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bluestab's blog meets AfricanAfrican aka NegroArtist.com

y2karl — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:20:15 -0800

Chanteur puissant à la voix rocailleuse. And here is bluestab's blog And here, via Babelfish is bluestab's blog in an English of sorts. Then, while, looking for mp3s to match the tabs, I came across the universe of African American history and culture that is AfricanAfrican aka NegroArtist.com, a site so big it has two URLs. [Billy Mays] But, wait--that's not all! [/Billy Mays] Then, while looking for in the commons mp3s for any of the titles in bluestab's blog , I stumble upon a treasure trove of such in the 5000 series pages at Document Records. , the completist's completist pre-war jazz and blues label, And found even more even more in the Rare Recordings and Video page of AfricanAfrican, a small universe of texts, music and motion pictures of and on the African American experience. I am overwhelmed. Yoda says I: Truly a Labor of Love this is. And between the two--voila! We have a post!

Rory Block

Joe Beese — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:19:10 -0800

Aurora "Rory" Block has staked her claim to be one of America's top acoustic blues women, an interpreter of the great Delta blues singers, a slide guitarist par excellence, and also a talented songwriter on her own account. - AllMusic

Your favorite riff sucks.

lazaruslong — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:42:52 -0800

100 Famous Rock Guitar Riffs, in one take. List of song titles can be found here on the artist's page.

Musical sorting algorithms

Combustible Edison Lighthouse — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:17:17 -0800

Musical sorting algorithms. [via]

Les Paul, 1915-2009

mrg — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:05:59 -0800

Les Paul, musician, pioneer of multitrack recording, and creator of one of the most successful and recognizable guitars in history, passed at the age of 94. Known to guitarists around the world through the guitar that bears his name (built initially using a hunk of 4"x4" lumber), Les Paul also is credited with being the first to develop multitrack recording in 1955 to overcome the noise problem of using the overdubbing technique used at the time. Aside from releasing many popular jazz guitar albums throughout the 40s and 50s, he had a radio program and a short TV show with his wife, Mary Ford, in the early fifties. He won two Grammys for his 2005 album American Made World Played (bringing his total to 7), and even recently played regularly at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York. He has left a lasting influence on American music and culture.

Pete Townshend Guitar Contest

marxchivist — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:04:30 -0800

The Who: Maximum Windmill Guitar Contest

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

nebulawindphone — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:51:03 -0800

"She was a rock star," recalls Ira Tucker Jr., who grew up watching Tharpe with his father's gospel group in the 1940s and '50s. "You know, like Beyonce today and people like that. That's what Rosetta was to us." Sister Rosetta Tharpe wasn't the first one to bring black popular music into the church. (Here's the great Arizona Dranes playing barroom honky-tonk piano on the gospel side I Shall Wear a Crown in 1927.) But her fierce stage presence and her original blend of gospel, boogie-woogie, swing and smoking hot blues guitar was a crucial forgotten influence on what we now recognize as rock and roll. (Many more recordings inside. Enjoy!) If you're here for the electric guitar action, you'll want the Red Foley duet and the '60s TV appearances. My personal favorites are the stunning acoustic duets she recorded a decade or two earlier with the Sanctified gospel shouter Marie Knight — try "Up Above my Head" and "Daniel in the Lion's Den." But her range was incredible, everything she recorded was excellent, and comparing her late electric recordings with the earlier versions is a hoot if you're into that sort of thing. Early success with Lucky Millinder's big band: The Lonesome Road (scantily clad dancing girls at 0:45!), Four or Five Times, Trouble in Mind Mid-40s boogie-woogie gospel mega-hit: Strange Things Happening Every Day With Marie Knight in the late '40s: Up Above My Head, Beams of Heaven, My Journey to the Sky, Daniel in the Lion's Den [scroll down to the 7th set] With jubilee singers The Dependable Boys: Everybody's Going to Have a Wonderful Time Up There, My Lord's Gonna Move This Wicked Race, Down By the Riverside Her SCANDALOUS! return to blues in the '50s: Don't Leave Me Here to Cry Duet with country and rockabilly star Red Foley: Have a Little Talk with Jesus Straight-up church choir gospel from the '60s: I Do, Don't You, Seeking for Me, Lily of the Valley TV appearances from the '60s blues revival: Didn't It Rain, Trouble in Mind, Up Above My Head, Down By the Riverside Bonus — the Harmonizing Four singing at Tharpe's stadium-concert-slash-wedding in '51: Mighty Long Way. Sadly, no video. But how rock-star is that?

