The last big concert I attended was Peter Gabriel’s one in Ahoy, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, as a part of his Secret World tour. The albums So and Us made a big impression on me then.
I only seem to rediscover them now, after all these years.
Alicia Keys and Jack White in a not so obvious combination of R&B and garage rock. This was of course the theme song of one of the latest James Bond movies; I think this song works out pretty well, love the drumming and the heavy guitars.
Also: Jack has got an excellent taste in guitars; he plays a Gretsch Billy Bo here. This is a remake commissioned by Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top of the 1959 Gretsch Jupiter Thunderbird as used by Bo Diddley.
George Harrison in the culmination of his indian music, as far as I’m concerned. Be sure to listen to the instrumental version!
In the last part of his career, Johnny Cash made some excellent covers of some not so obvious songs; Hurt, originally by Nine Inch Nails, is another good example. Rusty Cage is a Soundgarden original.
Cash is able to cover songs in a way, in which he makes it soud as if his version is the original.
Youtube - videoclip featuring Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
Youtube - Soundgarden official clip.
Youtube - Chris Cornell playing Rusty Cage live.
Youtube - Chris Cornell talks about Cash’ Rusty Cage version.
I played a gig yesterday with my band Dagger Moon at the Dorfkrug Zeuden in Germany, and the owner dj’d a bit after the show and played this song. I was blown away by the chorus and the opening riff, but I have to admit that before yesterday I never heard of Spooky Tooth.
Last.fm - click on the play button on the linked page, top right.
What do you get when you use .08 strings on your electric guitar, tune it back to C and run it through a whole bunch of guitar effects? ZZ Top’s Vincent Price Blues.
There are tones and sounds in this one… I’d love to be able to play like this.
UB40 on the verge of becoming main stream commercial. I like the fact that Astro sings this; somehow that gives this a more authentic reggae feel.
I know this song for about 15 years now, being introduced to Derek and the Dominos by my roommate who had a very good taste in music.
Next week, on april 30, I’ll be playing a gig as bass player in Andre Williams’ backing band. On the same stage my absolute dutch heroes of rock ‘n’ roll will be performing: Hallo Venray.
This song is on heavy rotation on my sound systems the last couple of weeks.
Posting 4 songs of my current favorite album.
This one had to grow on me, but it’s my favorite of the four Dust songs I posted.
Produced by George Drakoulias (who produced two other fave albums namely The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion and Hollywood Town Hall) featuring Mike McCready of Pearl Jam on guitar and Benmont Tench of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers on keys.