by talkfromtherockroom | Sep 1, 2021 | Put the Boot In, Reviews
Spinning today in the ‘rock room’ is a 30 minute archival tape of 24k musical gold. Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks captured live and in action on magnetic tape in London, Ontario, Canada, February 24, 1964. Three weeks removed from the arrival of the Beatles, music was...
by talkfromtherockroom | Jan 19, 2020 | Put the Boot In, Reviews
Today in the ‘rock room’ plays a legendary and unique recording, famed in the ‘bootleg’ world for both its rarity and performance. On July 25th 1964, smack dab in the middle of the turbulent musical madness sweeping across the United States two folkies from different...
by talkfromtherockroom | Jan 2, 2020 | Put the Boot In, Reviews
Are you a Mod or a Rocker? That is the question posed by the the ‘rock room’ today. Now playing, I have a recording that started to circulate in 2005 on a CD called The High Numbers –Live 1964 by famous Japanese bootleg label ‘Yellow Dog’. The performance featured on...
by talkfromtherockroom | Mar 20, 2016 | Reviews, Tools of the Trade
While Eric Clapton’s signature guitars and most recognizable instruments are usually thought of as‘Brownie’ or ‘Blackie’ his trusty classic Fender Stratocasters; for an 18 month period from 1966-1968 Clapton disseminated his psychedelic stringed magic through a...
by talkfromtherockroom | Jan 23, 2016 | Reviews, Tools of the Trade
One of the psychedelic rock era’s most important pioneers, Robby Krieger, founding member and guitarist of the Doors did most of his sonic damage using one particular make and model of guitar. While the ‘rock room’s’ Tools of the Trade feature...
