Chicago blues

Little Walter

 

Son Seals

Elmore James

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Note that the "old"  Blues Chicago style can be devided,

The westside of  the Chicagoblues is more "raw" and agressive.

The Southside style is played more with the harmoica.

Nowadays it´s a mixture of Texas and Chicago blues on electric guitar

and its hard to label.  But what the heck, Blues can be played in all kinds of styles.

 Chicago blues was one of the most significant influences on modern rock music.

Guitar Tips From Larry Carlton To His Fans

Larry Carlton is one of my big sources of inspiration

He´s a pro "studiomusician" and has worked with alot of big stars on recordings and albums.

He is known by the name "Mr 335" from the Gibson Model 335. He worked alot with Lee Ritenour too and they made concerts and albums together. In their early career as solo artist both Larry and Lee mostly played on a Es-335. In The 70´s when their first albums came they both had a very special sound, of "fusion- jazz" from Los Angeles, Warm an melodic and lot of "Jazzy harmonies"in their songs. Both worked with the best studiomusicians in the world on their albums.

  These guys are proffessionals. And that´s something you´ll notice it very quic, if you are listening to their records. On their albums are often songs that are played with accustic guitars too. Not only electric guitar. Thats the sign of being a pro I think. Also the way they both handle ballads.

Lee R.  often come back to the sound of a basic "classical guitar", with an exellent tone. So does Larry C too, but he uses  guitars with metal strings in a very sophisiicated jazz style. Nowadays both LR and LC has found their own styles, and they both differs alot  from each other today. Larry Carlton is more into the bluezy way and often a littele bit more "aggresive style" than  he was doing in his earlier days.

Lee Ritenour has gone to a totally uniques style nowadays that is notable on his new akbum "Twist of Rit".

Both these cats are very inspirational for many Jazz-fusion guitarists today.

It´s just a matter of your own taste what kind of style you like.

For me I like them both. And it´s impossible to say that one is better than the other.

To me Lee Ritenour is my favourite still. I have all the records of both these cats, I´m lucky to have seen LR live in Copenhagen, but I never had a chance to see Larry Carlton live yet, though I know he has been around in scandinavia too.

Both these cats are in my book of inspirational sources !

By the way, Larry Carlton also gives lesson and tutural "clinics " for serious guitarplayers both in classes and on the net, worth checking if you play guitar! 

Larry and Lee -After the rain (live 1995)

Check this link below

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http://jazzspectrum55.blogspot.se/2015/09/lee-ritenour-wild-rice.html 

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Meet Clark and Addison, Cubs / Green Onions

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The song is Booker T and the MG´s

Green Onions. and became famus in the movie The Blues Brothers filmed in Chicago.

But here it´s a funny clip with famus movie stars, do you recognize any?

Meet Clark & Addison  two cute Red panda cubs

newly born in Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago,

and for you guys that know Chicago well...

 

Yes, thats the home of the baseball team Chicago Cubs!

The Wrigley Field at

1060  W Addison and 

N Clark St.

Click on the  grey link below

https://www.google.se/maps/place/Wrigley+Field/@41.9378326,-87.6579635,14.54z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x880fd3b2e59adf21:0x1cea3ee176ddd646
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They are twins, Clark is a male and Addison a female.

Marty McFly & Doc Brown Visit Jimmy Kimmel Live

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Huey Lewis and the News - Power of Love (Official Video)

With love from Denmark - Viktor Borge

Victor Borge

Did I mentioned that he actually was from Copenhagen, Denmark?

 

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Guitar Moves with Keith Richards: "There's Two Sides to Every Story"

For all Guitar Players, and amateur players, you´ve

gotta learn the basics before you think you can play as the great ones !

That´s a fact you don´t get around!

Keith Richards a cool cat!

From Denmark with love! (updated)

(All clips in HD)

These Ladies are outstanding in Rock/fusion and jazz from Denmark!

I love them all!

 Anne Linnet and Sanne Salomonsen

Lis Soerensen

Sanne Salomonsen

Hanne Boel is very special, she is more to soul and fusion style and even Jazz. Here she talks about Jazz in Denmark and her music as well.

And for you guys that doesn´t understand Danish,

I´ll try a little resumee what she is talking about.

She say´s that Jazz and Rock today is an melting pot and she thinks it is stupid to labellize the music and to put it in a box with a label on. Doing that gets people afraid to listen, then you have already made your prejudgement clear. You have already made your choice that you  dislike this music. 

-You don´t even get the music a chance. 

-Jazz and rock today contains a lot of improvisation, and thats is appreaciated by younger people that don´t categorise or labelling so much any more.

She also knows her audience she says;

- The true jazzfans are more active listeners and demanding, but they are also the most honest to the artists.

-They know when it is good, and I can feel it, when they like what I do. You feel the warmth of the response from the listeners, and that also includes all the members in the band.

Hanne Boel is a pro!