LEGEND Your Song of the Day

[Mojo Ram]

"Like" if you can five star this bitch in Rock Band!


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENXvZ9YRjbo

I have this theory that real guitar players suck at "Guitar Hero" and Rock Band" Or maybe it's just me!

 

[Mojo Ram]

Ok. Crank these fuckers up to 11
One of my favorite rock bands ever is Soundgarden, and if they were just purely a grunge band then so was Black Sabbath...of course they weren't, but i always felt these two bands were very similar, just decades apart.

 

[Prime Time]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKNtP1zOVHw



View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04rClGsbWp4

 

[CodeMonkey]

I have this theory that real guitar players suck at "Guitar Hero" and Rock Band" Or maybe it's just me!

We have just had the greatest time playing Rock Band together as a family, to Thor's point the other day about music bringing people together.

It's funny. People don't tend to play their real life instruments in the game. My younger son is an excellent guitarist and keyboard player in real life but he plays drums in the game. My daughter is a percussionist in real life but she plays bass in the game. My older son is a trombone player in real life, he's our lead guitarist. As for me, some people would argue that voice is not my natural instrument. I prefer living in a world where I, like my hero Willie Nelson, can sing any song. I'm the lead singer for our imaginary band.

 

[CodeMonkey]

Ok. Crank these fuckers up to 11
One of my favorite rock bands ever is Soundgarden, and if they were just purely a grunge band then so was Black Sabbath...of course they weren't, but i always felt these two bands were very similar, just decades apart.

Great post. As advised, I turned to 11 and tried to blow the windows out of my truck on the way to work on that Sabbath tune. Many bands are either in the Zeppelin or Sabbath school of rock. Here's couple of faves from rock band by those guys.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0_zzCLLRvE


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mbBbFH9fAg

 

[Faceplant]

So. Damn. Good......

 

[Ramsey]

Black Sabbath and Sound Garden! You guys are dropping Heavy Metal Bombs!

Shout out to Prime Time. Great interview with Roger Hodgson! I didn't know Goldmine magazine still existed!

In 1954 the British Government, in order to maintain the balance
Of power between East and West, exploded their first atom bomb at
Woomera. They failed to contact all of the Aborigine peoples at
The time. The Aborigines still call this 'the day of the cloud. '

If you thought old style Yes ceased to exist after the 1970's, check out ABWH.

Birthright starts off soft and slow. But don't worry, the song begins a crawl towards a "shiver up your backbone crescendo"! At the 3:00-4:15 mark, the interplay between Bruford's drums, Wakeman's keyboards, and Steve Howe's classical styled guitar are incredible, and Jon Anderson's apology in the Aboriginal language at the end of the song bring tears to my eyes.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqemVfKR3qs

For those ROD members who prefer watching the Live Performance of Birthright...For those who prefer Guitar-Hero...So sorry...No soup for you!


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SifyjnFYeKM

 

[Selassie I]

You guitar guys need to check out Willie's guitar at around the 2:45 minute mark on this one. Tell me what's going on there?

Willie is a Rasta btw.

 

[RAMSinLA]

I like Willie and wanted to see him in concert when he comes near my town this year until I saw the price per ticket. Yikes! $600 per ticket. That would be $1200 for my lovely wife and I to attend. Holy cow! does that come with an once of Kush or what? lol Oh well we will stay home and listen to old Willie songs and BBQ some steaks and suck down some suds. I guess we're too middle class for Willie. In fairness to Willie it's a small venue, about 600 seats but heck, we're talking Willie Nelson here. He has to be 80!!!!


View: https://youtu.be/C3PB1jWO3_E

 

[Prime Time]

Shout out to Prime Time. Great interview with Roger Hodgson! I didn't know Goldmine magazine still existed!

http://www.goldminemag.com/

Yeah, Jeb Wright from Classic Rock Revisited writes for them occasionally.

