Here, I chose 6 more of my favorites.
So far I’ve chosen, Chet Atkins, Martin Barre, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, David Gilmour, Jimi Hendrix, Steve Howe, Terry Kath, Jimmy Page, Les Paul, Pete Townshend, and Joe Walsh. Jerry Reed Hubbard, professionally known as Jerry Reed, was an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor born on March 20, 1937, in Atlanta, Georgia. His parents separated when he was an infant, and he and his sister spent seven years in foster homes and
These are songs that contain the word “Guitar” in their lyrics.
“Dear Mr. Fantasy” is a 1967 song by Traffic, written by Jim Capaldi, Steve Winwood, and Chris Wood, and it became one of the defining songs of the band’s psychedelic-rock period. It first appeared on Traffic’s debut album Mr. Fantasy in the United Kingdom, where it closes the original album’s first side, and on the American Heaven Is in Your Mind configuration.
These are songs that contain the word “Monday” in their lyrics.
“She Wolf” is a song by Colombian singer Shakira, released in 2009 as the lead single and title track from her eighth studio album, She Wolf. Shakira wrote the song with American songwriter and producer John Hill and Sam Endicott of the Bravery, with Shakira and Hill producing the recording. Musically, it blends electropop, synth-pop,
This is a series of posts that will talk about my favorite Keyboard players.
So far I’ve chosen, Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman, Eumir Deodato, Gershon Kingsley, Jon Lord, Elton John, Billy Joel, Nicky Hopkins, John Paul Jones, Richard Wright, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Billy Preston. Let me chose some more to consider.
This is a series of posts that will talk about my favorite songs by the Beatles.
“Do You Want to Know a Secret” is a 1963 Beatles song written primarily by John Lennon, though credited to the Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership, and sung by George Harrison on the group’s debut album, Please Please Me; recorded at EMI Studios in London on February 11, 1963, and produced by George Martin, it is a brief, tender early-pop love
They were interested in creating complete artistic experiences, something that eventually made them pioneers of the music-video era.
Kevin Godley and Lol Creme were one of the most unusual and inventive partnerships to emerge from British pop music, combining songwriting, studio experimentation, visual art, technology, humor, and an almost cinematic approach to music. Their story began long before they became famous. Godley was born October 7, 1945, in Prestwich, Lancashire,
These are songs that contain the word “Letter” in their lyrics.
“Trilogy” is the epic title track from Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s 1972 album Trilogy, written by Keith Emerson and Greg Lake, with Lake contributing the lyrics and Emerson shaping the music’s elaborate structure. Lasting nearly nine minutes, it is widely regarded as one of the band’s finest progressive rock compositions and serves as a showcase for the trio’s
This “Stand Out Single” reached the #1 spot, on the charts, in multiple countries.
“We Can Work It Out” / “Day Tripper” was released by the Beatles on December 3, 1965, in the United Kingdom, and three days later in the United States. It was the first Beatles single to be marketed as a true double A-side, with both songs receiving equal billing on the record label and both considered strong enough to stand as the featured song.
The Ventures were unusual because they achieved mass popularity without a vocalist.
The Ventures were among the most influential and commercially successful instrumental groups in popular music history, a band whose crisp guitar lines, relentless rhythm playing, and adventurous studio techniques helped define the sound of early rock guitar long before hard rock, psychedelic music,
In foreign markets, “Outa-Space” was released as either the A or B side with “The Bus”
“Outa-Space” by Billy Preston stands as one of the defining instrumental singles of the early 1970s and a pivotal moment in his emergence as a major solo star. Co-written by Preston and Joe Greene, the track was recorded in 1971 and included on his album I Wrote a Simple Song, released on A&M Records. Built around a hypnotic clavinet riff run through a wah-wah pedal,
