quinta-feira, maio 14, 2026
Música para matar saudades...
Postado por Pedro Luna às 11:00 0 comentários
Marcadores: B. B. King, blues, blues rock, guitarra, Lucille, Rhythm and Blues, Rui Veloso
Saudades de B. B. King e da guitarra Lucille...
Postado por Pedro Luna às 01:10 0 comentários
Marcadores: B. B. King, blues, blues rock, guitarra, Lucille, Rhythm and Blues, Sweet Little Angel
B. B. King morreu há onze anos...
Postado por Fernando Martins às 00:11 0 comentários
Marcadores: B. B. King, blues, blues rock, guitarra, Lucille, Rhythm and Blues, The Thrill Is Gone
sexta-feira, maio 08, 2026
Paul Samwell-Smith faz hoje 83 anos
Paul Samwell-Smith (born Paul Smith, 8 May 1943, in Richmond, Surrey) is an English musician and record producer. He was a founding member and the bassist of the 1960s English rock band the Yardbirds, which launched leading guitarists Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page to fame. As a youth, Samwell-Smith attended Hampton School with Yardbirds drummer Jim McCarty.
While in the Yardbirds, he co-produced and engineered much of their music, working with record producers such as Mickie Most, Simon Napier-Bell and Giorgio Gomelsky. Samwell-Smith was a major contributor to the original tracks written by the Yardbirds during his tenure with the band. He left the group in June 1966 to pursue a career as a record producer.
The Yardbirds
In late May 1963, he formed the Yardbirds with Keith Relf, Anthony Topham, Chris Dreja, and Jim McCarty. During this period his primary instrument was a short-scale Epiphone Rivoli bass. He played on the UK albums, Five Live Yardbirds and Yardbirds (also known as Roger the Engineer) and on the US albums For Your Love, Having a Rave Up, and Over Under Sideways Down (which was Roger the Engineer retitled for the US market), all released on Epic Records. He provided background vocals on many songs like "Good Morning Little School Girl", "For Your Love", "Heart Full of Soul", "Evil Hearted You", and more. He composed the Gregorian chant arrangements and lyrics of the songs "Still I'm Sad" and "Turn Into Earth". While in the Yardbirds he started working on the technical side in the studio. In 1966, becoming tired of touring and wanting to focus on production, he left the Yardbirds and was replaced by Jimmy Page. The last Yardbirds album he played on was Roger the Engineer.
Regarding Samwell-Smith's years with the Yardbirds, a 2020 article in Guitar World opined: "As a bassist, Paul Samwell-Smith was solid and occasionally prominently inventive. No doubt, had he stuck to that he’d have been feted as an influence by many."
In the early 1980s, Samwell-Smith played in the Yardbirds reunion band Box of Frogs with original Yardbird members Chris Dreja and Jim McCarty. The Box of Frogs did not tour because Chris Dreja was busy with his photography and Samwell-Smith was busy in the recording studio.
He was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Yardbirds in 1992.
He went on to become a successful producer with credits including Cat Stevens' albums Tea for the Tillerman (1970), Teaser and the Firecat (1971) and Catch Bull at Four (1972). An article in The Washington Post praised Samwell-Smith's "deft, understated touch" on these recordings as a primary reason for their commercial success, and commented: "The chamber ensemble palette Samwell-Smith employed, consisting mainly of acoustic guitars, piano, upright bass and hand percussion, and the refined arrangements he crafted, perfectly complement the interior landscapes that Stevens was exploring. Stevens had the pure, raw talent, certainly, but it was Samwell-Smith who seemed to understand how best to transmute and position that talent for maximum artistic impact." Samwell-Smith also produced recordings for Jethro Tull, Carly Simon, Renaissance, Murray Head, Chris de Burgh, Beverley Craven, Toto Coelo, Illusion and Claire Hamill. Other production credits include two of Amazing Blondel's albums for Island Records; the first and second albums by All About Eve for Mercury; and "American Tune" (1973 single) with Paul Simon.
Film
Paul Samwell-Smith was the musical producer for the film Harold and Maude in 1971, with music written by Cat Stevens, which became a cult classic. In addition, two decades later, he produced Postcards from the Edge in 1990, as a music sound recording and recording supervisor.
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Marcadores: baixo, blues rock, música, Paul Samwell-Smith, Rock, rock psicadélico, Shapes Of Things, The Yardbirds
Joe Bonamassa nasceu há 49 anos
Joseph Leonard Bonamassa (New Hartford, New York, May 8, 1977) is an American blues rock guitarist, singer and songwriter. He started his career at age twelve, when he opened for B.B. King. Since 2000, Bonamassa has released fifteen solo albums through his independent record label J&R Adventures, of which eleven have reached No. 1 on the Billboard Blues chart.
