May 15, 2019

This is the song that ties all the loose strings up into a tidy package

Jack and the Stones doing a honkytonk burning version of "Loving Cup"

Hey @Glamrock and @DocReed this is for you guys

May 15, 2019

I've been on a White Stripes/Jack White bender today

Then the thought occurred to me - What is the most opposite song can I find that would still fall into the genre "Hard Rock"?

I think this is it. I love it too

BTW Steve Morse slays the guitar part on this tune

May 15, 2019

Anyone who's ever read my posts in DUMA prolly already KNEW I liked this

May 15, 2019

Jack and Meg

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May 15, 2019

Operation "More Jack White Videos in DUMA" continues...

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May 15, 2019

Gary Clark and coffee while I edit my slide deck before the in-progress review w/the boss

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May 15, 2019

Hey everyone - my crush just released a new video

May 14, 2019

Just a second ago, I told my cousin Glamrock that DU MA NEEDS more Jack White

and then I thought, what have I done lately to rectify that lack?

NOT ENOUGH obviously...

May 10, 2019

the Blues Music Association just handed out their annual awards

Some they got right.

Like this - congratulations Shemekia Copeland for an impressive double dip.

Contemporary Blues Record and Album of the year for America's Child:

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Other highlights IMHO are Samantha Fish's "Free" as Best Emerging Artist's Album, Danielle Nicole 2 wins, as Bassist of the year and Contemporary Blues Female Vocalist and of course the astounding Ruthie Foster winning the Koko Taylor Female vocalist of the year.

But, unfortunately for all the artists who released ground breaking vibrant Blues records this past year - well suck it up because...

Billy Gibbons (of ZZ Top fame) and Buddy Guy (Living legend) released records in 2018. So you'll get nothing and like it.

Look, I get it. Buddy releases an album - it wins.

And I guess that sheer name recognition put Billy over the top for Blues Rock Album of the year...

But the truth is neither deserved the awards they took home.

For super duper blues nerds like me, Acoustic Album and Acoustic Artist of the year were where the big drama happened.

Album of the year was the startling "Journeys To The Heart Of The Blues", a collaboration between Joe Louis Walker, Bruce Katz and Giles Robson.


My personal choice was Don Flemons' Black Cowboys - I freely admit I prefer this record only because of the phenomenal finger picking he does on his 1920s era National Steel Guitar, and my long standing fanboy status going back to his Chocolate Drops era...
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Acoustic Artist of the year was Rory Block, who I am just learning about. I had heard her play before, but she dropped off my radar much to my discredit - because she is a monster.
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Here is the site - https://blues.org/blues-music-awards/

May 9, 2019

Back in the late 70s early 80s, this is the Autralian Band that I thought was gonna rule the world-

Bon Scott had died, so I figured AC/DC was toast, and the Angels were smoking hot live and wrote solid 3 chord hard rock...

Instead Bon Scott was replaced AC/DC got as big as Led Zeppelin and fucking "Men at Work" were all over the radio dial.

The take away from all this?

Never ask me for advice about coming trends, turns out I know dick about what's popular



Hell, in America their records were released as Angel City instead of their real name because there was already a band called "The Angels" and they were a lame ass Styx copycat band.

Who bewildered me by selling twice as many records as the REAL ANGELS did in America.

Anyhow, I wanted some loud head banging hard rock and I remember these guys fondly