We continue this program with the 6th song in my series of Déjà Vu songs.
Stephen Stills wrote this. I’m not sure if Neil Young is on here, as he is not present on all songs; and on his request was not filmed at Woodstock.

Song with pics.
Live at Woodstock 1969.

Here’s proof Paul McCartney could sound really raw if he wanted to. She's a Woman was one of the first 7″ songs I had on my turntable back in the 1970s. I got it from my dad who bought it in the 1960s.

Television show in 1964.
Live in Tokyo, 1966.
Paul McCartney playing it live in Spain, 2004.

Status Quo in their hippie phase; actually Pictures of Matchstick Men is their first hit. I love this song, don’t know why, because the guitars are on or over the verge of being unbearibly out of tune.

1968 TV performance, live vocals I believe.
40 years later… followed by Ice in the Sun

I was a huge Led Zeppelin fan after I discovered them in the early nineties. Since then my taste changed a bit; I cannot stand the hysterical screaming of Robert Plant, and some of the ’soloing’ of Jimmy Page makes me cringe. That said, on their first 4 albums it was a super tight band. How Many More Times has a great bass line; every time I rehearse with a band and play bass, some time or another I’ll play it.

Here you can listen to the song whilst and at the same time looking at the sleeve.

I was going to post another eighties song, but then I read a post on the Telecaster forum about Cream’s 1966 song I Feel Free which is AWESOME! It has everything… maniac drumming, intricate basslines, fat distorted guitar fuzz sounds, excellent soloing, beautiful harmonies.
What can one possibly want more?

You can listen to it here while watching a photo of someone’s hands and cup of coffee.

Here are some other versions, just for fun:
- By Queens of the Stone Age, Tenacious D and Masters of Reality combined (EXCELLENT)
- By BBM (Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, Gary Moore)
- By the Foo Fighters
- By David Bowie
- By Belinda Carlisle

Sixties psychedelica at his best… with a killer drum part, delivered by Aphrodite's Child, with on bass and lead vocals “Schönes Mädchen aus Arkadia” singer Demis Roussos, and on keys Vangelis. I listened to this for DAYS the first time I discovered it.
The album it appears on, 666, was a concept album in which John’s Apocalypse was sung. It didn’t do much at the time but now it has sort of a cult status.

Youtube – fanvid

George Harrison in the culmination of his indian music, as far as I’m concerned. Be sure to listen to the instrumental version!

Youtube – cd version.

Youtube – Instrumental version from the Anthology cds.

Some more blues by Fleetwood Mac from the Peter Green era. Actually, it’s more like a Green solo song. I’m going to try to play this on stage in february…

Youtube – Live in the 1960s.

Lately I’ve been listening to a lot of music from my past, when I was into blues a lot. I rediscovered this song by The Allman Brothers which I sang in a band for some time, but strangely entirely forgot over the years.
It’s a weird feeling hearing that again and thinking about the times I sung that. And feeling the gap between me and the guy I was.

Youtube – the Greg Allman Band playing on 11.11.88.

Youtube – audio only, live in 1970; from 3:40.

It was 20 years ago today

… plus eight years (thanks Luc!) to the day, that John Lennon was killed.

Youtube – pt 1.

Youtube – pt 2.

Youtube – remix done by George Martin and son, for the album ‘Love’.