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Jeezo.......

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Orrabest, everybody!


HAPPY NEW YEAR!


:o)

...and tae you Mr Git!

Nae surprises here but David Gilmour has to feature in this band.

I'll get round to a suggestion later. Too busy finalising the Hogmanay meal menu just now.

A very happy Ne'er tae awbody when it comes

DC

Ok here is one most folk would not think of:

John Jennings

mostly for his work with MCC but especially like his geetar on

Iris DeMent - Wasteland Of The Free

He should stick to the cricket.

If he can multi task why not.....

GODT NYTT Ã…R to all of you!

For guitarist night, I would like to nominate
Django Reinhardt playing some Minor Swing with Stephane Grapelli. Lush!

Happy New Year everybody.

Norman Watt-Roy of course...I'll be back sometime with the usual suggestions.

Oh! and...hope you all enjoy Hogmanay

MONDAY



Interviewer from Rolling Stone magazine:- "How does it feel to be the greatest guitarist in the world?"

Jimi Hendrix:- "I don't know. Go ask Rory Gallagher."


Pistol Slapper Blues - Rory Gallagher ~ from the Live! in Europe album

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At least we won't have to endure Neil Young.


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MONDAY



Ain't all slide! She can play finger pickin' Blues too!


Love Me Like a Man -

Never mind the band of the week. here are the ones that joined god's band of the year.

Mick Karn – japan
Gerry Rafferty
Harvey james – guitarist Sherbet
Gladys Horton – singer Marvelettes
Gary Moore
Johnny Preston
Bernard Lee – singer Hues corporation
Joe Morello – drummer Dave Brubeck
Ronnie Hammond – singer Atlanta rhythm Section
Smiley Culture
Jet Harris – shadows
Johnny Pearson – Orchestra leader
Loleata Holloway – much sampled disco singer
Ken Arcipowski – singer randy and the Rainbows
Poly styrene – singer XRay Specs
Phoebe Snow
John Walker – The Walker Brothers
James Cooke – Guitarist Steve Miller band
Kathy Kirby
Gil Scott Heron
Andrew Gold
Kevin Kavanaugh – Singer Southside Johnny & the Ashbury Dukes
Buddy Gask - Showaddywaddy
Carl Gardner – singer The Coasters
Clarence Clemons – E Street band
Pat Rosalia – singer Manhattan Transfer
Amy Winehouse
Dan Peek – singer America
Conrad Schnitzler – keyboardist Tangerine dream
Nickolas Ashford – ashford and Simpson
Honeyboy Edwards
John Du Cann – Atomic Rooster
Clarence Johnson – The Chi-lites
Sylvia Robinson – Mickey and Sylvia (founded Sugarhill records)
Bertt Jansch
Donald Banks – singer The Tymes
Mikey welsh – Weezer
Chuck Ruff – drummer Edgar winter group
Andrea True
J Blackfoot
Chico Edwards – singer Detroit Spinners
Dobie Gray
Billie Jo Spears
Jim Sherwood – Mothers of Invention
Marv Tarplin – The Miracles


Raise a wee glass to the ones we've enjoyed over the years!

May ye aye keep hail an hertie till ye'r auld eneuch tae dee!

#14 you forgot Hubert Sumlin

walks off, smirking

Aw the best tae the bloggers. I hope yev aw had as guid a New Year as I've had! Hoping for some good and challenging themes in 2012

DC

A very, very Happy New Year to all the bloggers and the GIO team.

Big seconds for challenging themes and hoping for plenty of lesser-heard tracks to go with them!

guitarist for your band? Mr Bonamassa would do you proud - roll on March!

Dust Bowl - Joe Bonamassa
or
Bird on a Wire - Joe Bonamassa
or
The Whale that Swallowed Jonah - Joe Bonamassa

#16 he's no really deid. There's a guy works down my chip shop swears he's Hubert.

Happy new year bloggers. Happy new year team. Looking furward to a brand new never used before neat and tidy shiny jotter in 2012.

#19

Paolo,

If you look at comment #19 closely, you will find that it was typed on January 1st., 2011

Do try to keep up!

People in glass houses and all that ......:-)

I think a wee dance round the kitchen would help to help burn-off some of the steak pie calories...so...

The Clash - 'The Magnificent Seven'...or...
Ian Dury and The Blockheads - 'The Passing Show'

Norman Watt-Roy..the man's a genius!

A very happy new year to Bryan, Babs, Mandy, Kirsten, Richard,the team and all of
the blogotariat.

We had a really happy time at new year, party-ing long into the night.

This year's party season had that defiant 'let's face the music and dance' feel about it. Mrs Merkel says it's inappropriate to wish everyone a prosperous new year, so let's hope it's no worse than 2011.

Dancing to stand still, it turns out, might have been reason enough to put the champagne on ice.

Didn't hear the Bryan and Janice show - hope it went well..was it on the telly too?

