Tag: rock

Los Straitjackets

Deke Dickerson Sings the Great Instrumental Hits!!!!!!

Yep Roc

It’s like amplifying the experience of hearing Lorne Greene sing the theme to “Bonanza” after only having known it as an instrumental.

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Eric Clapton & Friends

The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale

Bushbranch/Surfdog

The first question one might ask upon discovering Eric Clapton has released a heartfelt J.J. Cale tribute one year after Cale’s passing July 26, 2013, would be: How closely did the Oklahoman’s No. 1 disciple hew to that remarkably nonchalant, front-porch sound?

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Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin

Common Ground: Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play and Sing the Songs of Big Bill Broonzy

Yep Roc

Three decades after their last full album together (the Blasters’ 1985 “Hard Line”), the Alvin brothers are making beautiful “American Music” together again, thanks to a near-death experience and the “entrance drug into prewar blues.”

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Charlie Daniels Band

Off the Grid: Doin’ It Dylan

Blue Hat

For anyone who’s lost touch with Charlie Daniels over the past few decades, now’s a good time to check him out again.

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Aaron Comess

Blues for Use

Hey Boy/Innsbruck

Three things for instrumental music lovers to keep in mind about Spin Doctors drummer Aaron Comess’ third solo effort:

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