Maynard Ferguson "Portuguese Love"

A performance by Maynard Ferguson and His Orchestra of the tune "Portuguese Love" at the Playboy Jazz Festival.  Good stuff!

The Black Crowes have another new lead guitarist

Yours truly was shocked by this announcement.  But, the Black Crowes, coming off of a three-year hiatus, have a new lead guitarist.  Luther Dickinson has been replaced, by Jackie Greene.  I was massively thrown for a loop on this one!  Yours truly will miss Luther, as I saw him with the Crowes, twice.  But, all the best to Jackie Greene in his role as the new lead guitarist for the Crowes.  Should be a good thing, and not affect the music at all.

http://www.glidemagazine.com/hiddentrack/jackie-greene-impresses-as-black-crowes-lead-guitarist/

Greene is also a member of Steve Gorman's side project, Trigger Hippy.  Gorman, is of course, the drummer for the Black Crowes.  Greene's band mates in Trigger Hippy are Joan Osborne, Gorman, Tom Bukovac, and Nick Govric.  In addition, Greene also leads his own band, The Jackie Greene Band.  The lineup for the Jackie Greene Band is:

Jackie Greene: guitar
Nathan Dale: guitar
Jeremy Plog: bass
Steve Taylor: keyboards
Zack Bowden: drums

Return To Forever "No Mystery"

One of my FAVORITE Return To Forever compositions.  This is "No Mystery" from their 1975 album of the same name.  This version features the RTF III line up, which at that time, was a quartet, and still featured Al di Meola on guitar.

Hiram Bullock "Cactus"

Been digging this song a lot, and it was part of a recent Spotify Sunday playlist.  Check out "Cactus" by Hiram Bullock.  Bluesy guitar and funky slap bass meld together really well on this one.  It is from the "From All Sides" record, circa 1986.

Rest In Peace, Hiram Bullock.

Devon Allman & Samantha Fish "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around"

Check out the video for Devon Allman and Samantha Fish's cover of "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around", originally done by Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks.  This is a good one!

Widespread Panic gig... more highlights & the set list

Here are more highlights of the Widespread Panic gig at the Orpheum Theater in Minneapolis, from their website.  Go to this link and check it out.

http://admin.widespreadpanic.com/photos/4-14-2013-minneapolis-minnesota

Here's the whole set list.

Set 1:

1. Radio Child
2. Makes Sense To Me
3. Wondering
4. Angels On High
5. Rebirtha
6. City of Dreams
7. Dyin' Man
8. Walkin'
9. You Should Be Glad

Set 2:

10. Holden Oversoul
11. Give
12. Bear's Gone Fishin'
13. Red Hot Mama
14. Blight
15. Airplane
16. Impossible
17. Vampire Blues
18. Mr. Soul (Buffalo Springfield cover)

Encore:

19. Dirty Side Down
20. Can't Always Get What You Want (Rolling Stones cover)
21. Ain't Life Grand

Roy Clark "12th Street Rag"

Roy Clark is most well known in country music circles.  But, he is definitely a guitarist who can play several styles.  He is mentioned with his country music contemporaries such as Chet Atkins, Buck Owens (who he co-hosted the comedy show Hee Haw with, for many years), Hank Snow, Bob Wootton, Luther Perkins, Joe Maphis, or Glen Campbell.  But, he surely has his own unique sound, and... as this video shows, a zany sense of humor, too.  Dig it.