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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! concert series at the Davis Odd Fellows Hall featuring singer/songwriters Gwyneth Moreland, David Hayes, and the trio Webster Walton Edwards.