Shot to the heart, and you're to blame...and by you, I mean the drummer. You give love a bad name?

Do you own one of THESE or THESE? Ever see THIS? I don't know why I'm fascinated, but I am. THIS is easily my favorite though, it's for when "shots are required for accentuating certain effects in a piece of music." Just don't stand too close to the band. Also, is it me or does it look like a fish?

Album Art

Jazz had some of the hippest album covers. Dig them HERE. Oh, by the way... album covers were cardboard sleeves that fit over records...and records were vinyl disks that contained recorded music you could play on a record player...a record player was this thing that had a small stylus that would amplify the grooves cut in the above mentioned vinyl disks as they spun around an axis.

Pure Invention

Wondering what to play on a two chord tune? Maybe George Garzone can give you some ideas, his solo starts about 3 minutes in. This is part 2 of a 3 part clip. This is a modern extension of Trane's work (John Coltrane). Garzone is a favorite teacher at Berklee, and has taught many of the leading musicians of our generation. You'll get a marriage of technique and thought on this clip. If you can't play the ideas in your head, you're finished. Check it out, then ask yourself if you think he's spent a lot of time in the shed.

Hey Hey, I feel alright...Uh!!!

You need this clip. The world needs this clip. JB on Letterman. By the way, when was the last time you saw something like this on a talk show? If you're pressed for time, go to 3 minutes in, I almost fell off my chair. UH! He's about 50 here, the same age as your parents. Maybe you can talk mom and dad into some new moves.

Get down with your bad self!

After a long hiatus, the blog is back in action. My apologies to both of it's regular readers - Ms. Kluga and Mr. Whalen. I figured the blog needed to come back strong. Fortunately the blog has just what you need...the "Camel Walk."

James Brown, the hardest working man in show business...RIP. By the way, he saved Boston, find out how HERE