"Electric Guitar" indeed.

JBennett — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:16:39 -0800

Fried Gibson. I've always thought you were safe in a house from lightning storms as long as you were off the land-line or computer. A Mississippi man's Gibson Les Paul got positively roasted while sitting in his home, in its case, leaning against a wall. That's a powerful bolt. Lots of gory photos here and in the auction linked above including a nice shot of some of the parts that exploded off of the guitar, some shooting like bullets through the case. Awesome! And it still held quite a bit of its value. Via " The lightning had struck the huge pine tree and traveled down the trunk until it reached the nails holding the trim to house. Then it jumped across through the nails, went through the drywall, and struck the top edge of the case. It then went into the case and down the neck of the guitar, vaporizing the strings, (remnants of which can still be seen on the fretboard and frets) also apparently traveling down the Truss rod inside the neck. It then blew out the last few frets on the fretboard above the end of the Truss rod before apparently melting the insides of the pickups. It then proceeded to explode some of the bridge saddles outward through the case."

United Brakes Guitars

theichibun — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:15:08 -0800

Sometimes music really is a weapon. Big surprise, United Airlines messed up some luggage and refused to do anything about it. But I have to give props to this guy for taking a bad situation and making something positive out of it. Bonus points for the song being pretty catchy. I wonder what would happen if that song was so popular that the record label wanted it on the in flight music station...

um miss may i have a dance with you please?

Potomac Avenue — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:34:02 -0800

S. E. Rogie: Go easy with me. Combining Calypso (Nor weigh me lek dat ) with West African rhythms and West American pickin' (I Wish I Was a Cowboy) the King of Palm Wine Guitar Music played live at the 100 Club in London in 1994 right before the release of his final album, Dead Men Don't Smoke Marijuana. More: Don't touch me tomato My Lovely Elizabeth Clua Koonde

Van Shipley and slide guitar music in India

nickyskye — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 10:37:43 -0800

Van Shipley was the first electric guitarist in India. The name Van Shipley is Methodist, he [was] from Lucknow [Uttar Pradesh, India]. He designed his own electric eight string steel guitar in the 1940's. The reason he did this was that he'd studied Indian classical music under Ustad Alaudin Khan, the leading classical musician in India, who was also a contemporary of Ravi Shankar. He also studied the violin with a German teacher... so he made an eight string guitar, instead of a five string. His guitar was a solid guitar, designed to his style at the time, it was futuristic. Van Shipley "Aawara Hun" & "Mujhe Kisi Se Pyar Ho Gaya" -.mp3 Van Shipley - Hum Donon Do Premi Duniya chor Chale -.mp3 More clips of Van Shipley's music from the excellent site, Hamara CD, packed with free gem sound clips from the Indian subcontinent, where you can also customize your own cd. Steel Guitar In India, Country Music From Another Country! l Debashish Bhattacharya is another Indian slide guitar musician who plays classical Indian music on the Hawaiian guitar, introduced to India through the music of Tau Moe l Indian Classical music on Hawaiian guitar l Another example of Indian classical music on Hawaiian guitar l Interview and concert footage of legendary world blues and slide guitar master Bob Brozman.

Guitar Wankery or Exquisite Spanish Beauty?

snsranch — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:15:48 -0800

Carlos Montoya can play the blues/jazz too. youtube X 2. The second link is a still with great audio. Guitarists and music lovers enjoy!

