Such are the nominees this year for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Patrick Goldstein moans: It's pretty pathetic when you consider that you can vote for the Chantels and Darlene Love, but not for Linda Ronstadt, Steve Miller, Chicago, Rush, Deep Purple, Alice Cooper, Journey, Dire Straits or Stevie Ray Vaughan, just to name a few of the ineligible worthies... Those of us who are actual voters are...
I was a rock critic in a past life, so every year around this time, I still get a ballot allowing me to vote for my favorite nominees in the annual election at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame....
More pictures in the same box, it seems unreal now that we saw Thin Lizzy, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Ten Years After and Sabbath all in the same weekend for just fifteen quid.
By his teens, the Israeli-born Noy had already internalized the styles of guitar legends Wes Montgomery, Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan. By the age of 24, he had firmly established himself as an accomplished session player in his home country. Since his arrival in New York in 1996, Noy has performed, toured and recorded with the likes of Richard Bona, Chris Botti, Phoebe Snow, and Gavin... This...
November 3rd is a big day for us here at the Vault. We have been plowing through the archives over the past few months to prepare a huge release of new downloads featuring concerts from many of your favorite bands. A number of these have been on the site for free streaming and others will be [...]
Image from Butthole Surfers’ MySpace Butthole Surfers, Peaches, & MEN Saturday, October 31 Stubbs ( 801 Red River ) 7 p.m. | $30 Advance; $35 At The Door | Outside [ info ] | [ tickets ] Texas has nurtured more than its fair share of talented musical acts over the course of our esteemed history. Buddy Holly, Willie Nelson, ZZ Top, Roy Orbison, and Stevie Ray Vaughan have garnered worldwide...
In Austin, stealing things that once belonged to the legendary Stevie Ray Vaughan is sacrilege. Guitars, handwritten song lyrics photographs of Vaughan and other memorabilia were stolen from his brother's storage room in Austin in 2007, and one of the men who did it was sentenced to five months in jail and 10 years of deferred adjudication, following a plea agreement. Though the sentence was short,...
" The Things That I Used to Do " is a song written by Guitar Slim (aka Eddie Jones) and his 1953 recording of it in New Orleans, was arranged and produced by a young Ray Charles. It was released on Specialty Records in 1954 to become a bestseller, staying in the rhythm and blues charts for 42 weeks'. I can't find that version but Buddy Guy discusses him here Wikipedia Ray Charles's arrangement...
Inspired by Mr. Porvaznik’s comment at What Would Toto Watch – just what are the greatest stoner performances of all time? Don’t ask me, man, but here are my favorite. 1. Brad Pitt in True Romance: What movie defined the 90s? Tony Scott’s True Romance. Penned by Quentin Tarantino, the film featured goody after goody: Christian [...]
Filed under: Music News , Videos , Interviews Australian-born Orianthi wants to inspire America's young women to put down their cell phones and pick up guitars. As the guitarist for Michael Jackson's ill-fated final tour, the 24-year-old followed in the footsteps of Eddie Van Halen and Jennifer ... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Oz Noy's Schizophrenic (Magnatude Records, 2009) is the perfect moniker for the Israeli-born, New York-based guitarist. With an array of influences ranging from {{Charlie Parker = 10115}} to {{Jimi Hendrix = 13353}} to {{Stevie Ray Vaughan=11034}}, Noy melds elements from funk, rock, blues and jazz into his own unique, personal take on modern instrumental music...
my shot of the Capitol building in Austin, Texas I was excited to head out to Austin for two reasons initially: I would get a chance to hang out at the site of the Stevie Ray Vaughan statue (personal music fave) and because I was teaching the Creative Suite Unleashed tour there. I had [...]
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