Happy Birthday Eric Clapton

 Today Eric Clapton turns 77 today.  In celebration we are just going to stick with music.

                                              "Louise" with the Yardbirds live in 1964

Cream "White Room" live in 1968

Blind Faith "Can't Find My Way Home" live 1969

Derek and the Dominos "Got to Get Better in a Little While"

Eric Clapton "Pretending"

I think this was a career spanning celebration of Slowhand on his birthday. 

Happy Birthday Eric Clapton!

Happy Birthday Eric Clapton! The guitar legend turns 72 today!

Kicking off the Celebration from the last time I saw Slowhand..

Me and Eric have a Rock N' Roll Heart...

A little Cream...

He used to be a Yardbird..

He's been Wonderful on many nights..

I'll be back  soon with a new post!

Happy Birthday Jimmy Page!

  Image from Wikipedia.

Jimmy Page turned 73 today. I figure his birthday was a good excuse to get the Led Out and more. Jimmy Page is a good way to start out my blog in 2017 in earnest.


Let's start out with The Yardbirds.."Shapes of Things"

Then a few years after Zeppelin ended Jimmy playing some Chopin..

"All The King's Horses" from The Firm...

Ah the solo album.."Wasting My Time"

Coverdale/Page..

"When the World Was Young" Page and Plant..

With the Black Crowes,,"Oh Well" an old Peter Green Fleetwood Mac cover...

Somethings missing.."Heartbreaker"

Then and more recent,,reunited Zeppelin.."For Your Life"

Vintage "Rock and Roll"

Hope you enjoy and see you around soon!

Happy Birthday Jimmy Page!

Today is Jimmy Page's 71st Birthday! Two years ago I gave a career spanning blog post for his 69th birthday which you may enjoy. I might do the same today but I don't want to repeat. However, I want to celebrate the music.

The song that has always grabbed me from his Yardbirds days is "Train Kepta Rollin'" ..

Yes I mixed it up with Jimmy guest appearing with Aerosmith! Hey we all like surprises!!
Below is a little Olympic Love with Leona Wilson...

The first time I saw him concert was during his "Outrider" tour...a live version of "Emerald Eyes"

I guess I need to get the Led Out or it would be a "Heartbreaker"

Happy Birthday Jimmy Page!

Happy Birthday Jeff Beck!

I can't believe I haven't written a Jeff Beck happy birthday post  before. He is probably my favorite guitarist. He has a distinct sound that I can almost recognize every time and say that's Jeff Beck.

"Somewhere Over the Rainbow"

He is probably most famous for his version of "People Get Ready"

I have to give the two time Rock and Roll  Hall of Fame member credit he is always pushing the envelope and is never satisfied resting on his past accomplishments.

Here he is back in 1965 with the Yardbirds...

Here he is with "Where were you"

Jeff Beck has won 5 Grammy Awards including one for this Beatles' cover...

I could go on and on. However, I think it is best to let you discover..

Led Zeppelin Started 45 Years Ago

Sure they came together as The Yardbirds, Jimmy Page's old band, or The New Yardbirds. They later would be known as Led Zeppelin and they would carve out their own niche in the Rock and Roll world.

They started with song called "Train Kepta Rollin`".. I picked this version because it was near Zeppelin's end. Kind of like a start and end point. If you listen to the tune you can see how the song had grown over the years..

They also played "Smokestack Lightning" and an early version of "Dazd and Confused."

Live in concert they would play Yardbird covers like "For Your Love"

Ad the rest is history...