Bass
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Althea – The Grateful Dead One of the best Grateful Dead songs, and possibly my favorite of Jerry Garcia‘s guitar work, “Althea” has an almost muddied or swampy feel to it, while still maintaining the free-spirited vibe they came to be known for. Lyrically, “Althea” is pretty dang cool. It tells the story of a Read more
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You Can Call Me Al – Paul Simon Apologies for the late post today! The 80s are certainly the least visited era of music on this blog, not by design or anything, but more to do with my own taste. With that being said, semi-recently, I did feature Duran Duran, and in recent years, especially Read more
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Love and Happiness – Al Green Reverend Al Green is my favorite soul singer of all time, with his Greatest Hits album (what an iconic cover, by the way) being on regular rotation year-round for me. Nobody is really able to do it like Al, and while I’m sure everyone knows this song already, give Read more
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It’s Too Late to Stop Now – Van Morrison Apologies for the late post. Per usual, I’ll highlight my three favorite tracks from the album with potential bonus tunes. Van the man. I’ve written about him before, actually in my second post ever, featuring his song “Caravan” performed live from The Last Waltz, so I’ll Read more
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Rather than writing about a song today, I figured I could give you guys some nice background music for the day! The Dead show is much better quality, but the Hendrix is a lot of fun as well if you’re a fan. Both were performed on Thanksgiving day about 10 years apart. Enjoy the holiday Read more
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Pictures of You (Feat. Kate Bollinger) – Drugdealer Drugdealer is a cool little project from the mind of Michael Collins, and the album Hiding In Plain Sight draws heavy inspiration from a late 60s, early 70s sound that was coming out of the West Coast. If you’ve ever seen the outstanding “Documentary Now” show from Read more
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Lady – D’Angelo In today’s age, there are a lot of artists, but not a lot of vocalists. My friend made this comment to me at work today, and while there are plenty of new and amazing vocalists out there, in terms of the charts today, I think that is a great hot take. Even Read more
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Earthquake – Graham Central Station Happy Friday! One of the most influential people in American music is Larry Graham. Especially when it comes to the bass, how it’s played, and how it’s used in music. I mean the guy essentially created the technique known as slapping, which is almost universally recognized as not only the Read more
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Rio – Duran Duran Happy Friday! I remember listening to Duran Duran on the radio in the car on the way to school when I was a kid pretty vividly; in particular, I remember really liking “Hungry Like the Wolf,” but that was about the extent of my Duran Duran knowledge until coming across “Rio” Read more
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