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Mahavishnu was the name given to John McLaughlin by an Indian guru. Seen him a couple of times, most recently when playing as part of Remember Shakti (with Zakir Hussain on tabla - awesome). He's an extraordinary guitar player, and taught Carlos Santana a thing or two.

Posted by: @arfa
many of the earliest songs I remember were glam rock.

A few half-decent rock bands went glam, to cash in on the trend. Sweet was one of them. I saw them play the school dance, would you believe, and they were hard rockers back then. That would've been in '69, I think - roughly when Blodwyn Pig released this:

Meanwhile, currently playing chez Cody...

Posted by: @arfa
It appears that the Byrds covered a song called 'Goin' Back'

That's a much-covered number from the Goffin/King songwriting partnership.
Here's a cover of a number by another songwriting partnership...

Posted by: @arfa
... he died from being electrocuted on stage.

Yep - tragic, was that!

Solstitial salutations, spacefarers!

Released fifty years ago today, Blue is a truly great album. Here's the title track...


In 2020, Blue was rated the third greatest album of all time in Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time"

Two rockin' instrumentals (from '69 and '70) by Quicksilver Messenger Service...

Now............gonna slow things some with a bit of magic

Ambient? Yeah, we can do that - but only selectively!
This was probably inspired by Carlos Castaneda's eponymous novel. His Don Juan novels are... interesting!

Then there's this much more recent track, from a rather good album...

I don't listen to much recent music, because most of it is rubbish! However, occasionally a band catch my ear.
The Pretty Reckless is one such band, and here are a couple of tracks from their third album...

Posted by: @arfa really good those tracks.

There are plenty of alt-rock bands out there, most of them fronted by a sexy woman vamping it up, but none of them catch my ear. However, I think The Pretty Reckless have something special. Another track from their third album, which is getting a lot of play time here...

Posted by: @arfa
This bit made me think of Doro Pesch

The Queen of Metal - she's been around a while, that's for sure!
Currently playing, chez Cody...

Posted by: @arfa
he can't because if he plays any of Garcia's riffs the video gets blocked.

That's insane! The Grateful Dead were probably the most bootlegged band in the history of rock, and they encouraged it. Turn up at one of their earlier gigs with a reel-to-reel, and the crew would likely offer you a direct feed from the sound deck.

Posted by: @arfa
what a great guitarist Jerry Garcia was but he can't because if he plays any of Garcia's riffs the video gets blocked

Talking of such, have some Clementine Jam. The two drummers come across well too!

That track is one of the few examples of a so-called 'Bonus Track' on a CD that's actually worth having.

RIP Dusty Hill...

Steve Hillage played in Gong. He was part of the Canterbury scene, as was Caravan...

Pure prog rock! Saw them in 1970 at the local college, stoned-out!

Now,.......
Something far from the beaten path

Posted by: @geraldine
Something far from the beaten path

If we're going off-piste, we should head for deviation street...