Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Isolated Guitar For “Pride And Joy”
From Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble’s 1983 album Texas Flood, Pride and Joy, it was also released as Vaughan’s first single and has become one of his best-known songs. Called “a classic Texas shuffle”, it has a twelve-bar blues arrangement, notated in the key of E (although with Vaughan’s guitar tuned one-half step lower, resulting in the pitch of E♭) in 4/4 time with a moderately fast tempo. The main guitar figure features a bassline along with muted chord chops to produce a percussive-like effect. Vaughan also “extracts extra sound from the guitar by choosing finger shapes that allow the maximum number of strings to ring at a time (often the top E-string [E♭]).
https://youtu.be/Kqb9IFVIIFg
Epic Heavy Metal Remake of Madonna’s ‘Like a Prayer’
Oltedal, Norway-based musician and vocalist Leo Moracchioli from Frog Leap Studios gives an epic metal makeover to Madonna’s greatest song, “Like a Prayer.”
Vintage Blues Remake of Cheap Trick’s ‘I Want You to Want Me’
The incredible Sara Niemietz returns to help Postmodern Jukebox turn Cheap Trick’s 1978 rock classic, “I Want You to Want Me” into a soulful, haunting blues song – with special guest, famed film composer Snuffy Walden on guitar!
Peter Murphy Is Performing His Best Solo Albums In Entirety During San Francisco Residency
Peter Murphy announces Residency at San Francisco’s The Chapel – a retrospective of his greatest solo albums played in their entirety, and more.
“I have always wanted to do a residency and while I was performing at The Chapel on the “Stripped” tour last year, I felt like this was the perfect venue and that the time to do this was now. There are a lot of songs on these albums that I haven’t sung in years. This is a rare chance for fans to see them performed live,” says Peter.
You can get your tickets here.
Depeche Mode Concert Film ‘101’ Will Be Screened At The Rose Bowl
Hot off the heels of its breakthrough album, “Music for the Masses,” British synth pop group Depeche Mode embark on the last leg of its 1989 North American tour. Acclaimed documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker is on hand to document the trek from New York to California, focusing his lens on the band, its fans, but the minutiae of tour life. The documentary culminates with Depeche Mode’s final performance of the tour at the Pasadena Rose Bowl, 18 June 1988.
The Eat|See|Hear film festival have come up with a great idea – they’re screening Depeche Mode: 101 inside the iconic Rose Bowl Stadium where it was filmed on 18 June 1988. The concert was a cultural watershed moment for music and the “alternative” scene as Depeche Mode packed an unprecedented 65,000 people into the Rose Bowl.
Is there a better way to get psyched for the Depeche Mode “Spirit” tour? I don’t think so! Tickets here.
Welcome to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyllllantysiliogogogoch
At 58 letters, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyllllantysiliogogogoch is the longest town name in all of Europe. It wasn’t always the town’s name, though—in the 1860s, the name was developed as a way to entice tourists to make the town a stop on their travels. It’s an amalgamation of the Welsh words and names for local landmarks, and it’s probably the best PR stunt of the 1860s—or today. So yeah, welcome to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyllllantysiliogogogoch! You don’t need to be able to say it to enjoy your stay.
Chuck Berry Reviews Punk Singles Back In 1980
In a 1980 interview with the zin Jet Lag, Chuck Berry shared his thoughts on the punk anthems of the day.
