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December 10, 2018May 29, 2019 // 1 Comment

Guitar Moves With Keith Richards

https://youtu.be/ceWWMfhAvD4

A few years ago, Matt Sweeney had a chat with Keith Richards, wherein the master dropped some wisdom, told some great stories, and demonstrated the open G tuning he used on “Honky Tonk Women,” “Brown Sugar,” “Happy,” and tons of other Stones songs. Amazing stuff.

Legend is a word that’s thrown around probably too much, but there’s no real other way to describe Keith Richards. What else can you even say about the Rolling Stones guitarist? The 71-year-old is not only responsible for creating some of the most monumental music we’ve enjoyed over the last five decades, but his influence—alongside the Stones—have shaped music and the world that surrounds it. Watch our latest episode of Guitar Moves in which host Matt Sweeney lives his dream, freaks out, and sits down with Richards himself. Ever wanted to know how Richards learned how to play the guitar? Well, it started with his grandfather…

https://youtu.be/p4BH_F4zgtA

December 6, 2018 // 2 Comments

I Can Relate

Exhibit A

December 3, 2018May 29, 2019 // 2 Comments

The History Of Distortion

Fascinating stuff, for a handful of bastards.

November 29, 2018November 29, 2018 // 2 Comments

Shit

I’ll admit that AC/DC scared me a little as a kid, but when I got to high school, I played the shit out of Back in Black. Dementia is a bitch…

Malcolm Young, dead at 64

November 28, 2018May 29, 2019 // 4 Comments

The Soul Of Rock ‘n’ Roll Is Mistakes

Google Books has archived every issue of SPIN, which is what my original post was going to be about. Then I started digging around in an old issue from the summer after I graduated college (August, 1991), and rediscovered an excellent Paul Westerberg interview. Apparently, rock has always been on the verge of imminent collapse, to quote the man himself. We bastards were just the other day discussing rock’s back seat in pop culture, and this edition of SPIN is 27 years old! Anyhoo, I was amused by this …

SPIN: Is rock dead?

Westerberg: Well, is jazz dead? That’s the way I look at it. Rock ‘n’ roll is underground once again, but it won’t die, just like jazz won’t. It’s not the popular music of the day, but it’s not dead.

A little later, the interviewer asks if Elvis was king, which leads to this exchange …

SPIN: What about somebody like Alex Chilton? You made him a rock hero in your song.

Westerberg: No. I don’t know what Alex represents. Now I listen to his new Rhino compilation, and it’s like, I can’t make up my mind whether Alex is some brilliant chameleon or just a guy who fucking lost it real quick. I almost regret writing that song. It’s sad, because kids will come and ask me about Alex and you’ll see this look in their eyes, and they think he’s some guy in leather pants that jumps from amplifiers or something. It’s like, if they only knew.

Interview here, every issue of SPIN here.

November 28, 2018January 21, 2019 // 1 Comment

The Names You Drop Are Second Hand

Say what you want about Sweet, this is a great fucking song.

November 20, 2018 // 2 Comments

Fatal Flaw

This is the best guitar solo you’ll hear all week.

November 20, 2018 // 0 Comments

Elvis Was Not Amused

I will pull your goddamn tongue out BY THE ROOTS!

Thankyouverymuch.

November 19, 2018 // 0 Comments

Smash It Up

The Damned smash it up at BBC Radio 6 Music’s 2017 Christmas Punk Party.

November 9, 2018March 25, 2019 // 3 Comments

Oob La Do Do

Anyone going to pick up the remastered White Album? I don’t have $140 laying around, but I’d really like to hear the Esher demos. Also, and I know I will take heaps of abuse for this, I could do without about half that album.