Tag: Pete Seeger

• Now Spinning: John Mayall – USA Union

  

  Once John Mayall’s latest guitar hero departed for the Rolling Stones, Mayall risked sharing a legacy much like The Yardbirds: more famous for the guitarists he employed than his own talents, as Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor graduated from Mayall’s blues school on their way to classic rock titans. But instead of fading…

  Box Full Of Records

  November 6, 2019

  Dollar Bin Classics, Now Spinning

  Bluesbreakers, Canned Heat, Don Harris, environmentalism, Eric Clapton, Harvey Mandel, Jefferson Airplane, John Mayall, Larry Taylor, Mick Taylor, Papa John Creach, Pete Seeger, Peter Green, protest music, Record Store, The Yardbirds, Vinyl Records

• Thoughts on Newport Folk 2019

  

  Having just returned from another year of Newport Folk Festival, here are some scattered thoughts on the 60th anniversary of this legendary festival: NEWPORT CELEBRATES ITS HISTORY Tributes to the artists and mission of the original 1959 festival abounded throughout the weekend in a passing the torch multi-generational diverse lineup demonstrating the ever-expanding definition of…

  Box Full Of Records

  August 1, 2019

  Live Music

  Alice Gerrard, Dolly Parton, John Cohen, Judy Collins, Mavis Staples, Newport Folk Festival, Pete Seeger, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, The Highwomen, Todd Snider