Category Archives: Music Players

The Christmas Song – Written in the Summer Heat

Posted on December 17th, 2011

“The Christmas Song” sprang to prominence when Nat King Cole first recorded it in 1946 but it was his 1961 re-recording in stereo that is the benchmark of all the versions of this popular, seasonal song. Popularly called “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire” the imagery in the words makes it a seasonal favourite for those of all ages.

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Dave Goyetche Feels the Great Blues Players

Posted on May 20th, 2010

Dave Goyetche’s self-titled album hits the mark in being a really good blues album. The slide guitar work, played by Goyetsche on a metal-top Dobro, is great and mixes well with the acoustic guitar and drums.

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Susan Elizabeth’s “Wine and Cigarettes”

Posted on December 1st, 2009

Susan Elizabeth joins the ranks of the classical troubadours of the broken heart; strong but wounded, battered but still standing.

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Davey Johnstone: Elton John’s Guitar Hero

Posted on April 9th, 2009

Johnstone had to fill a lot of empty space with rcih background, a talent that is lost as synthesizers fill almost every void now.

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Who Was the “Big Bopper?”

Posted on February 4th, 2009

Everyone who has danced to 1950′s music has heard the rollicking Chantilly Lace with it’s singer belting out the tune as an auctioneer would sell his wares. Disk jockey and songwriter, J.P. Richardson, “The Big Bopper,” rose to national prominence with this anthem and earned him a place on the Winter Dance Party of January-February [...]

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