JIMI HENDRIX * CREAM * BLIND FAITH * LAURA MARLING * SANTANA *YOLA * JOE COCKER * LEON RUSSELL * CHUCK PROPHET * GILBERT PRICE * EMMA SWIFT * PAUL MCCARTNEY
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The greatest electric guitar innovator of the 60s:
Playlist of Hendrix’s entire debut album + a few covers:
Amazing video (guitar is not bad either):
In case you weren’t lucky enough to see him live (I wasn’t):
FOR MORE HENDRIX SEE SUGGESTED BLUES MUSICIANS 1 [CLICK HERE]
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Jack Bruce, vocals & bass; Eric Clapton, guitar; Ginger Baker, drums:
Written by Eric Clapton and George Harrison:
Bassist & lead vocalist Jack Bruce, guitarist Eric Clapton, and drummer Ginger Baker. “White Room” (from the album “Wheels of Fire”) was written by Jack Bruce and Pete Brown and was released in 1968. The footage below was shot during their “Farewell Tour” on 25 and 26 November 1968 at the Royal Albert Hall in London:
Robert Johnson piece sung and played by Eric Clapton with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker:
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Blind Faith = Steve Winwood, vocals & keyboard; Eric Clapton, guitar; Ginger Baker, drums; Ric Gretch, bass & violin. This recording has been remastered:
From the only live concert video of this group (as well as their first gig):
Recorded Live in Gothenburg, Sweden – June 18, 1969. Tracklist: 01. Sleeping in the Ground 02. Sea Of Joy 03. Under My Thumb 04. Can’t Find My Way Home 05. Presence of the Lord 06. Had to Cry Today 07. Do What You Like:
Another band Clapton belonged to briefly:
Derek & the Dominoes (featuring Eric Clapton & Duane Allman):
Playlist of full album “Live at the Fillmore” (1970):
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Playlist (and then some) of Santana’s “Abraxis”:
Santana with Alicia Keys:
Recorded Live: 11/26/1989 – Watsonville High School Football Field – Watsonville, CA. After a classical guitar intro of Concierto de Aranjuez (written by Joaquín Rodrigo) this morphs into a blues jam with Cesar Rojas and David Hidalgo (both from Los Lobos):
Playlist (and then some) of his latest album:
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With Allison Russell (on right) of Birds of Chicago:
Playlist of Cocker’s first album “With A Little Help From My Friends”:
CHUCK PROPHET—————————————
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Gilbert Price sings from “The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd”:
From the “Ed Sullivan Show”:
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Photos, animation and concept by Hugh Hales-Tooke. Additional photography: Christie Mullen. Starring: Emma Swift and Emily Smith:
Performers: Vocals: Emma Swift– Guitar, keyboards, bass, percussion: Patrick Sansone– Guitar: Robyn Hitchcock– Pedal steel: Thayer Serrano– Bass: Jon Estes– Drums and percussion: Jon Radford:
Performers same as above video. Both songs from her album Blonde On The Tracks:
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Paul McCartney played a secret free live gig at Amoeba’s Record Store in Los Angeles on June 27, 2007. Several releases have surfaced of these recordings. On July 12, 2019, it was released in full:
Jeff Grinnell's Poetry Platform 