Bonamassa has played alongside many notable blues and rock artists, and has earned three Grammy Awards nominations. Among guitarists, he is known for his extensive collection of vintage guitars and amplifiers.
Postado por Fernando Martins às 00:49 0 comentários
Marcadores: blues rock, Drive, guitarra, hard rock, Joe Bonamassa, música
domingo, abril 19, 2026
Tony Martin - 69 anos
Postado por Fernando Martins às 06:09 0 comentários
Marcadores: Black Sabbath, blues rock, doom metal, hard rock, heavy metal, música, power metal, The Wizard, Tony Martin
quinta-feira, abril 16, 2026
Saudades de Gerry Rafferty...
Postado por Pedro Luna às 07:09 0 comentários
Marcadores: Baker Street, blues rock, Escócia, folk rock, Gerry Rafferty, música, pop, Rock, soft rock
Gerry Rafferty nasceu há 79 anos...
Postado por Fernando Martins às 00:07 0 comentários
Marcadores: blues rock, Escócia, folk rock, Gerry Rafferty, música, pop, Right Down the Line, Rock, soft rock
quarta-feira, abril 15, 2026
Second Helping, segundo álbum dos Lynyrd Skynyrd, foi lançado há 52 anos
Second Helping is the second studio album by Lynyrd Skynyrd, released on April 15, 1974. It features the band's biggest hit single, "Sweet Home Alabama", an answer song to Neil Young's "Alabama" and "Southern Man", which reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in August 1974, as well as drummer Bob Burns' final recordings.
Second Helping reached #12 on the Billboard album charts. The RIAA certified it Gold on September 20, 1974, and Double Platinum on July 21, 1987.
Background
After the success of their debut album, (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd), Lynyrd Skynyrd's fan base continued to grow rapidly throughout 1973, largely due to their opening slot on the Who's Quadrophenia tour in the United States. Second Helping features King, Collins and Rossington all collaborating with Ronnie Van Zant on the songwriting, and cemented the band's breakthrough.
Critical reception
Reviewing for Rolling Stone in 1974, Gordon Fletcher said Lynyrd Skynyrd performs a consistent style of Southern music-influenced blues rock similar to the Allman Brothers Band but lacks that group's "sophistication and professionalism. If a song doesn’t feel right to the Brothers, they work on it until it does; if it isn’t right to Lynyrd Skynyrd, they are more likely to crank up their amps and blast their way through the bottleneck." Fletcher concluded that Second Helping is distinct from (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) "only by a certain mellowing out that indicates they may eventually acquire a level of savoirfaire to realize their many capabilities". Robert Christgau was also lukewarm in Creem, saying Lynyrd Skynyrd is "still a substantial, tasteful band, but I have a hunch they blew their best stuff on the first platter."
Postado por Fernando Martins às 00:52 0 comentários
Marcadores: blues rock, boogie rock, hard rock, Lynyrd Skynyrd, música, Second Helping, Southern Rock, Sweet Home Alabama
segunda-feira, abril 13, 2026
O álbum Black Rose foi lançado pela banda Thin Lizzy há 47 anos
Black Rose: A Rock Legend is the ninth studio album by Irish rock band Thin Lizzy. Released in 13 April 1979, it has been described as one of the band's "greatest, most successful albums". It was the first time that blues rock guitarist Gary Moore remained in Thin Lizzy long enough to record an album - after previous brief stints in 1974 and 1977 with the band. The album peaked at No. 2 on the UK charts - making it the band's highest-charting album in the UK. It was their fourth consecutive album to be certified Gold by the BPI.
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Postado por Fernando Martins às 00:47 0 comentários
Marcadores: Black Rose, blues rock, folk, hard rock, heavy metal, Irlanda, Phil Lynott, pop, Rock, Thin Lizzy, Waiting for an Alibi
domingo, abril 05, 2026
Cozy Powell morreu há vinte e oito anos...
Postado por Fernando Martins às 00:28 0 comentários
Marcadores: bateria, blues rock, Cozy Powell, Dance with the Devil, hard rock, heavy metal, instrumental rock, jazz fusion, progressive rock
quarta-feira, março 25, 2026
Saudades de Jeff Healey...
Postado por Pedro Luna às 06:00 0 comentários
Marcadores: Angel Eyes, blues rock, Canadá, jazz, Jeff Healey, música, Rock, The Jeff Healey Band
Jeff Healey nasceu há sessenta anos...
