddie passed, I've been back on a Van Halen vibe. Especially if I'm riding around on a sunny Saturday running errands in my wife's snazzy Rav4 with the high end JBL sound...

Yeah, CDB was an American original, no doubt. Here's a slowed-down live version of my favorite song by him that shows off the virtuosity of his bandmates, and offers a tribute to Elvis, Janis and...

Thanks, Roy! So it wasn't "Cheat the Hangman," just the solo part after "Rock Me a Little While"-still awesome.

Cool story, Roy-Do you or anyone else remember when the Doobie Brothers were on the 70's show "What's Happening," and did a live performance of "Cheat the Hangman" , and Jeff "Skunk"Baxter doing that...

Wow, that isolation version of "Black Water" is one of the most uplifting things I've heard in awhile. And I had never heard of Vera Lynn-she was a beautiful lady with a beautiful voice.

Great gift for a deserving young man, Roy. My Dad used to say that rock and roll died the day Buddy Holly's plane crashed, of course taking the Big Bopper and Richie Valens with him.

You always...

One of the most expressive singers ever. I was struck by Johnny Ray from when I heard him on the jukebox at Arnold's on Happy Days in about '74. Some of you old-timers might recognize him.
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Cool story, Roy-Of course I love Willie too. And I always loved that 1 Billy Swann hit (which Kristofferson mentions him among others in that spoken word intro). And the fact that Kris was a football...

I've been listening to Kristofferson while working at my desk. I first grew to love him when my mom and step-dad would play "The Silver-Tongued Devil and I" on the 8-track in my step-dad's Dodge...

Love this song and "Big Log" off the same album-very atmospheric in a brooding, early 80's kind of way.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJZuZzU2Vsg

I saw Terrible Ted twice back during the 80's-loudest concerts I ever saw! And though I will crank up "Stranglehold" every time I hear it to my dying day, I couldn't pay to go see him now because he...

And while we're on the subject, I never get tired of hearing the utterly breath-taking live version of this Led Zeppelin classic with Jimmy on the double-neck Gibson; from Song Remains the Same:
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That is an awesome rendition of "Ramble On." If that is the 80's era "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" Great White, they were one of the few good "hair bands" from the era of spandex, makeup on men, and...

Mark-I've never seen or even heard of that movie, but I think I would love it! In my neighborhood growing up, a lot of us kids wore the face-paint at Halloween, were members of the Kiss Army (for $5...

All good stuff-I just got back into Dwight Yoakam, one of my favorite modern country singers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJgHSHhfWKE
And here's another classic that takes me back to about...

Funny, but when The Beatles started hanging out with the Stones a bit, that's when their music started to edge into psychedelia with Rubber Soul, Revolver, songs like "Tomorrow Never Knows," etc.
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Love 'em! No group in music history to my knowledge has evolved so much artistically in 7 short years like they did.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usNsCeOV4GM

Good to see you back in the game, Steve! I've been back on a major Rolling Stones jag lately; I have loved them since high school. And that song captures the ragged and dirty decadence of the time...

Love those old swing orchestras! And Gene Krupa was a beast!

Of course I love the Allman Brothers too, though never saw them live. IMO, SkyDog was by far the best of the white slide blues players; imagine the even more incredible body of work he would have put...

Here's another mind-blower. God almighty!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6NHphqXdH8
And it always impressed me that he could get such effortless, accurate bends on such heavy-gauge strings....

Paul-SRV came here to play in Spartanburg in our historic downtown auditorium in late '89 or '90, not long before his chopper found the side of that mountain (in heavy mist in Ohio if I recall...

Engine-I'l say it again. I think you and I were separated at birth after being programmed with the same musical tastes. I play the live "Since I've Been Loving You" all the time. Here's what I've...