If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it “Chuck Berry.” -John Lennon He lit up our teenage years, and blew life into our dreams of being musicians and performers. -Mick Jagger Charles…
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Friday Night with Guitar George: Chuck Berry
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Friday Night with Guitar George: Number Ninety-eight
Dear friends, tonight is the ninety-eighth edition of Friday Night with Guitar George. Barring any unforeseen calamities, two weeks from tonight—May 20, 2016—will be the 100th edition, and the last regular installment in the series. I won’t say that it…
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Friday Night with Guitar George: Notable Covers Edition
A recent television appearance by a heavy metal band featured an impressive cover version of a well-known pop song half a century old. This got me thinking about other unlikely cover versions—the White Stripes’ rendition of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” came…
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Friday Night with Guitar George: Prince Memorial Edition
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today To get through this thing called life Electric word life It means forever and that’s a mighty long time –from “Let’s Go Crazy” A day and a half after the shocking news broke,…
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Friday Night With Guitar George: Pete Townsend Edition
It’s difficult to talk about rock & roll because it’s essentially a category and a category which embodies something which transcends the category. –Pete Townsend, 1968 Thus spake rock music’s resident philosopher in a 1968 interview. While the Beatles were…
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Friday Night with Guitar George: Ron Wood Edition
It has steadily fallen for the past decade or two, but there was a time when Rod Stewart’s 1971 album Every Picture Tells a Story routinely landed near the top of most “Best Albums” lists. There are probably several reasons…
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Friday Night with Guitar George: Atlanta Rhythm Section Edition
When you grow up in Montgomery, Alabama the name “Atlanta” has a certain magical charm to it. The city’s towers of steel and glass rose on the horizon of our imaginations like Oz’s Emerald City, full of wonder and delight.…
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Friday Night with Guitar George: Harmony Edition
The 2016 death parade claimed two more victims last week: Maurice White and Dan Hicks. The former was widely successful and amassed an incredibly impressive resume. The latter was a lifetime musician who never quite hit the big time but…
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FNWGG: Jefferson Airplane Edition
Sadly but fittingly, Paul Kantner and Signe Toly Anderson passed away on the same day last week: Thursday, January 28th, 2016. Kantner and Anderson both were members of the original lineup of Jefferson Airplane when the band formed in San…
Friday Night with Guitar George: The Mortality Dilemma
It looks like 2016 is going to force us to face a harsh reality. Just days after the passing of David Bowie, Eagles co-founder Glenn Frey and Mott the Hoople drummer Dale Griffin died, both at age 67. All of…
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