MASTER’S MASTER……GLENN GOULD…….AS A YOUNG MAN IN THE WOOD SHED WITH J.S BACH’S “PARTITA NO 2”……BEING A PLAYER IS NOT GOING TO COME TO YOU IN A DREAM, FOLKS…..AND ON THE OTHER HAND, WHO KNOWS? MAYBE IT JUST MIGHT…….BUT JUST IN CASE IT DOESN’T, THE ONLY SHORT CUT IS THE LONG WAY AROUND WHICH MEANS…..AND I WISH IT WERN’T SO, HARD WORK……THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT NO ONE IS FORCING YOU, IN FACT,NO ONE CARES IF YOU STAND UP OR FALL DOWN OR IF YOU LIVE OR DIE……….. BUT IN THE END,AS A MUSICIAN,YOU ARE YOUR OWN BOSS…..PUT IT WHERE YOU WANT IT….AIM HIGH. CHOOSE YOUR HEROS CAREFULLY AND SHOOT LOW IF IT THAT DOESN’T WORK OUT…..ABOVE ALL, SURVIVE…BUT STAY FAST AND LOOSE AND TRY TO DO IT WITH A SENCE OF STYLE……I’M ,OF COURSE, JUST SHOOTING THE BREEZE FOR YOUR AMUSEMENT BUT I THINK YOUR GOING TO FIND MY SITE,MUSICALLY SPEAKING,WELL MEANT AND A DEEPLY GENUINE REMINDER THAT ONLY THE BEST OF THE BEST MUSIC IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU.THIS AND THE THOUSAND VIDEOS THAT FOLLOW AMOUNT TO ONE BIG FAT MASTERCLASS WHICH I DEDICATE TO YOU TO ANSWER THE QUESTION….”WHAT IS HIP”? IN MUSIC
THE MIGHTY MIGHTY HOWLIN WOLF….”“SMOKESTACK LIGHTNING” 1976, LONDON
”LA MALAGUENA”……. TRIO CALAVERAS…….THE WOMAN IN THIS WONDERFUL CLIP IS THE MARIA FELIX…….MUSICA MEXICANA
ANN PEEBLES……R @ B “JUEBOX QUEEN…………..”FEEL LIKE BREAKING UP SOMEBODY’S HOME”
JOSE ALFREDO JIMENEZ AND LUCHA VILLA…….”A PASAR DE LA ENORME DISTANCIA’………THE “OLD SCHOOL” HEART AND SOUL OF MEXICO…..SUNG BY TWO OF MEXICO’S ALL TIME GREATEST MARIACHI SUPER STARS…..MASTERCLASS
JOHN LEE HOOKER…..”NO SHOES”…….. THE LAST OF THE LAST GENUINE AND UNADORNED REAL BLUES MEN…..FOLLOWING WHICH THERE WILL BE NO MORE.”….. MASTERCLASS
AFRO CUBA DE MANTANZAS……….HARD RUMBA
HERMANOS LEBRON FEATURING MASTER SONERO PABLITO LEBRON………”LLEGAMOS”……. HARD,OLD SCHOOL, DOUBLE MACHO ,FLAT FOOTED, NEW YORK PUERTO RICAN SALSA….THIS IS A MASTERCLASS
THE TITO PUENTE ORCHESTRA FEATURING THE SONERO TONY VEGA………”DEJAME SONAR”…….HARD, BIG TIME,TOP OF THE LINE PUERTO RICAN NEW YORK SALSA……..
OTIS REDDING….CARLA THOMAS….”NEW YEARS RESOLUTION”…….ALL I’VE EVER WANTED OR AT LEAST WHAT I’VE ALWAYS WANTED MOST REAL REAL HARD WAS TO HAVE A LITTLE AFTER HOURS JOINT ON THE SIDE OF SOME SOFT GREEN ROAD WITH A WORLD CLASS BAR-B-QUE PIT AND A SMOKIN JUKEBOX MAYBE SOMEWHERE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF ATLANTA PLAYING TUNES LIKE THIS FOR A QUARTER……..MAYBE A LITTLE OFF TRACK BETTING,WHAT THE HELL, OR AT LEAST A PRIVATE ROOM WHERE GENTLEMEN COULD PLAY AT GAMES OF CHANCE……A SIMPLE FLOOR PLAN WITH A FLOOR TO CEILING POLE PAINTED LIKE A CANDY CANE THAT WAITRESSES COULD CLIMB AND COVORT AROUND ON WHEN IT WASN’T TOO BUSY..I MEAN THAT’S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE BUT….THIS IS AS CLOSE AS I’VE COME….SO, MEET ME HALF WAY AND PRETEND WE WERE THERE RIGHT NOW. IT WONT COST YOU A PENNY AND IT’LL BE A QUARTERS WORTH OF NOSTALGIA FOR YOUR HUMORLESS , LOST AND LONELY WANDERING RAGGEDY SOUL….HA HA…THIS IS A MASTERCLASS……I KNOW YOUR USED TO THINGS MORE REFINED BUT AT LEAST I’M TRYING TO BRING SOME RIBS TO THE TABLE……..”OH, WAITRESS……WHEN YOUR CAUGHT UP…HERE’S A ROLL OF QUARTERS FOR THE JUKEBOX, BUT PLEASE DON’T PLAY B-17