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Carl Perkins and Friends, Rockabilly School
It’s a star studded part 97 on my youtube countdown, and the stakes are getting higher, and the stars are getting hotter as we close in on 100! This time I have the undeniably fantastic performance of Carl Perkins and his super friends from the 1985 concert Blue Suede Shoes: A Rockabilly Session. Get this. …
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Cream, Tales of Brave Ulysses
Part 64 of my youtube countdown introduces Cream, or “the late great Cream” as John Lennon once said in 1968. That’s right, Cream was a streaking comet of psychedelic blues perfection, blasting through the pop music charts from 1966 to 1968 selling 35 million albums in just two years! Cream was considered the world’s first…
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Bob Dylan & Eric Clapton, Crossroads
Part 36 of my youtube countdown rolls on with a performance of Robert Johnson’s ‘Crossroads Blues’ by Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton. I’ve been in a real bluesy mood this week, and a clip like this really hits the sweet spot. The song, a gem in Robert Johnson’s absurdly mythological repertoire, is heavily electrified by…
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The Dirty Mac, Yer Blues
Part 27 of my youtube countdown rolls on with another act from the infamous Rock and Roll Circus. This time, we have Dirty Mac. Who is Dirty Mac? Well, its John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards (on bass, awesome), and Mitch Mitchell (on drums direct from the Jimi Hendrix Experience.) A super group if there…