R.I.P Chris Dreja

 Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Chris Dreja who was a founding member, rhythm guitarist and bass player for The Yardbirds passed away at the age of 79.  He also had a career in photography.

                                          Here he is in Box of Frogs "Get it while you can"

Yardbirds "Louise" from 1964 featuring Eric Clapton

"Shapes of Things" with Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page

He played beside some of the biggest names in rock and roll, founded a legendary rock band, pursued photography and lived a life for nearly 80 years. He will live on in the recordings, he will be missed by family, friends and fans.

R.I.P Jeff Beck

 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"

Jeff Beck with Rod Stewart "People Get Ready"

His cover of "A Day in the Life"

"Where Were You"

with The Yardbirds

Jeff Beck an influencer, a creative artist, and a guitarist who's music will live on.

Monday's Music Moves Me:Songs About Love

Let's dance, rock to songs about Love. The theme for Monday's Music Moves Me.

Tina Turners asks the question "What's Love Gotta Do With It?"

Well I guess Queen knew we need "Somebody to Love"

Then we are silly like the Yardbirds "For Your Love"

The Who knew "Love Ain't for Keeping"

Because "Love Hurts" from Nazareth

There it is Love in five songs. Not a Taylor Swift "Love Story"

Hope you enjoyed see you soon!

Eric Clapton's Birthday

Today is Eric Clapton's birthday. His birthday is a good enough excuse to share a few tunes.

Oh for anyone with a date...

I think I had this beer...Cream "Strange Brew:

The Yardbirds.... "Louise"

John Mayall's Bluesbreakers "Steppin'Out"

"Someone Like You"

A little time travel through some of his early projects. I tried to get some lesser known tracks in there. I wrapped it up with a few solo songs. Thanks for visiting and remember next month this blog is going to be busy.

73 Years of Jeff Beck

Today is Jeff Beck's 73rd Birthday! That is a god enough reason to celebrate his career by sharing some music.


A live version of "Train Kepta Rollin'" from 1966. The Yardbirds...

Here he is with Rod Stewart doing "People Get Ready"...

Here they are about 16 years earlier with "You Shook Me"...

It was a  joy to watch him play with Tal Wilkenfeld....

and Jennifer Batton got him releasing albums on a schedule for a while..

The first track of his latest album..

Hope you enjoyed my time traveling celebration of Jeff Beck for his birthday!

Happy Birthday Jeff Beck!

What a week for musical birthdays! Yesterday I celebrated Robert Hunter's birthday who contributed to so much music through the words he penned for them. Today I celebrate a guitarist who contributes so much to music through the notes he plays, Jeff Beck,

I celebrated his 69th birthday with this post last year. More music there, I will try to do a no repeat post here.

This cover of Sam Cooke tune is very appropriate for these times as well..

How about this version of "Because we ended as Lovers"

Lets go way back to The Yardbirds with "Heart Full of Soul"

A lot of music scanning six decades. What are your favorite Jeff Beck tunes, riffs,groups?

Battle of the Bands 6: Train Kept A-Rollin'

I'm back for my sixth installment of Battle of the Bands. Sorry a little late in the day for the post. Here is how it works:

Listen to the song clips in the blog post. In the comment section vote for the one you like the best. Feel free to explain why you voted the way you did. The battles take place on the first and 15th and winners will be announced on the 7th and 21st. I will normally post the winner in the comments. Of course have fun and enjoy!

If you are still looking for more musical fun after you vote, you can check out these sites for more battles:

Far Away Series

Your Daily Dose

DiscConnected

Tossing It Out

STMcC Presents "Battle of the Bands"

A Writer's Life in Progress

Curious as a Cathy

The Creative Outlet of StratPlayer

The Sound of One Hand Typing

Alex J. Cavanaugh

This round song:

"Train Kept A-Rollin'" by Tiny Bradshaw. I actually was able to get the original version this time! 

It is October and some have referred to the month as "Rocktober" and with that in mind I present the contestants, 

The Yardbirds 

VS

Aerosmith

Why this song?

Rock lore has this song as the first song Led Zeppelin performed together. Personally it was one of the songs I searched out after being turned onto Led Zeppelin and seeing where they came from and who their influences were. It also introduced me to the playing of Jeff Beck. 

Listen, enjoy, vote in the comments. Visit the other blogs. Come back and visit!

Happy Birthday Eric Clapton!

Today is Eric Clapton's 68th birthday. He is currently touring in support of his latest album "Old Sock" and celebrating 50 years in the music business. So in honor of his birthdday let's celebrate his career...

Here is Eric Clapton with the Yardbirds...

A song called "Steppin' Out" with John Mayall...

Of course there was the Super Group Cream..

and Blind Faith..

The solo years...

Now..

any way Happy Birthday..I will be blogging about theatre tomorrow and then the A to Z Challenge starts on Monday so stay tuned...

Happy Birthday Jimmy Page

Wow, I can't believe I haven't blogged about Jimmy Page's birthday on this blog before. Today is his 69th birthday. Well he was the guitarist for Led Zeppelin and the poducer of many albums. We will celebrate his long career on here.

The Yardbirds "Heart Full of Soul"

Here is Jimmy Page in the band he made famous Led Zeppelin

Afer Led Zeppelin he was in The Firm with Paul Rodgers

Then Jimmy did a solo album called Outrider

In the 90's he tamed up with David Coverdale of Whitesnake fame to form Coverdale Page

Then there was Unledded with Robert Plant

and they even came out with an albm of new stuff

Then Page did an album with the Black Crowes

Then he kind of dissapeared a bit..

and then there was the latest reunion..here is a recent interview with Jimmy about the latest release

and trailer..

Happy Birthday to a guitar legend!~