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Gary Clark Jr.’s Twisty, Flame-Throwing Solos

by BlakeSchnaars Posted on April 3, 2017

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Gary Clark Jr.
Live North America 2016
Warner Bros.

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Arguably the best blues-rock guitarist of the modern era, Gary Clark Jr. carries on in the tradition of Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan without blind worship of the old ways, adding hints of funk and R&B to the mix. However, his studio records haven’t always matched the smoking intensity of his concert performances. The solution? Another live album, Clark’s second in his last three outings. The twisty, flame-throwing solos on Live North America 2016 are over the top and then some, yet never feel excessive, exploring familiar chords in inventive ways that will convert skeptics. Check out the barn-burning nine-minute version of “When My Train Pulls In,” which also showcases his gritty, deceptively subtle singing. Live doesn’t solve any long term artistic conundrums—a guest appearance by retro-soul crooner Leon Bridges revisits a style Clark has tried himself, with mixed results—but it’s a great listen.

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Bluesman Gary Clark Jr. Is the Guitar Hero for Our Time

by Rosa54Nxuhep Posted on September 29, 2014

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Gary Clark Jr.
Live
Warner Bros.

A guitar hero for the modern era, Gary Clark Jr. plays bluesy rock with a blistering urgency that makes the hoariest conventions feel brand new. For all his flashy expertise, the muscular solos and buzzing riffs never feel gratuitous, while Clark’s terse, tough singing nicely complements his fretwork. This 15-track, 97-minute feast is the perfect showcase for his brilliance, mixing versions of standards like “Three O’Clock Blues” (popularized by B.B. King) and “Catfish Blues” (also covered by Jimi Hendrix) with pungent originals, from sleek boogie (“Travis County”) to tender soul (“Please Come Home”), with lots of fireworks in between. While it’s tempting to view him as the next coming of Hendrix, especially in light of his take on Jimi’s “Third Stone from the Sun,” Clark is closer in spirit to Stevie Ray Vaughan: less an exotic, godlike genius than a gifted guardian of tradition who never fails to thrill.

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Motown’s First #1 Hit, "Please Mr. Postman," Released 53 Years Ago

by CathariB11 Posted on August 21, 2014

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The knockout girl group song “Please Mr. Postman,” by the Marvelettes was released on August 21, 1961. Later in the year it went on to become the first Motown single to hit #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart.

Motown wouldn’t hit the #1 position again until 1963, when Little Stevie Wonder’s “Fingertips, Pt. 2” reached the top. From that point on, Motown was a non-stop hit machine with at least one #1 hit on the charts each year through 1974. 1970 proved to be Motown’s best year–they dominated Billboard with seven top hits.

The Marvelettes followed “Please Mr. Postman” with “Twistin’ Postman,” in an effort to cash in on their own song and the popularity of “The Twist.” That song hit #34 on the pop charts, and was followed by their bigger hits “Playboy” and the current oldies radio staple “Beechwood 4-5789.” Like a lot of groups of the era, the Marvelettes had a hard time cracking the charts once the British Invasion hit States.

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