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Classic rock Christmas albums

Bill Sullivan — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:13:47 +0000

It’s two weeks before Christmas, and already you’ve had enough Bing Crosby and Mannheim Steamroller to last the rest of the festive holiday season.

What to do?

How about checking out a few offbeat Christmas offerings from some unlikely sources — like, say, Canned Heat, Jimi Hendrix, Lynyrd Skynyrd, or Jethro Tull?

About.com has gathered up a list of some of the best classic rock Christmas albums. We don’t vouch for their quality, but some of these sound intriguing enough.

Here goes:

1. Canned Heat: Christmas Album

2. Blackmore’s Night: Winter Carols

3. Moody Blues: December

4. Jethro Tull: The Jethro Tull Christmas Album

5. Jimi Hendrix: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

6. Lynyrd Skynyrd: Christmas Time Again

7. The Ventures: Christmas Joy

8. Steve Lukather: SantaMental

To see more, visit About.com.

Bands at Woodstock ‘69

Bill Sullivan — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:45:45 +0000

Among the many myths about Woodstock that have endured with the general public for nearly 40 years: That the famed music festival was actually held in Woodstock, N.Y.

Originally, the town was supposed to host the event, but backed out when rumors spread predicting a much larger than expected turnout. As a result, the show moved to an alfalfa field in Bethel, about 40 miles away, and the rest is…well, history.

In all, 32 acts appeared over the course of the four day event, held August 15-18, 1969. Here’s the lineup, in alphabetical order:

Joan Baez
The Band
Blood, Sweat & Tears
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Canned Heat
Joe Cocker
Country Joe McDonald and The Fish
Crosby, Stills, & Nash
The Grateful Dead
Arlo Guthrie
Tim Hardin
The Keef Hartley Band
Richie Havens
Jimi Hendrix
Incredible String Band
*Iron Butterfly
Jefferson Airplane
Janis Joplin
Melanie
Mountain
Quill
Santana
John Sebastian
Sha-Na-Na
Ravi Shankar
Sly & The Family Stone
Bert Sommer
Sweetwater
Ten Years After
The Who
Johnny Winter
#Neil Young

* Iron Butterfly was scheduled but did not perform because they couldn’t make it to the site.
# Neil Young played with Crosby, Stills & Nash.

Source: Woodstock69.com

Best cover songs

Michael Hurd — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:28:08 +0000

The passing of Isaac Hayes started us thinking about cover songs, the tunes made popular, or not, by someone other than the original artists.

In 1969, Hayes, known more for the theme from Shaft, made what would become a classic R&B cover of Glenn Campbell’s country ballad, “By the Time I Get to Phoenix.” Hayes’ remake came in at a little over 18 minutes. Incidentally, Hayes also wrote “Soul Man,” the Sam and Dave hit that was covered by Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as the Blues Brothers.

Unfortunately, Hayes’ cover of the Campbell hit didn’t make the DigitalDreamDoor.com top ten, but here are the tunes that did. The complete list is at Digitaldreamdoor.com, a music and movies site based in Boca Raton, Fla.

– “All Along the Watchtower,” Jimi Hendrix (1968), original by Bob Dylan (1967)
– “Respect,” Aretha Franklin (1967), Otis Redding (1965)
– “Crossroads,” Cream (1968), Robert Johnson (1938)
– “With a Little Help From My Friends,” Joe Cocker (1969), the Beatles in 1967)
– “Mr. Tambourine Man,” The Byrds (1965), Bob Dylan (1964)
– “Hound Dog,” Elvis Presley (1956), Big Mama Thornton (1953)
– “You Shook Me,” Led Zeppelin (1969), Muddy Waters (1962)
– “Hallelujah,” Jeff Buckley (1994), Leonard Cohen (1985)
– “Hurt,” Johnny Cash (2003), Nine Inch Nails (1994)
– “Statesboro Blues,” Allman Brothers (1971), Blind Willie McTell (1928)

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Best guitarists ever

Cyndi Hughes — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:20:27 +0000

Diehard rock fans will argue for hours over who is the greatest guitarist of all time. Magazines like Rolling Stone and Guitar Player periodically get in on the act with critics’ pontifications. But what if it could be more democratic and not just official “critics” weighing in? For that, let’s check out Wanderlist’s Best Guitarists Ever. This list has been going since 2001 and is basically a moving target that lets fans vote on their favorite axeman/woman. Hendrix and Clapton battling it out at the top is no surprise, but when I spotted my own personal guitar hero –– Todd Rundgren –– at No. 14, I knew this was a serious guitar fan list.

Here’s the current Top 15 of the 152 guitarists:

Jimi Hendrix (right)
Eric Clapton
Eddie Van Halen
David Gilmour
Kirk Hamett
Ritchie Blackmore
Leslie West
Nancy Wilson
Angus Young
Slash
Stevie Ray Vaughan
John Petrucci
Jimmy Page
Todd Rundgren
Brian May

So head on over to Wanderlist and cast your vote. And if your fave isn’t on the list, you can make a nomination. Then crank it up to 11!