Rory Gallagher – Ghost Blues Trailer
Oct 24, 2010 Rock Bands
www.eagle-rock.com Disc 1: Ghost Blues Directed by Ian Thuillier, this film is a portrait of the late lamented musician Rory Gallagher. It investigates the timeless qualities of the “Gentleman”, his music and the unique approach of this authentic guitar hero. His contribution to rock music has had a significant impact on both musicians and music fans around the world, despite his untimely death at the age of 47. The film features rare performances from Rory’s formative years with his first band, Taste, and on through his 25 year solo career as he single-handedly spearheaded the Irish rock movement, blazing a trail for other Irish rock bands including Thin Lizzy, U2, etc. With featured contributions from those who knew him best – Donal Gallagher (his brother and manager), Bill Wyman, Cameron Crowe, and his former band members; to those who he inspired to become music greats themselves; The Edge, Johnny Marr, and Slash. Disc 2: Rory Gallagher – The Beat Club Sessions 1971 – 72 1. Laundromat 2. Hands Up 3. Sinnerboy 4. Just The Smile 5. Used To Be 6. In Your Town 7. Should’ve Learned My Lesson 8. Crest Of A Wave 9. Toredown 10. Pistol Slapper Blues 11. I Don’t Know Where I’m Going 12. Going To My Hometown 13. I Could’ve Had Religion 14. McAvoy Boogie 15. Hoodoo Man 16. Messin’ With The Kid
Rory Gallagher BullFrog Blues – Gruhak covers best classic blues rock songs of all time
Jun 16, 2010 Rock Bands
Live cover of Rory Gallagher ’s Bullfrog Blues one of the best classic blues rock songs of all time. Rory Gallagher s Bullfrog Blues cover was recorded live for our first promo DVD. Please hit that SUBSCRIBE button there will be more uploads soon!!Gruhak is Classic Rock band from Dubrovnik, Croatia. We cover best Classic Rock songs and Blues Rock songs by: Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Doors, The Who, Rory Gallagher, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, AC/DC, ZZ Top, Deep Purple, Albert King, Cream, Eric Clapton, Steppenwolf, The Allman Brothers Band, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Rolling Stones and other Classic Rock, Prog Rock and Blues Rock bands. We also have our own material and we’re sending demos to all major record labels. To subscribe to new releases of our own songs, forthcoming gigs in your area and latest news please go to our website: www.gruhak.com gruhak@gmail.com
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Bob Dylan Live 1964 – 201 Talkin’ World War III Blues
Apr 14, 2010 Classic Rock
The first track, Talkin’ World War III Blues, of the second disc of The Bootleg Series Volume 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964 Concert at Philharmonic Hall.
Jimi Hendrix – Easy Blues
Apr 13, 2010 Classic Rock
Studio Recording: Hit Factory, New York City, New York – August 28, 1969
Blues Image – Ride Captain Ride
Apr 13, 2010 Classic Rock
The only video of the original band performing this song.
Bringing It All Back Home – 05 Outlaw Blues
Mar 31, 2010 Classic Rock
The fifth track, Outlaw Blues, of the 1965 album ‘Bringing It All Back Home.’
Saxophone Blues Scales – if you Want to Play Blues, Rock, Jazz you Need to Start Here
Mar 15, 2010 Classic Rock
If you’re a saxophonist interested in playing any type of blues based music including rock and roll and even jazz then you need to use the blues scale as your number one tool to make things sound right.
A little history
If you want to investigate back to the beginnings of the blues as it came about in America just start with W.C. Handy, who was a black composer active in the early 1900’s when the blues form began to get popularized in large part because of his instrumental compositions “Memphis Blues” (1912) and “St. Louis Blues” (1914). Of coarse the blues oral tradition can be traced back to the mid 1800’s.
The blues scale
Because our western music has it’s roots in European classical music the music theorists needed to notate the blues scale as it was naturally played and sung into an understandable notation which could be analyzed and played by western trained musicians.
The simplest way to explain it’s theory is this:
Simply take the traditional major scale; C D E F G A B C and flatten the 3rd, 5th, and 7th. Now it looks like this: C D Eb E F Gb G A Bb C.
(Please look at the example on my website for the full musical notation). Notice the E, G, and B have been flattened, they are the 3rd, 5th and 7th notes of the C major scale and flattening them makes the scale sound minor thus giving it the “blues” or sad sound as opposed to the “major” or happy sound.
