compared to what

More from Buddy Guy on the occasion of his new release, Skin Deep (reviewed here):
on Muddy Waters:

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“This is the first time I really had more control,” Guy says. “Everything in here is new. Most of the other albums have been a few new songs and then back to the older stuff or the covers-which is fine, but you gotta be creative. I would talk to Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton and [...]

For a biz-free weekend: some music, without the packaging.

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(Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks: Old Friend)

What is it about the musical/physical yin and yang that creates such sweet perfection? Take the genius of Derek Trucks, dude breaks a string doesn’t flinch - I say his lack of facial expression and intense concentration only adds to the intensity - working off the other. Some say you need show how [...]