Outdoor fucking starts today

daHIFI — Fri, 01 May 2009 09:20:30 -0800

The First of May Jonathan Coulton's ode to the 'coming' of spring (SLYT). NSFW language. Coulton's Last.fm page. More MP3s here. Coulton wrote the 'Still Alive' song from Portal and also works with John Hodgman. Jon on Twitter.

That old homemade sound.

OmieWise — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:25:28 -0800

How to Build: A simple washtub bass. Some variations (on a crazily made webpage). A cookie tin banjo. (Previously) A cigar box guitar, and a cigar box ukulele. A fancy cigar box uke. (Kathy Marsushita's whole amateur luthier projects page is worth checking out, as is this gallery of cool cigar box ukes.)

Arts & Crafts Videos from Etsy

Kattullus — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:01:14 -0800

Etsy has a YouTube channel where they have all kinds of profiles of their users and how-to guides. My two favorite series are the Process series (e.g. New Books with Old Materials & Tin Toys) and Handmade Portraits (e.g. Armor Guitars & Wood Mosaics). In the description of each video there is a link to the corresponding entry on Etsy's blog, The Storque. The blogposts have more information on the users and sometimes further links and videos. [via Work in Progress]

On-the-fly harmonizing

flatluigi — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:14:49 -0800

Looping, live: David Ford, Imogen Heap, KT Tunstall x2, Dub FX, Ed Alleyne-Johnson

Fuzz!

awfurby — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:38:48 -0800

You know that guitar sound at the start of "Touch Me I'm Sick"? Or when Keith plays the big riff in "Satisfaction"? That's fuzz. I love fuzz, and I was very happy to stumble across this fine documentary about fuzz pedals and their makers. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 7, Part 8 Should be enough there to sustain your interest for a while... (Previously...)

Guitar crack

baphomet — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:42:05 -0800

Guitar chord progression generator. Guitar chord charts. Have fun!

Online to Onstage

netbros — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:36:07 -0800

Guitar Noise is a free guitar lesson website with hundreds of articles, tips and reviews for students of this versatile instrument. Whether you are a beginner, a lefty, a bass player or a singer, Guitar Noise has lessons on nearly everything and anything to do with the guitar. There are many talented musicians out there. The artist profiles section includes interviews with dozens. The forums, blog and podcasts help you keep up with this thriving community.

Snooks' Soul Train pulls out of Nawlins

msconduct — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:15:48 -0800

Snooks Eaglin has died. One of New Orleans' most authentic and underrated guitar players won't be making his jazz fest gig this year. Next time you have some red beans & rice, take a moment to remember the guy who some called the human jukebox.

F**k Eric Clapton

445supermag — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:11:11 -0800

Can you learn guitar in 10 minutes (pt. 1, pt. 2)? Sure you can, Blaine and Ruyter of Nashville Pussy explain how in the above links. The essence? Just take your cues from Chuck Berry and The Ramones.

Real guitars are't just for old people

darkripper — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:52:45 -0800

Little Big Star (free software, currently in beta - video) it's the first guitar rythm game with support for real instruments. In the next months two more products of the same kind should be released, Disney Star Guitar and Guitar Rising. Real istruments or - at least - more realistic fake ones; is this the future of the genre? No one knows yet if this kind of software will help people to learn or get better at playing, but it will sure turn the difficulty up to eleven. [bonus track: Don't forget you can also use your rockband drums as electronic drums but you might want to buy a second set.]

Story From North America

ludwig_van — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:33:09 -0800

Story From North America. A boy learns to appreciate life in all its forms via song.

My Guitar Hero.

gman — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:25:16 -0800

8 Year Old Shredder.

Clive Carroll, acoustic guitar virtuoso

tomcooke — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:16:32 -0800

Acoustic guitar virtuoso Clive Carroll is one of Britain's most acclaimed players. To find out why, check out these performances: Mississippi Blues, Czardas, Eliza's Eyes, Aerial Discoveries, The Kildimo Set. The last link comes from Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop, an amazing resource with more than two hundred tutorials and performances from top guitarists.