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Monthly Archives: December 2003
Lincoln Locals: The Gene Thorpe Band
ince moving to Sacramento in May 2003, I’ve gotten to know a few of the local bands. One, though, has become an extended family, welcoming my Best Beloved and I into their family, which has, in some cases, been together for as long as I’ve been alive.Every member of The Gene Thorpe Band is a gentleman in the truest sense of the word; all have their own unique brand of wit; and all bring an intense passion for music and performing to every single gig. They love the music as much as I do—didn’t think that was possible! Continue reading
Searching in Memphis?
very week, about a dozen searches are performed here at KnowYourMusic.com for the phrase ‘walking in memphis’ which is what led to the additional header at the top of the page. Continue reading
Amazing Instrumentals
while back we referred to Nickle Creek’s “Smoothie Song” as the first instrumental to reach the top of the AAA charts. An astute and musically enlightened reader, Craig Handyside, asked about the AAA charts and drew my attention to one of the greatest instrumentals ever written or performed, reaching the top of the pop charts in 1967, Mason Williams’ “Classical Gas.”‘ First note that the AAA charts are a reasonably recent phenomenon in the music world and as far as can determine, not available online so we can’t do much research into their history. However, if we cast aside all this “which chart are we using” pontificating, “Classical Gas” surely stands, if not alone, at least head and shoulders above the plethora of guitar instrumentals before and since. Continue reading