Here's the link for his interview archive:

http://www.classicrockrevisited.com/interviews.php

Steve Howe:

http://www.classicrockrevisited.com/show_interview.php?id=902

http://www.classicrockrevisited.com/show_interview.php?id=1059

 

[CodeMonkey]

Nice posts @Ramsey

Post more @Faceplant

@RAMSinLA Yea that's redic. The cost of live music. You know, when you consider nobody buys music anymore with YouTube and all, the only way to make money is touring. So, there's upward pressure on the price of live music. I imagine Willie would include a bit of kind if it were up to him. That does sound like one to see though. He's not getting any younger. Very cool!

You guitar guys need to check out Willie's guitar at around the 2:45 minute mark on this one. Tell me what's going on there?

Willie is a Rasta btw.

I love that song although that's not my favorite rendition. The pancho and lefty duet of willie and Merle is a good one. Is there something wrong with Merle? Why is that dude stealing his lines? Just seems clumbsy to me.

Not sure what you are referring to wrt guitar?

willie's reggae stuff is kick ass alright.

This is one of my faves from pancho and lefty:


View: http://youtu.be/_3OEOHnAIIY

 

[RAMSinLA]

@RAMSinLA Yea that's redic. The cost of live music. You know, when you consider nobody buys music anymore with YouTube and all, the only way to make money is touring. So, there's upward pressure on the price of live music. I imagine Willie would include a bit of kind if it were up to him. That does sound like one to see though. He's not getting any younger. Very cool!

True enough, he is a living legend and I'm sure he brings a fairly large operation along with him. Everyone needs to be paid. It would be a great night of music under the stars in an amphitheater, that is for sure. The wife was bummed. lol


View: https://youtu.be/x8A9Y1Dq_cQ

 

[CodeMonkey]

There is a certain rythm to this thread. That is a beautiful piece. Ive posted it here myself. Not desparaging you at all mind you, repeats are way allowed.

Willie has done duets with just about everyone but the ONE person who blows him off the stage is Ray Charles.

Nobody was ever born with more soul.

Two titans! My favorites.




View: http://youtu.be/Mrd14PxaUco

 

[Mojo Ram]

Great post. As advised, I turned to 11 and tried to blow the windows out of my truck on the way to work on that Sabbath tune. Many bands are either in the Zeppelin or Sabbath school of rock. Here's couple of faves from rock band by those guys.

Well said, and then you have the Hendrix coaching tree(Lol) which gave birth to the electric guitar being used as a weapon of mass destruction rather than just a lead instrument

 

[Selassie I]

@CodeMonkey

There's a lot of extra stuff on, and hanging out of, that there geeeetar. WTH is all that?

 

[Mojo Ram]

 

[Prime Time]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYTgIM3s43w

http://blues.gr/profiles/blogs/an-interview-with-les-dudek-a-guitar-legend-who-keepin-alive-the

An Interview with Les Dudek, a guitar legend who's keepin' alive the legacy of Southern culture and music

• Michalis Limnios

"Blues is just another expression of music from the heart. And if you can play the Blues, you can jam with any player who plays the Blues too."

Les Dudek: The sound that could raise the old Dixie

Les Dudek was born at Naval Air Station, Quonset Point, Rhode Island in 1952. The family is of Czech, German, Italian, and Russian extraction. The surname Dudek derives from the Slavic word, Duda which means street musician. His musical influences, along with The Beatles, were Cream, Jimi Hendrix, and The Ventures. He had built quite a reputation around the Florida area as a proficient guitar player, having started playing in local bands as a teenager. Those bands were "The United Sounds", "Blue Truth" and "Power". That reputation would place him in the studio with the Allman Brothers Band for the recording of the Brothers & Sisters album.



His next stops were as a guitarist for Boz Scaggs and The Steve Miller Band. Dudek was invited to play in a supergroup called Journey but he had received an offer to record for Columbia Records as a solo artist. He recorded four solo albums for Columbia Records, "Les Dudek" (Debut), "Say No More", "Ghost Town Parade" and "Gypsy Ride". He later collaborated with Cher, Stevie Nicks, and with two other Columbia Artists, Mike Finnegan and Jim Krueger, with whom he formed DFK (Dudek, Finnegan, and Krueger) in 1978. A DFK album was released by Columbia Records a year later.

