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Following Cody B’s lead, I went to muxtape and made a playlist people can listen to all the way through or track by track if they wish. My title for it is "Some Jazz #3: 1954-1964." Check it out; you might really enjoy it. Go to http://spike2.muxtape.com/. It's part of a 3-disc compilation I did for a friend before I joined MOG. Here’s the data: . 1. Chet Atkins: A Little Bit of Blues (Jerry Reed) ('64) 2. Baby Face Willette: Stop and Listen ('6... MORE
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(Attention: unless you reach this post through my page, the end of the post will not be accessible. I don't know why.) Recently several Moggers (Sturgell 2/27/08 http://mog.com/Sturgell/blog_post/146943 and someone else I can’t remember) have had posts about a Mother Jones piece (http://motherjones.com/news/featurex/2008/03/torture-playlist.html) titled “The Torture Playlist,” about rock, hip-hop and other musical recordings used by the U.S. military on prisoners “to ind... MORE
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Those of us who grew up in the rock era, particularly those who grew up outside the South (where country music still held sway during the '60s and '70s), know Atkins best through the impact he had on his acolytes. Starting with the merging of hillbilly and R&B into rockabilly, rock 'n' roll and rock, Atkins' picking technique (itself an expansion of Merle Travis' syncopated thumb-and-finger style) can be heard on Sun's early sides, from the guitar combos of the British Inv... MORE