All the best,

henri

MONDAY



It's easy to overlook Glen Campbell's superb guitar playing.

Strangers in the Night - Frank Sinatara


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Jumping Jehosaphat! time zooms by so fast these days! After the 1st January 2011 we have 2nd January 2012! where has all the rest of the year gone?
Anyways... Happy/Hippy New Year to everyone.
Bonne Année. :)

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Must be a Leap Year...

Monday

A rare performance by the the original for Hank's Drifting Cowboys...

Cold Cold Heart ~ Hank Williams feat. Don Helms

Happy New Year Y'all

When You Dance I Can Really Love - Neil Young

;-)

#29

Paul! Happy New Year! (see #12)


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Rocky Athas - The Rocky Athas Group -

Malcolm Jones - - Runrig

Mike Campbell - - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Richard Thompson -


and since it seems they can be dead then time to honour

by playing

Angie
or
Fresh as a Sweet Sunday Morning (played by Iain Anderson, 10/10/2011 )
or
The Cuckoo - Pentangle

More anybody?

#32

He parts his hair just above the armpit.

Another year, another chance to ignore Ex-Fairporter and Proclaimer side-man Jerry Donahue and

#33

Ritchie Blackmore

"Hall of the Mountain King" - Rainbow



Feliz Ano Novo fae a very damp RJ.

#35

I'd like to see him try guitar spin (0:40) with that.

#34,37 brilliant, eric, keep 'em coming!

#30 Scotch are you still hungover? Don't you know by now that I always read the whole blog before posting?

:-D

Greased and ready to kick your backside,

Prince:

Well, this will be the first shift after the break for our hero, so hopefuully he'll return filled with the resolution to be even more eclectic and check our many more blogotariat gems.

And a rare opportunity to recreate one of the most hilarious GIO momnets of last year - a huge 2nd for Glen Campbell and his magnificent contribution to

Strangers in the Night - Frrank Sinatra

There are dozens of obvious choices - my own view is that we should honour one of Scotland's finest, the late Jimmy McCullough from Thunderclap Newman and Wings - indeed, he achived the rare accolade of composing two songs included in McCartney's albums.

Much requested, never played: Medicine Jar - Wings

regardez youse

henri

Prince:

Guitar solos
Hello again Bryan and team :)
Even though the band split up a few years ago, IMMACULATE FOOLS certainly deserve more air play. One particular song by this band has just sprung to my mind and has a very catchy guitar solo: 'Never give less than everything'. This song features on their album 'Dumb Poet'
:)
Friendly greetings as usual from Chris in THONON LES BAINS

There will doubtless be a deserved groundswell of support for Rory Gallagher and count me in for that - but it would be nice to hear something from his gentle accoustic side: Just The Smile or Wheels Within Wheels from last years postumously released "Notes From SanFrancisco".If it's more uptempo there is a fabulous track called Persuasion which lets you understand why he was such a special talent - it's very radio freiendly too, so check it out, team. Jimi Hendrix was right, Rory was the best - Noel and Liam must be every proud.

or - a big chance for our hero to get the time to play Scotland's finest guitaist:

La Mer - Martin Taylor

and the man who declared him 'the finest'...

Plynth - Jeff Beck feturing a very on form Rod Stewart from 'Beck Ola'.

Personaly, I fine it hard to simply ignore Eric:

Everybody Oughta Make A Change - Eric Clapton just wonderful.

But having a concentration on a great lead guiatist in isolation often negates the group dynamic - having a great all rounder in there too is really crucial - folk like McCartney, Stevie Winwood, George Benson and Bobby Womack who can turn their hand to many things.

California Dreamin - Bobby Womack

Taxman - The Beatles ( From Revolver, yep, it's Macca on lead guitar)

Spanish Dancer - Steve Winwood

Being With You - George Benson

regardez youse

henri

Oh and here's something really rather special courtesy of Mary Ann Kennedy:

No Problem - Knut Reiersrud

Ry Cooder, eat your heart out.

and Alvin Lee - The Stomp - Ten Years After...Dickie Betts.. Ramblin Man..The Allman Brothers Band

That'll do!

regardez youse

henri

A way of getting two for the price of one:

Further On Up The Road - Joe Bonamassa ( with Eric Clapton) from 'live at the Albert Hall'. Stupendous and radio friendly, Bryan.

regardez youse

henri

#23 #42 #45 #46 #47

Pentathol in the Pommery?

I think HH is hoping the soft centres have softened them up.

:)

Seconds for Benson and Womack and first for

Nothin but a woman / Robert Cray Band
Let the children play / santana
The long road / Mark Knopfler

#48

No doubt, but I've taken a liking to a German red produced by a company called "Klieber" - when you stumble across good German wine it's fabulous - so it's probably responsible for most of my wittering this festive season, -I don't see why the blogotariat should be spared, faither.

On The Border - Al Stewart

regardez vous

henri

Du trinkst lieber Klieber

On The Bordeaux - Al K. Hall