Live Tracks Highlights Blues Rock - From Legends to Locals and New L.A. Releases
Thu, 09/29/2016 - 9:10pm | Jim Buchanan
Blues are permanently entangled with rock and roll - an influence that is clearly present in the legacy groups such as early Rolling Stones, Cream, Canned Heat, Fleetwood Mac, Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin to name a few. So fundamental, that its influence is felt across many genres, and across time. This edition of Live Tracks creates a bit of rock n roll stew, by visiting some classics like the very early Fleetwood Mac album Then Play On with guitar great Peter Green, a concert album from Roy Orbison, and then into the present by highlighting two newly-released albums from L.A. bands Dogs and Bones, and Hurricane Inside, that interweave a modern edginess with a strong undercurrent of raw 60's guitar power. Per usual, Live Tracks also provides a hearty helping of live-recorded local music, including Mike Henderson and the Bill Scholer Blues Band, Jan Peters and Don Fox from The Twanglers, and some recent excellent Americana performances from the Thursday Live!
