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New track from Jessie Frye.

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Stevie Wonder - "Sir Duke" (1976)

Music is subjective.

There is no such thing as (objectively) good music. There is only music you like, and music you don't. If you like it, then, by definition, it's good. But that doesn't necessarily mean it's good for me! (or anyone else). Like I said, it's subjective.

That's why I avoid "best of" lists. When I put together a playlist of songs by a particular artist, I always label it Favorite Tracks, rather than Greatest Hits or Best Of.

So, I won't say that Stevie Wonder is one of the ten "best" rock composers of all time. The sophisticated composition and arrangement of songs like "Sir Duke," and, really, just the fact that so many his songs "rock" (whatever that means), is the reason I place him firmly among my top ten favorites.

 

Stevie Wonder - "I Wish" (1976)

“I Wish” is another song that rocks like crazy. Along with “Sir Duke”, it’s from 1976’s Songs In The Key Of Life.

 

If you feel like taking a deep dive, check out this 60-track compilation from 2002: Stevie Wonder: The Definitive Collection
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For what it’s worth, Coachella 2025 is live streaming on YouTube. They’ve been going for 14 hours straight, so far.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIjqRbAQP0WLcxFcWMO6lTtKeIco_1IP4

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My own thoughts, and myself responding to my own thoughts.

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That’s crazy timing as just received this Foghat multi CD set of the early albums and of course Foghat grew out of/came from Savoy Brown.
Anyway all good stuff!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003097B4G?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

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Joe Bonamassa – Beacon Theatre • Live From New York (2011)

Last month, Joe Bonamassa had a “watch party” on his YouTube channel where he dropped this concert video from 2011. Featured guests include Beth Hart, John Hiatt, and Paul Rodgers.

Wikipedia has the set list.

There is a lot of good stuff here, but one of my favorites is the slow burn by Beth Hart that begins at 37:49.

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Tommy James and the Shondells. Official 5 and 1/2 minute version.
Crimson and Clover.

And then of course you have to hear Joan Jett do it. Not as good. Probably should here the original again.

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British Blues Super Jam – John Mayall · Peter Green · Keith Emerson · Mick Taylor · Kim Simmonds · Ronnie Earl (live, 1998)

Here is some good jamming, by John Mayall and company, on the Jimmie Lee Robinson composition “All of My Life.” This was recorded at the 1998 Long Beach Blues Festival.

All too often, these “super jams” fail, because the musicians don’t have enough experience playing together, or have styles that just don’t fit together. They end up stepping on each other’s toes. Not so here. Even with five guitarists in the group, there is plenty of room for everyone!

As best I could make out, the solos are played in the following order:

  1. Kim Simmonds – from Savoy Brown
  2. Peter Green – from Fleetwood Mac and The Peter Green Splinter Group
  3. Ronnie Earl – from The Broadcasters
  4. Keith Emerson – from Emerson, Lake & Palmer
  5. Mick Taylor – from The Rolling Stones
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Ozzy takes his fans to the moon!   :open_mouth:

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I attended this tour performance at their Anaheim Convention Center appearance … 1969 … :v: :peace_symbol:

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Rod Stewart Stay With Me
I think this was on the Faces album.
Some complain it’s not PC.
I say, Turn It Up

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This track just dropped. Beyond the music, I love the art. I don’t know if it is AI but if so, what a rad AI!

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Railroad Earth – "The Hunting Song" (live, c. 2006)

Todd Sheaffer, lead singer and guitarist for Railroad Earth, is also its primary composer. His writing skills are on full display below, in “The Hunting Song.” It tells the story of a young boy who is taught by his father to make his first kills as a hunter. The boy’s emotional reaction is visceral.

By itself, that story would make a great song. But it gets even better in the third verse, where the song takes a surprising surreal turn. Check out the lyrics below.

 


When I was a boy, at the cold blue lake
My daddy pulled out a fish, I watched it flop and shake
It started slowin' down, until it barely moved
I stood ten feet back and stared, 'til it was through

I felt it way down inside
I felt it way down inside

I shook a pheasant, from a tree
I watched that bird come out, I knew the time had come for me
She started movin', for the clear blue sky
I aimed quick, and let a bullet fly
Saw it goin' right at her, and pass her by
As I watched that bird fly away, I dropped my gun and cried

I felt it way down inside
I felt it way down inside

We got a deer, laid him in his tracks
Fifteen miles from the hunting shack
When we walked up, it was still alive
I had to cut his throat with my grandfather's knife

I slit his belly, his gentle form
Had to reach my hand inside, it was soft and warm
I pulled out his heart, I took a bite
As it went down my throat, I felt that animal fight

I felt it way down inside
I felt it way down inside
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