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The Sex Pistols, God Save the Queen
At last we get to see Sid Vicious performing with the band. In my last Sex Pistols post, it was Glen Matlock in the promo vid for “Anarchy in the UK.” It’s probably not Sid playing bass on the actual track, but its cool to see the icon of the group thrashing about in this…
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Bob Marley, Three Little Birds
It’s always easy to return to the master of reggae, one Mr. Bob Marley, and this time I have his timeless classic “Three Little Birds” from Exodus. I always think of this song when trying to convince somebody of Bob’s overall songwriting genius. I’ll put it simply; this song is as good as anything the…
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Eric Clapton, Have You Ever Loved a Woman
The incredible and sweaty bluesman you see in the beginning is Freddie King. Don’t be confused, this is a Clapton video, but its culled from a never released Martin Scorsese PBS documentary on Clapton’s heroes called, “Nothing But the Blues.” Well, it was shown, but never released on DVD, one of the mysteries of modern…
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Chet Atkins, Mr. Sandman, Mrs. Robinson
So one day, on a crummy radio in the 1940s, Chet Atkins was listening to Merle Travis play guitar. He thought for sure that what Merle was doing was picking with his thumb and two fingers, because if he was just using his thumb and index finger, it would have been impossible. It turned out…
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Jimi Hendrix, Hear My Train A Comin'
You’d suspect on a site like mine, there would be no shortage of Jimi Hendrix material to peruse through, but alas, this is the first one I’ve got. It’s not for lack of love for the man, as in fact, I possess great quantities of the emotion for the guy. I sit firmly in the…
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The Doors, Kids in the Hall, Waiting for the Sun
The Kids in the Hall were a sketch comedy team formed in the 1980s by a group of talented and semi-demented Canadian geniuses. SNL guru, and fellow Canadian Lorne Michaels gave them a show that pushed the limits of comedy to frightening new edges of hilarity. Playing out like an uncensored SNL, the Kids…