Between the years 1979 and 1982, Les and Cher had a personal as well as professional relationship. Dudek wrote and performed some of the music for the 1984 movie Mask starring Cher, Sam Elliott, Eric Stoltz, and Laura Dern. He had a small part in the film as "Bone", a biker. In 1991 Les played guitar with Stevie Nicks on her "Whole Lot Of Trouble" tour.

Two more solo Cds later, "Deeper Shades Of Blues" and "Freestyle", Dudek hit the road again with his own band, and has been performing songs from all his records, plus a few hits he's recorded with other artists. Les Dudek's new release is "Delta Breeze" with great song writing, and slide/ blues rock guitar style, with powerful vocals. Les is Back !!! (Photo by Kevin Roberts)

Interview by Michael Limnios

What experiences in your life make you a GOOD musician and songwriter?

I don’t recall any one particular experience that made me a good musician other than dedication and practice, whereas, experiencing life does in fact influence me as a songwriter.

How do you describe Les Dudek sound and progress and what is your music philosophy?

First thing that comes to my mind if you need to put it in a genre is, Rockin’ Electric Blues, with all the colors of old Dixie. And I think every real player is driven or inspired by a certain chord, and groove.


"First thing that comes to my mind if you need to put it in a genre is, Rockin’ Electric Blues, with all the colors of old Dixie." (Photo by Kevin Roberts)

Do you think that "Delta Breeze" sound is as you started out all these years ago? Or are you pointing in a new direction?

In some ways, or maybe just a continuation. I’m always pointing in a new direction, but I try not to forget where I came from.

Which is the most interesting period in your life and why?

Right now! Because I’m still breathing.

From whom have you have learned the most secrets about the music?

I think real players pick up bits and pieces from other real players and then make it their own.

What is the best advice ever given you?

Stay out of Vietnam and stay out of jail.

What do you miss most nowadays from the old days of music specially the 70s?

My youth, record stores, FM Radio, all the great places to play, and the audiences came to hear real players, playing real music. And it didn’t all sound the same.


"I think real players pick up bits and pieces from other real players and then make it their own." (Photo by Jim Marshall: Left to right - Ronnie Montrose, Boz Scaggs and Les Dudek)

What advice would you give to aspiring musicians thinking of pursuing a career in the craft?

Major in business in college, and make sure you really are talented at singing, playing an instrument and very good at writing songs, because that’s where you make money. You’ll need all those skills to have a chance in the music business. And even then, there are no guarantees.

Are there any memories from the Allman Brothers recording time which you’d like to share with us?

Just that it was intensely surreal. It was just months after Duane had died in a motorcycle accident. I was standing where he would be standing if he were still alive. And there I am recording on what would later be two of their biggest hits. Yeah, I think that’s right up there with one of my most memorable Allman Brothers recording moments.

Which memories from Steve Miller and Boz Scaggs makes you smile?

When Miller said, why don’t you come to play in my band? When Boz said, your hired.

Would you mind telling me most vivid memory from Cher and your role in “MASK” like a biker?

I have two. The first is the scene when I did my cigarette lighter trick to light her cigarette, no one knew I was going to do it and it surprised Cher and the director Peter Bogdanovich, Peter liked it, so he kept it in the movie. And the second, was the scene where I’m kissing her by the tree, no one can hear but me, when she says, “finally I’m kissing someone in this movie I’ve kissed before, and is not a stranger”.


Photo: Les Dudek (front from Cher) as biker "Bone". Les wrote and performed some of the music for the 1984 movie Mask starring Cher, Sam Elliott and Eric Stoltz.

From the music point of view what are the difference and similarity between your solo albums and sessions work?

On my solo albums I’m recording what I created musically. Working on a session, my thought process is to blend in to what someone else created.

What’s the best jam you ever played in?

