"Money don’t rule me, record companies don’t rule me." - Link Wray, the man credited with bringing distortion to the electric guitar, born this day in 1935. Getcha some...
Yer Ol' Uncle D
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"It's the people who scream the loudest about America and freedom who seem to be the most intolerant of a differing point of view." - Rosanne Cash
"I don't even know what sound is, much less what it's for. It isn't to make money that's for sure. I've never made any." - Captain Beefheart
"Badfinger I loved. Those guys were just so incredible. It's so tragic what happened to them. If you listened to Pete Ham's song "Without You", he wasn't kidding." - Cyril Jordan of Flamin' Groovies
"A guitar player goes on the road, and he misses his girlfriend for a while, but he manages to get along. A horn player gets out on the road, plays two or three towns, and then he'll get lonely, and next thing you know, he's packed up and left. It's better not to hire him in the first place." - Albert King
“You guys have something great, let’s make it happen in the studio, whatever it is, whatever it takes to do that, to get a perfect take, translate the live show into a recording.” - Ray Manzarek producing the first X record.
"The same song on a different day was a different song." - Bob Weir
"That tactile feel of flipping through a stack of vinyl remains one of life's simple pleasures." - Billy Gibbons
"Master your instrument. Master the music. And then forget all that bullshit and just play." - Charlie Parker
"Real music lovers are actually my favorite kind of people because they like to know, rather than just be told what to think." - Prince
Thanks for everything Big Tom Callahan.
“I wanted the music to come out of the speakers and just grab you by the throat and just knock your head against the wall and just basically kill you." - Iggy Pop
"If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music." - Keith Richards
"If I can make myself laugh about something that I should be crying about, that's pretty good." - John Prine
"People still come up to me and ask me to sign their records. That's right, records! Man, they don't even make records no more!" - Al Green. Born this day in 1946.
N&G site was down so I washed two cars, cut the grass, cleaned out the garage, remodeled a bathroom, painted the house and developed a Covid-19 vaccine. Maybe I spend too much time on here.
"Patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings. Steal a little and they throw you in jail. Steal a lot and then they make you king." - Bob Dylan. He knows which way the wind blows.
"I guess I just process death differently than some folks. Realizing you’re not going to see that person again is always the most difficult part about it. But that feeling settles, and then you are glad you had that person in your life.” - John Prine
"I'm always looking to rock out. But it isn't really about rocking out versus being mellow, in terms of your personal satisfaction. In the end, you just want to be good. When you look at something that's really good, it might be Iggy Pop or it might be Leonard Cohen. Whatever it is, you want it to be really good." - Black Francis
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