A music blog written by Rich Brown
Recently, the busy folks at Google made available an online tour of the famed Abbey Road Studios. Anyone with internet access can go online and see inside the place where some of the most famous recordings were made. The building at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London was originally a townhouse.... Continue Reading →
The slack-stringed, wailing, electric guitar riff that opens “Dust My Broom” is a sound that will forever immortalize Elmore James. Although this tune was first recorded by the legendary Robert Johnson, it was the version by James that became an R&B hit in 1952. Guitar players have spent hours and hours copying that sound, but... Continue Reading →
Well the podcasting bug struck again. This time I was inspired by all the places you hear the chord progression that makes up the twelve bar blues. The blues is a sound that has been borrowed and incorporated into a variety of genres of music. I try to point out and follow a few examples... Continue Reading →
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