(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, hi
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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 (...
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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 sty...
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I bought the album in 1963 follwing hearing some of Atkins' work at a friend's house. I still have it, and also have a separate extra album cover which a kind record dealer gave me as a souvenir. I have always been a great fan of Chet's music - or rather his treatment of music - as he did a lot of covers. For me, he is the master technician of the guitar and his style of playing is unique, buil...
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The Musician's Hall of Fame in Nashville salutes the great musicians, well known and unknown, who played on the greatest records of all time. On Tuesday, the Hall of Fame announced their third class of honorees. Chet Atkins - One of the great guitarists in any genre, Atkins recorded over 100 albums; however, his greatest contribution was as a session musician and as a producer. He was instrum...
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