I can honestly say I’ve had the pleasure to sit in on so many incredible jams, far too many to list here, and you wouldn’t believe me anyway. OK, I’ll give you one, me with, Gene Simmons, Spencer Davis, Mitch Mitchell and Albert Collins at the Viper Room in LA, but it was called the Central back then.

What are some of the most memorable gigs you've had?

Wow, again too many to list. I’ll give one. It was when I played the second Knebworth Park festival outside of London England, I was playing with The Steve Miller Band and Pink Floyd was the headliner that was for about 300,000 people.

Which was the best moment of your career and which was the worst?

Getting paid is always the best. And not being paid is always the worst.

Do you remember anything funny from recording time and touring?


Yeah but nothing I can mention here.

Some music styles can be fads but the Blues Rock is always with us. Why do think that is?

Because it’s real!

What do you learn about yourself from the blues, what does the blues mean to you?

Just that I like to play it because it’s from the soul. Blues is just another expression of music from the heart. And if you can play the Blues, you can jam with any player who plays the Blues too. It’s like playing golf. You don’t need a partner to play golf, but chances are someone will pair up with you when you get to the course.

Do you know why the sound of slide guitar is connected to the Southern music?

Cause it sounds so damn good! I think it’s because slide makes the guitar cry and sing at the same time.

What is the line that connects the legacy of Blues, Rock, Southern Rock and beyond?

I reckon that just might be the line that's connected to a cane poll with a Texas rig at the end for good presentation, down at the old secret fishin' hole in Georgia, where you'll catch that big string of North Florida cat fish but make sure the oil is hot enough in that Mississippi fryer before you cook them up. And be sure to put some Louisiana hot sauce on it before you take that first bite. Or perhaps it's just the sounds and flavors of Blues that were born and still live in the American Deep South.

Are there any memories from Mitch Mitchell and Albert Collins which you’d like to share with us?

I remember Albert telling me not to ever loose that pickin' thing I do, least that's the way he said it. As for Mitch, I didn't get the chance to talk with him. I do recall he was a wirey little tea bag who beat the hell out of the drums. It was a pleasure to have met and jammed with them both.

Which things do you prefer to do in your free time?

Ride my motorcycle, and sleep in my own bed.

What turns you on?

Drop dead gorgeous women, who have decided they want to have sex with me.

Happiness is……

Having those drop dead gorgeous women, actually having sex with me.

Why do you think that Les Dudek's sound is continuing to generate such a devoted following?

Maybe it's because I don't do fads. The music my fans get from me is from the heart, and my lyrics have meaning. I don't play what some call traditional Blues; rather, I cut my own groove and play my own flavor of Blues. It's not for everyone; it's only for those who prefer to listen and grove on the real deal.

Any last comment?

Hey, you asked…..Go to www.cdbaby.com/cd/lesdudek and get my new CD “Delta Breeze”. The more you hear it, the more it will grow on you.

 

[CodeMonkey]

@CodeMonkey

There's a lot of extra stuff on, and hanging out of, that there geeeetar. WTH is all that?

Oh, you mean that strap at going around the middle bottom into the hole? I think maybe that's holding an electic pickup inside the guitar...Or, maybe that strap and nicotine is all that is holding it together at this point. ha ha. He sure has an unmistakable sound with his amplified gut-string classical martin played cowboy style.

That Martin guitar's name is Trigger. The hole that he has worn into it has gotten bigger and looks like even the top part is starting to wear through. He actually hid the guitar when the IRS seized all of his assets. Here's a little story from Rolling Stone magazine and a couple links at the end.

......

from: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/willie-nelson-rs-films-mastering-the-craft-trigger-20150211#ixzz3Xaq1cxd9

Before Willie Nelson hits the stage every night, there's a commotion in the audience when his longtime guitar tech, Tunin' Tom Hawkins, brings out the country legend's famous guitar, Trigger, placing it at the center of the stage. "The whole front row will come up photographing for several minutes before the show starts," says Hawkins. That's the power of Trigger.



