Jeff Beck passed away last month so I will work him into this Battle of the Bands. I am picking the lovely Curtis Mayfield song "People Get Ready." It was a hit with The Impressions. Curtis, Eva and Jeff have all left for the great studio in the sky.
Jeff Beck without a doubt was one of the greatest guitarists ever. An artist I saw several times, the last time being September 30th. He is the reason I bought a Fender Stratocaster and an artist I have featured numerous times on my Battle of the Bands. Jeff was in the Yardbirds and had an incredible solo career. He played sessions with a who's who list of artists.
Jeff Beck performing on David Letterman the piece "What Mama Said"
Welcome to October, often referred to Rocktober. I haven't rocked out in a Battle of the Bands for a while. I love Rock and Roll, I just enjoy other music as well. I enjoy throwing in twists and bouncing genres during the battles. Let's go with a little Led Zeppelin.
This time around it is "Heartbreaker" off of Led Zeppelin II...
Contender One: Alvin Youngblood Hart
The Battle between the guitar and lute was much closer than the blues guitar slingers playing nursery rhymes battle I had last time. Ieva Baltmiskyte and her lute bested Christoph Denoth and his guitar. Dowland's Frog Galliard set the playground for one instrument to shine.
Welcome to my Battle of the Bands! My battles are going in it's own sweet way hanging out in jazz land. Much like the last battle I have a jazz standard by a jazz giant and my contestants include one of the best jazz guitarists versus another jazz giant.
The song I picked is "In Your Own Sweet Way" by Dave Brubeck
Do we have a tie? Do we have a decision? Do we apply an asterisk? We have controversy! Were the Russians involved (Not that I would care. Heck they are more than welcome the votes!) Where is Geraldo Rivera?
If it's rule a tie I can't do overtime. Hard pressed to find two more decent covers and the length of the tune.
John went with Henrik and Arlee went with Gary. Cathy casted for Henrik. Then Stephen the co-founder of this crazy bloghop, an overall great man, and a notorious double voting outlaw came and voted for Gary Moore. He also casted a guest vote from Judge Al Bondigas also for Gary. The Honorable Judge is also apparently Stephen's brother. I'll leave this up to Geraldo! A Judge has connections, could tie my life in litigation, drive me bankruptcy in legal fees. Geraldo could solve everything by finding a vault by the legendary Gangster of Love Steve Miller. Inside said vault is all the votes from people who visit and don't leave a vote. But alas the vault would be empty but I could "take the money and run" with Geraldo.
See how crazy this world has gotten when the writing goes from Stephen, a Judge, Geraldo and Steve Miller.
Birgit voted for Gary Moore. Talking about outlaws, Sixgun McItchyfinger was next calling for the Postmaster General to investigate the shady votes from Stephen. He voted for Henrik. Perhaps it could be decided by a duel. A safe duel where safety is first. Maybe rubber band guns used with proper safety glasses. Social distanced wearing the dang mask.
So Gary Moore wins this one by one more vote! What a great battle almost closer than I tie. The great late Gary Moore wins with an asterisk.
He "Still Got the Blues"
If you don't like long, guitar tunes you might want to skip my battle this time around. If you can only listen to one, listen to the one by the original artist it is a masterpiece. Now if you like long guitar pieces you have found the right battle. The tune is from Roy Buchanan who died on August 14, 1988. If you can make it through the tunes please vote in the comments.
Roy's version:
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