Happy Birthday Keith Richards!

Absolutely Awesome that my first guitar hero has made it to 70 years of age! Defying all pronouncements and expectations, he didn’t die before he was 30 and has become a rock elder in grand style! Plus he has created so many rad riffs over the years. HO HO HO!!

I still listen to Keith and the Stones frequently. Lately I’ve also listened to Elvis Presely’s The Sun Sessions, Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Cosmos Factory, and a bunch of Howlin’ Wolf. I’ve written a couple of things on Keith here and here. I also wrote this on the Gimme Shelter movie, which is my most popular post ever, except for the post on Django Reinhardt’s Improvisation #1.

I haven’t been blogging because of work and I’m back playing regular Gypsy Jazz gigs now. It’s really cool! All the practice has paid off. At some point next year I hope to put some more real guitar stuff on here.

For all of you jazzers: Morten Faerestrand has one of the best instructional channels on Youtube. I highly recommend! That is all!

Finally, it’s that time of the year when you’re going to hear Felize Navidad regularly, but did you know that José Feliciano is an outstanding guitarist? Check it out below in a duet with (of all people) Bing Crosby.

Happy Guitar Holidays to Everyone!