Kevin on March 7th, 2009

Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood are touring together in June – Clapton/Winwood tour dates.  I’ve seen both perform during the last few years and this promises to be a terrific series of concerts.  To whet your appetite, here’s a clip of the two from the 2007 Crossroads Guitar Festival:

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Kevin on December 14th, 2008

Having not ventured onto our bathroom scale for months and months, I was subjected to quite a shock a week and a half ago when I weighed myself.  My mid sized, ought-to-weigh-about-155-to-160 frame was carrying around 176lbs.  Or so I thought.
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Kevin on September 11th, 2008

I somehow managed to pick up a head cold just as we left Vegas last Thursday…  and it has merrily progressed into a full respiratory meltdown. I’m fairly certain I’ll survive, but it has sapped my energy and hence my posting.
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Kevin on July 20th, 2008

First, another terrific performance from the Clapton 1996 Hyde Park concert – a spirited rendition of “I Shot The Sheriff” with some great interplay between EC and drummer Steve Gadd…

If you’re a Clapton fan and don’t own this DVD, it’s well worth it!
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Veteran New Orleans bluesman Bryan Lee performing with KWS, Hubert Summerlin, and Double Trouble – from January, 2008.

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3 amazing and very different performances…
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From 2005 – Friday Night with Jonathan Ross…

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From the 2005 Royal Albert Hall reunion 2-DVD set:

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Musicovery is a neat web radio site which lets you discover new music depending upon how you’re feeling and what genres you’re interested in. In addition you can restrict Musicovery to certain decades – if you’re into blues, for instance, you can restrict it to recent decades if you prefer contemporary blues.
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Kevin on March 15th, 2008

b. March 25, 1966, d. March 2, 2008

Beautiful performance of “As the years go passing by” from 1995.
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Kevin on March 15th, 2008

“Zazu,” Rosie Vela’s only recording, was released by A&M in 1986. Vela, a top fashion model in the late 70’s, put her modeling career on hold in the mid 80’s to pursue her musical ambitions. Zazu was produced by longtime Steely Dan producer Gary Katz, and Walter Becker and Donald Fagen contributed to [...]

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January 2009 edit:  the video described below is no longer available due to copyright issues; this is the original music video for the song.
One of the things I want to do with this blog is share things that I really enjoy, and this is is a good example. Carlos Santana recorded a couple of songs [...]

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