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An astute comment by notfragile33 that early Kansas sounds like late Bloodrock. I have always thought Kansas was influenced by Bloodrock. Warren Ham (late Bloodrock) played at one point with Kerry Livgren. The Bloodrock sound (early especially) was a funky mix of metal, Texas blues and even ethni...

Man, this is off the charts good and really shows what an unbelievable, energetic band the Animals were. Eric Burden Rules. Top 5 rock singer of all time up there with Jim Morrison.

Guys, just saw Kim and Savoy in Whippany NJ at a Ukrainian church concert hall seating about 120 people!!! That's right. So these concerts are not completely gone. As I said on another post, it was like seeing them in my living room. Kim and the band were awesome. And guess what, they ended the r...

Yes Hudent, amongst the best no doubt. The harmony was indeed epic.

Man, the Left Banke were great. This awesome neoclassical song made it to pop radio at a time in music when you were allowed to release a song that hit people at a couple of levels. I am still waiting for something like this to happen again in music. I see alot more young people commenting on the...

Man seeing people remembering brothers and sisters and other family members and friends here really puts a lump in your throat. I guess you can say music is truly a window to the soul. Aside from that, looking at the Cyrcle as a pure artifact of culture, could you imagine a band dressed like this...

The Vogues...just a great vocal group singing a great song with a theme that anyone can get close to. Thanks for an awesome post.

Got into Taylor Swift via my 13 year old daughter listening in our car. I have been playing and writing music for 40 years and know when something or someone is bogus. IMO Taylor is the real deal, no doubt. Anybody can knock her using Autotune on her voice but you would be missing the point. By a...

This is school for any guitar player who aspires to play blues. Just awesome. Eric Clapton plays with such assurance its ridiculous and his singing is very underrated IMO. With Jimi Hendrix and Johnny Winter, my favorite blues players. Ah hell, through Alvin Lee in there as well for jazz-blues.

Great comment below about BB staying in one position throughout most of the song. So much so that guitar players call it the BB King position. Another item of interest to me; why is BB always wearing a jacket and tie. That has got to be hot. Looks like a guy going to work, ripping a guitar out f...

This tune is little known gem by the band. Saw Bloodrock twice, once at the Fillmore East and once at Marist HS gym in Bayonne, NJ of all places. A great live band with a big sound. Still and all, not only does the band get any respect but how is Lee Pickens not ever mentioned as a great Texas a...

Thanks for the post Subtrerannia. This is as good as it gets in heavy blues rock. The vocal here by Gary Wright and Mike Harrison is awesome. Luther Grosvenor (aka Arial Bender) plays an over-the-top solo. Spooky Tooth is a great English band but Gary is from New Jersey and went to Tenafly HS. Be...

Never saw this glam version of Steppenwolf but the comments about costuming make sense to me. Thank God for YouTube. Where else would you find something like this. They were obviously trying to stay current, right, and obviously had a sense of humor about their image. The music still rocks. Hey, ...

Amazing to see this. Kay rules and Larry Byrom's guitar tone is simply stunning. Although this version of the band was probably the best, I did miss Monarch and St Nicholas when they left the band. By the way, do you think maybe the Allman Brothers heard Steppenwolf at some point. Take nothing ...

Wow, never thought I would see a live video of this quality for the Steppenwolf of the mid-70's.. Goldy, Edmonton, Biondo, Cochran and Kay. I 'd love to see the group with Larry Byrom as well. Perhaps someone out there can make it happen. Anyway, how heavy is this. Agree with others here who have...

Don't know how old Ben is and I don't think this is necessarily note for note following Merle Travis. But seriously, this kid is great. Tell me, if you walked in a night club and heard this would you stay or leave? Great rendition for such a young player. Awesome.

Just commented on the Mitch Ryder version of this from 1979 and then see this with McCarty and Johnny "Bee" Badanjek. Awesome. Sent Johnny some emails a bout two years ago at his personal site. the guy answered everyone. Just a great guy and the drumming here is otherworldly.

Jan and Dean rule. Saw them at Disneyland of all places in the early 90's, I believe. They were great. This song is just an unstoppable force of nature. If it doesn't move you, see a mortician, you're probably dead. AMF

Man, this California sound is just so awesome. Jan and Dean were right up there with the Beach Boys in terms of a killer vocal sound, production and perhaps, on occasion as here, in songwriting. For a kid like me living in New Jersey, it just was mind blowing to experience the California vibe com...

Man, how good is this song and how good is Hyland. Can't perform and orchestrate a song any better. When the harmonica comes in if you don't have a lump in your throat your a freakin' cyborg. Of course one of the greatest love songs ever. Since musical tastes have changed some people might be co...

Well, the story on this song documented here by others is that this was Neil Sedaka's song and his playing and background singing is all over it (did he write it, not sure, sounds like his style). That aside, who would want to replace Gene Pitney on this song. He is an otherworldly vocal talent...

Boy, somehow I am not familiar with John Campbell. Just happened on this video while listening to other blues artists on YouTube. My god, he is a tour de force guitarist. This is awesome and enlightened playing and I'll do my best to seek out more of his stuff. Its a little scary that a guy of th...

Leslie West's tone and vocal on this song still hold up after all these years. I love the current crop of technically advanced players like Eric Johnson and Guthrie Govan but the solo on this song is a wonder of economy and truly is a great example of saying more by doing less. A 1,000,000 + hit...

Man, the Montrose-Hagar collaboration was just awesome. Rock the Nation is definitely one of the greatest rock anthems ever produced. Never tire of this song.

"Been a long education but my homework is done.... about to rock the nation." Always laugh when I hear that set of lyrics. I guess rock...

Steve Reeves is the greatest body builder ever. It isn't about huge muscles. Steve was into the Greek/Roman idea of a proportionate body. Look at him him as Hercules- putting together an awesome physique and movie star good looks. Looked like a statue come to life. He remains the golds standard. ...

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Well, I first heard this by the Doors as a teenager. Jim sang this with a lot of emotion and so does Willie. Of course, Willie wrote this blues masterwork, I believe for Howling Wolf . This is awesome. as noted below, the Doors did credit Willie on their album and didn't rip him off as so many ot...

Willie is the bible of the blues. All the great stuff he had a hand in just boggles the mind. Lets not forget Back Door Man- I eat more chicken any man ever seen, Really how do beat that line.

Have the Francescatti and Casadesus album of Beethoven sonatas on vinyl. For pure musicianship, emotion, and beauty. Zino is hard to match. I had never seen him play live although I have been a musician (guitar) many years. This is a real gift and thanks to the poster. When you lose a guy like tZ...

I have an album of Francescatti and Robert Casadesus playing Beethoven sonatas together. Used to listen to it all the time in the late 60's and early 70's when I was first learning guitar. Yes, guitar. These guys were an inspiration even though I was most interested in rock at that time. Man, th...

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The Second is a hell of an album. Each track is good and the album finishes up with one of the greatest blues medleys ever. Something particular about 28 and others great late 60's songs- they often built to a crescendo- think Light My Fire. This was achieved by virtue of change of intensity of t...

Among the most amazing and heaviest songs ever written. Just awesome. Plods along like an elephant trampling everything under foot. To do this song properly you need a great drummer. Edmonton is the best. His fills and timing are so good it is hard to believe he is not typically mentioned as a t...

@larrydh2

Yes Larry you are correct, an oversight. He is an all star, as well. Great musician.