Postado por Fernando Martins às 00:06 0 comentários
Marcadores: blues rock, Canadá, jazz, Jeff Healey, música, Rock, The Jeff Healey Band, When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky
terça-feira, março 24, 2026
O álbum The Dark Side of the Moon foi lançado há 53 anos...
Postado por Fernando Martins às 00:53 0 comentários
Marcadores: blues rock, DSotM, Pink Floyd, Rock, Rock Progressivo, The Dark Side of the Moon
segunda-feira, março 23, 2026
Hoje é um bom dia para ouvir ZZ Top...
Postado por Pedro Luna às 04:30 0 comentários
Marcadores: blues rock, Eliminator, Gimme All Your Lovin', hard rock, Legs, música, new wave, synth-rock, ZZ Top
Os ZZ Top lançaram o álbum Eliminator há 43 anos
Eliminator is the eighth studio album by American rock band ZZ Top. It was released on March 23, 1983, by Warner Bros. Records, and rose high on the charts in many countries. Four hit singles were released—"Gimme All Your Lovin'" which reached the American Top 40, "Sharp Dressed Man", "TV Dinners" and their most successful single, "Legs". Eliminator is ZZ Top's most commercially successful release, with sales of 11 million and diamond certification in the US.
Since El Loco in 1981, the bandleader, Billy Gibbons, had been moving ZZ Top's boogie and blues rock style towards the popular new wave style. For Eliminator, he increased the tempo and used more synthesizers and drum machines, producing a "tighter" album with a steady, driving beat. The pre-production engineer Linden Hudson collaborated with Gibbons in Texas on the tempo and songs. The producer Bill Ham and the engineer Terry Manning joined Gibbons in Memphis, Tennessee, to edit the songs, replacing much of the contributions of bassist Dusty Hill and drummer Frank Beard. Ham claimed the album was solely the work of ZZ Top, but in 1986 Hudson won a lawsuit establishing himself as composer of the song "Thug".
Music videos for "Gimme All Your Lovin'", "Sharp Dressed Man" and "Legs" received regular rotation on MTV and helped ZZ Top gain popularity with a younger base. A customized 1933 Ford coupe, depicted on the album cover, appeared in the videos. Following Eliminator's release, ZZ Top embarked on a worldwide concert tour.
The video for "Legs" earned the band the MTV Video Music Award for Best Group. Rolling Stone named Eliminator number 398 on its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. It was listed at number 39 in The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80s, and it was also included in Robert Dimery's book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. A remastered version was released in 2008.
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Postado por Fernando Martins às 00:43 0 comentários
Marcadores: blues rock, Eliminator, hard rock, música, new wave, Sharp Dressed Man, synth-rock, ZZ Top
sexta-feira, março 20, 2026
Jimmie Vaughan nasceu há 75 anos...!
Jimmie Lawrence Vaughan (Oak Cliff, Dallas, Texas, March 20, 1951) is an American blues rock guitarist and singer based in Austin, Texas. He is the older brother of the late Texas blues guitarist, Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Several notable blues guitarists have had a significant influence on Vaughan's playing style, including the "Three Kings" (Albert, Freddie, and B.B. King) and Johnny "Guitar" Watson.
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Postado por Fernando Martins às 07:50 0 comentários
Marcadores: blues rock, Electric blues, guitarra, jazz blues, Jimmie Vaughan, Pipeline, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Texas blues
quinta-feira, março 05, 2026
Alan Clark, o teclista dos Dire Straits, celebra hoje setenta e quatro anos
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Postado por Fernando Martins às 07:40 0 comentários
Marcadores: Alan Clark, blues rock, Brothers in Arms, Dire Straits, folk rock, música, Rock, Rock and Roll, teclas
quarta-feira, março 04, 2026
Saudades de Chris Rea...
Postado por Pedro Luna às 22:22 0 comentários
Marcadores: blues rock, Chris Rea, Electric blues, guitarra, música, pop rock, soft rock, The Road to Hell Pt 2
Chris Rea nasceu há setenta e cinco anos...
Alguns dos seus maiores sucessos são On The Beach, Josephine, Looking for the Summer, Julia, Auberge e Road to Hell. A canção que era conhecida como Fool (If You Think It's Over) faz parte da banda sonora internacional da novela Sinal de Alerta, I Can Hear Your Heartbeat da novela Eu Prometo, Let's Dance da novela Cambalacho, Loving You Again da novela Sassaricando e Driving Home From Christmas é outro dos seus sucessos.
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Postado por Fernando Martins às 07:50 0 comentários
Marcadores: blues rock, Chris Rea, Electric blues, guitarra, música, On the Beach, pop rock, soft rock


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