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Stevie Ray Vaughan “Love Struck Baby” (1983)
The greatest guitarist I've ever heard, or will ever hear. This song changed my life....
July 8, 2018

Professor Longhair “Big Chief” (1980)
I’d never heard of Professor Longhair before going away to college. I mean really, who...
July 25, 2018

Tedeschi Trucks Band “I’m Gonna Be There” (2019)
What the Tedeschi Trucks Band can create is something truly rare: pure joy....
July 9, 2019

The Mavericks “All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down” (1995)
I’d be hard pressed to come up with a song that has a greater disparity...
January 5, 2019

Ohio Players “Fire” (1974)
Funk. It’s not just the notes and it’s not just the rhythm. It’s the feeling....
November 5, 2019

Steely Dan “Bodhisattva” (1973)
It’s doubtful you would ever think of Steely Dan as a “guitar solo” band, and...
November 29, 2019
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