It's probably not widely known that jazz master guitarist Earl Klugh was heavily influenced by country/jazz/(everything) guitarist Chet Atkins. Klugh saw Atkins on TV when he was 13 and knew then he wanted to be a guitarist. The two men eventually met , became friends and occasionally performed/recorded together.

Miles had such an original distinctive tone.
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I like this song a lot. There is an Ellington version with Ray Nance on violin and either Nance or Bailey on French and English vocals.

An interesting mashup of Richard and Linda Thompson doing "Calvary Cross" with scenes from Metropolis.

I fell in love with it after hearing it at a jazz concert that my trumpet friend was in. I looked up the one you mentioned - very pretty, and nice to hear the words.

My dad sent this clip to me and my saxophone-playing cousin:

These guys are amazing entertainers!! Love the song, and their dance moves are too cool. My friend and I attempted to dance along to the video today, and failed miserably.

And this one is really funny:

Love how they "throw" it at each other! hahah

What would Black Sabbath have sounded like if they had been from Youngstown or Cleveland instead of Birmingham and had slightly different rhythm?

That sort of jump blues/early rock and roll/ West Coast swing doesn't get the interest I think it should these days. Good stuff.

Most people today probably know this song from the Salt-n-Pepa/ En Vogue remake/sample but the original is pretty good.

It was a minor hit for Stax in 1968 but the singer retired from music once the Klan found out that she was supposedly the wrong color to be singing such music with such people. Evidently they had missed her singing backup for such people as James Brown or Ike and Tina Turner. In any event it's a good song.

you guys were missing some kings.

One thing I love about the Red Hot Chili Peppers is that no matter how new-agey and 'avante-garde' their music might have been, whenever they did a classic cover song they weren't afraid to absolutely strip it down and stick to the original template without changing a damn thing. These guys were really one of the last great bands who knew how to just get out there and cut a frickin' hit.

ice! i love that beach boys cover, too. love my chilis. seriously one of the greatest bands of all time, imo.

-pp

I remember this from way back in the day.

Billy Joel makes interesting use of Pathetique in the chorus.

Joe Tex. "Papa Was Too" was a reworking of Otis Redding's Tramp.

Every Sunday morning my local radio station has a series called "Beatle Years" followed by "Back to the Beatles", playing music but also giving history on certain aspects of their career. They played this song by Julian Lennon. It's a remake of an old 60's DC5 song, "Because". I'm not sure the exact year this was recorded,but I believe it was the 80's.

Anyway, this kid not only looks so much like his dad, he also sounds like him.


TIS

I heard this song on the raido on a classic rock station. Peter Frampton ~ Do You Feel Like I do

When I was really young many older kids, especially the girls were really into Frampton. They still play this song a lot on local radio stations.

Early Funkadelic. Pure nastiness.

Lilo, I watched Reservoir Dogs for the first time this summer, and I had to look up "I Gotcha" immediately after, so I could jam to it again!

Yeah, Joe Tex is a favorite of mine.

I liked this song when it first came out in the nineties. Then I realized there was at least a 50% chance she wasn't directing the lyrics to a dude.

But now that I'm older and marginally less judgmental I don't care. Whoever she may be singing to, it's still a great song in my book.

Lilo,

I didn't know that. I know nothing about Hawkins, but I do like the song.



TIS

Turn your sound up for this video.

Old school Dre rift [Expletive Lyrics Not for kids]