Category: guitarists

  • Gill Dennis on Johnny Cash & voice in poetry

            I thought this was very good: Poetry Northwest: Unchained (by Gill Dennis): In which a screenwriter listens to Johnny Cash and considers the origins of a sound and in so doing sheds light on the subject of voice in poetry Here’s an excerpt from the beginning: In a second, he was…

  • From Pining Poem to Haunting Anthem: "Dark Eyes" by Yevhen Hrebinka

        Duration 2:12 Chet Atkins (1924-2001)     _____     originally a poem in Ukrainian     by Yevhen Hrebinka (1812-48)     composer unknown     Dark Eyes (The Gypsy Anthem)     Eyes of ecstacy, always haunting me, Always taunting me, with your mystery, Tell me tenderly, you belong to me…

  • Call 911: Beck, Armitage, & Stevie Ray Vaughn Out of the Blue

    _____   Jeff Beck–Going Down (1983, Arms Concert NY)     If I were to say that Jeff Beck is one of the great rock and roll guitarists, thousands or millions of people would be outraged that I did not name him as the single greatest. And here is one of the great rock songs,…