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The Mothers Of Invention - Live In London 1968 http://youtu.be/ToQWHNFZ2RE Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at No. 71 on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time", and in 2011 at No. 22 on its list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Zappa produced almost all of the more than 60 albums he released with the band "The Mothers of Invention" and as a solo artist. "His 1966 debut album with The Mothers of Invention, "Freak Out!", combined songs in conventional rock and roll format with collective improvisations and studio-generated sound collages." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Richard Williams <pundits...@gmail.com>wrote: > Nektar > > [image: Inline image 1] > > "It shot into the Top 20 album charts in the U.S. The follow-up album, > Down to Earth (1974), was another concept album with a circus theme; it > also sold well, breaking into the Top 40 album charts and included Nektar's > only song to chart on the Billboard singles charts..." > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nektar > > Roye Albrighton - guitars and vocals > Allan "Taff" Freeman - keyboards > Derek "Mo" Moore - bass > Ron Howden - drums > Mick Brockett - lights > > Nektar Live: > http://youtu.be/b7ZXwPfk_Ic > > Remember The Future Full Album: > http://youtu.be/u1i24LNre4U > > My favorite - An amazing live performance recording: > > Sunday Night at the London Roundhouse, 1974 > > Other albums: > > Journey to the Centre of the Eye > Down To Earth > A Tab In The Ocean > Recycled > Sounds Like This > Magic Is a Child > > > On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Richard Williams <pundits...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Johnny Winter >> >> [image: Inline image 1] >> >> Johnny Winter - Live at Massey Hall, Toronto 1983 >> http://youtu.be/TjaFWurTS1U >> >> In 1988, Winter was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame. In >> 2003, he was ranked 63rd in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 >> Greatest Guitarists of All Time." >> >> http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists<http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-guitarists-20111123/johnny-winter-20111122> >> >> "Out of all the hopped-up Caucasians who turbocharged the blues in the >> late Sixties, Texas albino Johnny Winter was both the whitest and the >> fastest." Apparently Jimi Hendrix sought him out as a sideman. Johnny >> Winter and his brother Edgar were born and raised in Beaumont, Texas. In >> 2007 and 2010, Winter performed at Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar >> Festival. >> >> Read more: >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Winter >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Richard Williams >> <pundits...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> ZZTop >>> >>> [image: Inline image 1] >>> >>> ZZ Top - Got Me Under Pressure (Live In Texas): >>> http://youtu.be/ZHRHc5HmFHg >>> >>> ZZ Top - Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, and Frank Beard (the one without a >>> beard). ZZ Top is considered to be one of the greatest rock bands of all >>> time. Some of the songs are so powerful they were once recommended by Rama. >>> Several of the members are very fond of MMY - one became a TM Teacher. >>> >>> "ZZ Top was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004. As a >>> group, ZZ Top possesses 11 gold records and 7 platinum (13 multi-platinum) >>> records; their 1983 album, Eliminator, remains the group's most >>> commercially successful record, selling over 10 million units." >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZZ_Top >>> >>> Music Suggested by Rama: >>> >>> "Sleeping Bag" from Afterburner >>> ZZ Top, 1987 >>> >>> http://www.ramalila.com/music/complete.html >>> >>> ZZ Top: Live From Texas' >>> DVD, June 24, 2008 >>> Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Live, NTSC >>> 122 minutes >>> >>> Read more: >>> >>> 'Roadhouse Blues: Stevie Ray Vaughan and Texas R&B' >>> by Hugh Gregory >>> Backbeat Books, 2003 >>> >>> Amazon reviews: >>> >>> "I was there and they were fantastic!!" - J. Field >>> >>> "The show is filmed very well, very clear and sharp. The sound is >>> amazing and the set list is so full of hits even a classic rock station >>> can't keep up." - Christopher >>> >>> "Forget AC/DC - ZZ Top is the greatest rock band ever and they prove it >>> once again on this awesome DVD!" - P. Myers >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 8:29 AM, Richard Williams >>> <pundits...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Back when people could actually sing and play music for real: >>>> >>>> [image: Inline image 1] >>>> >>>> Bob Seeger & The Silver Bullet Band: >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Seger >>>> >>>> Night Moves Live-Bob Seger: >>>> http://youtu.be/mKaHci9Mc4A >>>> >>>> Early Detroit Band: >>>> >>>> Marshall Crenshaw >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Crenshaw >>>> >>>> Marshall Crenshaw 2010 Detroit All Star Revue: >>>> http://youtu.be/HiaYst5wIQI >>>> >>> >>> >> >
