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Jake Shimabukuro, While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Well, the world didn’t end, which is nice, so the youtube countdown continues with part 68. I have the “Jimi Hendrix of Ukelele,” Jake Shimabukuro, performing “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” from the “White Album.” Taking place at Strawberry Fields in Central Park, this is one of the most amazing performances I have ever seen. …
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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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Jeff Beck and Tal Wilkenfeld, Freeway Jam + Blue Wind
In part 41 of my youtube countdown, we take a look at some prodigies. One is an old prodigy by the name of Jeff Beck, the guitar virtuoso of the guitar virtuoso factory known as the Yardbirds (Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page.) The other is the opposite of old, a sexy 24 year old bass whiz…
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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…
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The Rolling Stones, Jumpin’ Jack Flash (Rock and Roll Circus)
It’s part 26 of my youtube countdown, and we’re going to the circus…the Rock and Roll Circus that is. In 1968, the Rolling Stones produced a concert movie that was never released called the..ta daaa… Rock and Roll Circus. The ‘Circus,’ was sadly never released for some reason, that is until the past ten years…
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George, Elton, Eric, Ringo, While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Stepping up to part 25 of my youtube countdown, we visit some old friends reuniting in the 1980s. George Harrison, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Jeff Lynn from ELO, and even Phil Collins all got together to play George’s legendary White Album classic, While My Guitar Gently Weeps. Not only does this concert take…
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John Lennon, Cold Turkey
Part 13 of my youtube favorites countdown continues with the hard-blues psyche fest, John Lennon’s Cold Turkey. Just around the time the Beatles broke up, John Lennon set loose a blistering array of personal/emotional/political singles; Instant Karma, Give Peace a Chance, and this immortal classic, Cold Turkey. John wrote the song about his experience in…