Not The Blog Of Mark Urso
Think Jimi Hendrix is a great guitarist? Clapton? Stevie Ray Vaughan, BB King?
I like them all, but sometimes there’s just a little piece missing. The juice, the texture, the mojo!
All those records – they’re all good – but this one – I’m literally holding back tears. Continue reading “#8 Influencer: Arlen Roth “Hot Pickups””
Black Magic Woman (Santana)
Eight To The Bar, Featuring Ralph DeLucia Continue reading “Black Magic Woman: Eight To The Bar”
Stephen Cersosimo on vocals, guitar and harp, George Wild Markham on bass and vocals. and Carl Cantrell on vocal, keyboard and guitar. Continue reading “Doctor Benda’s Rhythm Army: I’m Your Captain (Music Video) (Charlestown, RI)”
Still true today, and back in the day: when I was in radio I tried not to let a woman’s beauty influence whether I thought she was a good singer!
I learned my lesson the hard way! There was a beautiful girl in a long dress, Continue reading ““Mariah Carey” Influencer #9″
I don’t really remember, but I was probably playing the Rolling Stones that night at Portsmouth Abbey, late, and I had my headphones on, and Housemaster Father Anselm stormed in at 3AM because I had left the button pressed Continue reading “Top Ten Influencers, #10: Dave Bromberg Band, How Late’ll Ya Play Til.””
One of the strongest songs of the night! Happy summer!
Knickerbocker in Westerly, RI Continue reading “Shotgun, Eight to The Bar, Westerly, RI, 5-18, Collin Tilton, Ralph DeLucia”
Featuring Collin Tilton, Van Morrison’s saxophone player on the “Moondance” album. The band did “Moondance” during this show, and Tilton played flute on it; I’ll post that soon! Continue reading “Harvest Moon (Young), Eric Kuhn, Collin Tilton, Eight To The Bar, Live in R.I.”
Have you ever felt you wanted to be immortal? Ever thought, what would it be like to live forever?
God says we can’t. The bible essentially tells us we wouldn’t be able to handle it if we could live Continue reading “The Garden of Life, Pt. 2”
So you feel sad; you missed the big show tonight …
No you didn’t! (insert smiley face) 🙂
VIDEO AFTER TECH GOBBLEDYGOOK
This is the first time taking this camera into the field. It’s a Canon XA-30 Continue reading “Shake Rattle and Roll! Eight to The Bar (Connecticut) at the Knickerbocker Cafe”
People sometimes ask me why I have a drum kit in my living room. While I prefer to refer to it as Continue reading “Little Miss Hagstrom (A Song)”
original music Continue reading “Hey Up There! (Music Video)”
I wrote this song three years-ago.
You’ve probably not heard it yet!
It was inspired by my being disheartened about AA, after a dear friend of mine struggled, but no-one could seem to help her.
I have been sober for Continue reading “Bottles In The Air (Original Song Video) (For The Alcoholic in You!)”