For us sax players these flat notes are perfect to incorporate a “growl” sound to further emphasize that “bluesy” expression or make it a bit more nasty. Two other things to notice; the 3rd and 5th can be played as a flat or not but the 7th generally is only played as a flat and not the major 7th in this type of scale or musical genre. (for some audio examples please refer to the website version of this article).
So now our basic major scale of 8 notes is now a blues scale of 10 notes. There are other variations to this blues scale; the basic version for example is a 7 note scale: C Eb F F# G Bb C (the F# being the same as the Gb). Adding the D, E natural and A give us more musical possibilities and will not change the basic sound of the blues scale. Even adding a flat 9th ( D flat) was a favorite thing Charlie Parker did a lot and is a good way to jazz up your phrases.
The blues progression
Of coarse this is all just words and notes and theory. You have to apply it and in any blues music this is done over a musical progression thats 12 measures in length, thus the term “12 bar blues”.
We’re in the key of C so the first 4 bars will be the C chord. The 5th and 6th bars change to the 4 chord which is F (4th note in the C scale).
The 7th and 8th bars change back to the 1 chord (C). The 9th and 10th bars change to the 5 chord, which is G. The 11th and 12th bars change back to the 1 chord (C). There are variations in this 12 bar pattern and can be seen on the website version of this article.
When starting out you can get away with just playing the same C blues scale over the entire progression but try to emphasize 1 or 2 of the notes in the F and G chord to make things a little more interesting. For example, over the F chord play an F or an A note to emphasize the harmonic color of the chord a little more.
In conclusion
The blues mean different things to many people ranging from musical styles to a way of life or philosophy. The blues do have musical influences from Europe and Africa but it is truly an American musical form and tradition fully rooted in the black experience of the post-war southern United States.
I want to be clear that when I talk about the blues or the blues scale I’m not only referring to this type of musical tradition and style but include funk, R&B, country, jazz and pop. Like the old saying goes; The blues had a baby and they names it rock & roll and from there came just about every form of pop music in western history since that explosive time in the mid 1900’s
And so, I think it’s safe to say that the blues scale is easily one of the most used and important scales for all types of western popular music.
Experience the full article on saxophone blues scales complete with music notation and audio sample and learn about important artists who made contributions to great American Blues and Rock & Roll.
Johnny Ferreira is an award winning saxophonist, international touring and recording artist. Advocator of saxophone music that rocks, jumps, and swings! For more articles, information, and music visit http://JohnnyFerreira.com
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Gary Moore & The Midnight Blues Band – Still Got The Blues
Mar 11, 2010 Classic Rock
Gary Moore is one of the best rock and blues guitarists ever to come out of Ireland. Born in Belfast he moved to Dublin in the late 60s joined a band called Skid Row and met Phil Lynott, who shortly after left to form Thin Lizzy. Moore stayed with Skid Row for three albums before joining Lynott briefly in Thin Lizzy. He then joined Colosseum II (which also featured Don Airey on keyboards) before going solo and having a huge hit with Parisenne Walkways, which featured Lynott on vocals. This lead to a further short stint in Thin Lizzy, including their classic album Black Rose. This track is from the full concert DVD “Live At Montreux 1990″, out now on Eagle Vision. To order this DVD from Amazon if you are in the UK, please click here: www.amazon.co.uk To order this DVD from amazon if you are in the US, please click here: www.amazon.com
Learning blues rock licks
Feb 9, 2012 Classic Rock
Whether its a classic 70’s album or a piece of modern metal chaos, believe it or not, but most styles of music are the same in the sense that they tend to share the same scales and or musical ideas. The pentatonic scales, both major and minor, are the very essence of blues and rock music and when you put them together, guess what you get? that’s right, blues rock licks.
These two scales are extremely common and easy to play as they both use a very similar box shape, and to anyone who is a little new at guitar playing I would suggest make the pentatonic scales some of the first patterns that you learn.
From here is a matter of paying attention to the small things. For instance, listen to any classic rock album and after a while you will here the pentatonic scales coming through loud and clear, but really pay attention to what is going on. Are they bending a note? sliding up or down to a note? or perhaps they are doing a combination of things.
If you want to create some sweet sounding blues rock licks, you really need to study what can make them original and awesome sounding. Learning some pre-established guitar licks can help you get ideas for figuring out other ones later on down the road or for comng up with your own.
There are plenty of resources on line for learning just blues or blues rocks licks in a guitar course. This is no doubt the fastest way to learn and master guitar, and will take any
player’s expression and knowledge to its fullest to learn guitar.
Guitar Song – Blues Classic Rock Style Chord Progression
Feb 9, 2012 Classic Rock
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