Trigger, a beat-up, autograph-covered Martin N-20 acoustic, is just as recognizable as Nelson himself. And in the debut documentary in our "Mastering the Craft" series by Rolling Stone Films presented by Patrón, MaggieVision Productions and director David Chamberlin interview Nelson, his band and crew — plus friends including Jerry Jeff Walker, music journalist Joe Nick Patoski and fans like Woody Harrelson, who provides the documentary's voiceover — to tell the story of how this instrument helped change music history.

Nelson discovered Trigger at a crossroads in his career. By 1969, he had spent nearly a decade trying to become a clean-cut solo success in Nashville. After a drunk destroyed his Guild acoustic, he decided to look for a new guitar with a sound similar to his gypsy-jazz hero Django Reinhardt ("I think he was the best guitar player ever," Nelson says). His buddy Shot Jackson suggested the Martin classical "gut-string" guitar; Nelson bought it sight-unseen and gave it a name. "I named my guitar Trigger because it's kind of my horse," he explains. "Roy Rogers had a horse called Trigger."

Later that year, Nelson's house caught fire, and he raced inside to rescue Trigger and a pound of weed. He took the blaze as a sign it was time to relocate, returning to Texas to play the honky-tonk clubs he grew up around. The scene in Texas was more eclectic and wild, and Nelson began to thrive, pushing the boundaries of what everyone expected from an acoustic player. "No acoustic guitar at that time had been successfully amplified with a pickup," Patoski says. Willie had a sound literally nobody else was getting.

Trigger has stayed by his side ever since, through the famous Fourth of July Picnics he started hosting in Texas in 1972, his experimental Number One breakthrough Red Headed Stranger, and all the rough times; when the IRS seized his possessions in the early Nineties, Willie sent his daughter, Lana, to hide the guitar in Hawaii. He's had Trigger for so long and played it so hard and so much that his pick wore a sizable hole through its front. "My God! How do they keep that thing together?!" Patoski exclaims in the film. "I mean, it shouldn't be playable." Willie's response? "I don’t want to put a guard over it," he smiles. "I need a place to put my fingers."

After five decades with his trusty companion, Nelson is still going strong. "I figure we'll give out about the same time," he says of the well-worn acoustic. "We're both pretty old, got a few scars here and there, but we still manage to make a sound every now and then."

All Roads Lead to Willie Nelson: Rolling Stone's Definitive Profile of the Country Icon:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/all-roads-lead-to-willie-nelson-rolling-stones-definitive-profile-of-the-country-icon-20140902

 

[Ramsey]

How did I miss Les Dudek in my lifetime Primetime? Gawd, I did not know Les! I know all the bands Les played with like "Steve Miller and Boz Skaggs" Boz and Steve played in a high school garage band in Dallas.

I went to Maui with my Ex wife 10 years ago...I was sitting in a restaurant/bar ordering breakfast...As I surveyed the photos surrounding our corner booth I said,

" We can't get away from Texas darling! Willie Nelson photos everywhere! OMG! Sweetheart o f my Rodeo, Willie just walked by with a bunch of tattooed twenty something's. " My Ex said, " That's not Willie Nelson...He looks different then his photos."


"Yeah! " I replied. "Willie's older... So are we Babe! Now tell me Baby Doll... Why is the man with grey braids and salt-and-pepper beard signing autographs at the bar?"

So Primetime and CodeMonkey? What's the deal with outlaw Texas county music and Les Dudek? What's the tie-in? Did our local Raggae Rouge just play Waylon? ...And Mojo is a Rush fan? Good God!

Here is my meager pseudo outlaw county contribution...


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q21BF38W3Gs


My brothers and sister...We all dig Rush! There is trouble in the forest Mojo!


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZiDME3bajU

 

[Selassie I]

Oh, you mean that strap at going around the middle bottom into the hole? I think maybe that's holding an electic pickup inside the guitar...Or, maybe that strap and nicotine is all that is holding it together at this point. ha ha. He sure has an unmistakable sound with his amplified gut-string classical martin played cowboy style.

That Martin guitar's name is Trigger. The hole that he has worn into it has gotten bigger and looks like even the top part is starting to wear through. He actually hid the guitar when the IRS seized all of his assets. Here's a little story from Rolling Stone magazine and a couple links at the end.

