I have been playing guitar in a blues/rock band for the past few months.  We have no name for the band or a set time to play gigs, but I will keep you posted when any of that changes.  As with any new band, we are currenlty working on building up our set list, learning the songs, and getting our timing and feeling down.  This post is to keep track of the songs on our set lists and the progress we are making on playing each “properly”.  As changes to our set lists occur, I wil...

Wow and you thought only Tupac released music from the grave.  On March 9th, 2010, 12 “new” (previously unreleased) tracks will be available for sale on a new Jimi Hendrix album entitled “Valleys of Neptune”.  Jimi died at age 27 and officially only released 3 studio albums, although there have been tons of boxed sets and compilations of the same music since.  40 years after his death, this new album and music is a truely an unexpected treat for music fans everywhere. ...

My friend and former bandmate Junior (http://www.mem.com/Story.aspx?ID=2972800) passed away on April 18, 2009 and this post is about my memories of our cover band “Rogerson Circle”. I was in the band Rogerson Circle with Junior (year must have been 1998). This was an american cover band that only lasted a few months (we had trouble finding a good bass player and then a main vocalist). The band consisted of myself (main guitar), Junior (vocals, backup vocals, main drums), John Pere...