......

from: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/willie-nelson-rs-films-mastering-the-craft-trigger-20150211#ixzz3Xaq1cxd9

Before Willie Nelson hits the stage every night, there's a commotion in the audience when his longtime guitar tech, Tunin' Tom Hawkins, brings out the country legend's famous guitar, Trigger, placing it at the center of the stage. "The whole front row will come up photographing for several minutes before the show starts," says Hawkins. That's the power of Trigger.



Trigger, a beat-up, autograph-covered Martin N-20 acoustic, is just as recognizable as Nelson himself. And in the debut documentary in our "Mastering the Craft" series by Rolling Stone Films presented by Patrón, MaggieVision Productions and director David Chamberlin interview Nelson, his band and crew — plus friends including Jerry Jeff Walker, music journalist Joe Nick Patoski and fans like Woody Harrelson, who provides the documentary's voiceover — to tell the story of how this instrument helped change music history.

Nelson discovered Trigger at a crossroads in his career. By 1969, he had spent nearly a decade trying to become a clean-cut solo success in Nashville. After a drunk destroyed his Guild acoustic, he decided to look for a new guitar with a sound similar to his gypsy-jazz hero Django Reinhardt ("I think he was the best guitar player ever," Nelson says). His buddy Shot Jackson suggested the Martin classical "gut-string" guitar; Nelson bought it sight-unseen and gave it a name. "I named my guitar Trigger because it's kind of my horse," he explains. "Roy Rogers had a horse called Trigger."

Later that year, Nelson's house caught fire, and he raced inside to rescue Trigger and a pound of weed. He took the blaze as a sign it was time to relocate, returning to Texas to play the honky-tonk clubs he grew up around. The scene in Texas was more eclectic and wild, and Nelson began to thrive, pushing the boundaries of what everyone expected from an acoustic player. "No acoustic guitar at that time had been successfully amplified with a pickup," Patoski says. Willie had a sound literally nobody else was getting.

Trigger has stayed by his side ever since, through the famous Fourth of July Picnics he started hosting in Texas in 1972, his experimental Number One breakthrough Red Headed Stranger, and all the rough times; when the IRS seized his possessions in the early Nineties, Willie sent his daughter, Lana, to hide the guitar in Hawaii. He's had Trigger for so long and played it so hard and so much that his pick wore a sizable hole through its front. "My God! How do they keep that thing together?!" Patoski exclaims in the film. "I mean, it shouldn't be playable." Willie's response? "I don’t want to put a guard over it," he smiles. "I need a place to put my fingers."

After five decades with his trusty companion, Nelson is still going strong. "I figure we'll give out about the same time," he says of the well-worn acoustic. "We're both pretty old, got a few scars here and there, but we still manage to make a sound every now and then."

All Roads Lead to Willie Nelson: Rolling Stone's Definitive Profile of the Country Icon:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/all-roads-lead-to-willie-nelson-rolling-stones-definitive-profile-of-the-country-icon-20140902

I'm so glad you posted the info about trigger. I knew something wasn't right with that there geeeeetar. What a cool story.

I discovered something else about Willie's music that I didn't know until I was searching for a few songs of his to post for you. My parrot is very particular about his music. There are certain artists that he is drawn to. It's very obvious too. When he hears his kind of jam... he will sing (and hum) along even if he's never heard the song before. Ohhh,,, and he'll dance too.

Anyway, he really likes Willie. I didn't know for sure until I played the Luckenbach Texas song. I knew he was grooving to the first Willie song I posted (Pancho)... but I really couldn't tell if it was the guitars or Willie's voice that he was into.

The mystery was solved when I played Luckenbach. Rasta (my parrot) didn't show any interest in Waylon's part of the song... which is most of it. Let me tell you though,,, when Willie started singing at the end... Rasta immediately started trying to sing along. He loves him some Willie. Hahahaha Cool shit.

Rasta thanks you for bringing up Willie.