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A Lighter Shade of Blue
Crossroads
Eric Clapton
E.C. Was Here
((( White Way )))
[FROM THE TOP]
Some would say, Eric Clapton never sounded better than the 10 years between the late ’60s when he was in a love-sick depression and heroin addiction when playing in the late 60s when he played with the The Yardbirds and Cream, and the late ’70s when he had his alcoholic breakdown.
B.B. King and Lucille at the Carefree Theater in West Palm Beach, Florida (dave.)
1949
B.B. King at The Cotton Club (Gainesville, Florida)
2000 Riding With The King
B.B. King and Eric Clapton
Jon Stoll, owner of the Carefree including the Comedy Corner, two art gallery’s and a late-night club owned by Clarence Clemons, Bruce Springsteen’s saxophonist. (Butch Trucks at wife’s gallery exhibits on Palm Beach.)
Jon Stoll was 16 years old when he, with help from his Palm Beach parents, started Fantasma Productions, his first in learning the business of concert promotion. He started small, in 1966, booking his first act, B.B. King, who was also somewhat “small” at the time.
Twenty years later, Fantasma had grown to be one of the biggest concert promoters in the United States, especially in the Southeast and South Florida, hosting the Rolling Stones’ Steel Wheels 1989 Tour at the Orange Bowl in Little Havana, Miami.
Through the years, King remained close to Stoll, and included a stop in West Palm Beach (Chitlin’ Style) on any tours where it was possible.
Robert Johnson (WIKI)
Searching for Robert Johnson (Vanity Fair)
ROBERT JOHNSON (LOVE IN VAIN)
BLUE (THE ORIGINAL COLOR OF SIN)
THE DEVIL IS SINGING OUR SONG
ROBERT JOHNSON (HELLHOUND ON HIS TRAIL)
SACRED GROUND (A LIGHTER SHADE OF BLUE)
BLACKS AND BLUES (CHITLIN’ CIRCUIT)
HOLY TRINITY OF ROCK
HOLY TRINITY OF JAZZ
SCOTT PUTESKY
Running With The Devil [STORY]
Lost In Space
Orange Matters (INDIAN RIVER LAGOON)
1959 — NASA / NASCAR / MINUTE MAID
1960 — Where The Boys Are
1961 — Alan Shepard (2806)
1962 — Dr. No, Cuban Missiles, John Glenn
1963 — Louis Armstrong
“What A Wonderful World” JFK Assassination
1964 — “Fly Me To The Moon“
Frank Sinatra
“In Other Words” (1954)
b/ Kaye Ballard
Robert Rauschenberg
1965 — Gemini 4
Ed White
Yardbirds
BRITISH RESURRECTION OF THE BLUES
“The Devil Is Singing Our Song”
The Beatles
“It’s Been A Hard Day’s Night“
Rolling Stones
“Paint It Black“
Peter Green
Kim Simmonds
Savoy Brown
Foghat
Gary Moore
Thin Lizzy
Peter Frampton
Humble Pie
Steve Marriott
Robin Trower
Brian May
Tony Iommi
David Gilmour
Ritchie Blackmore
Rainbow
1966 — “Paint It Black” (Rolling Stones)
MUSIC ’66 — Good Vibrations, Strangers In The Night, These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ Eleanor Rigby, Summer In The City, Reach Out I’ll Be There, When A Man Loves A Woman.
“A Taste Of Honey”
“Hard Day’s Night”
((( Imigrant Songs )))
Changes
The Beatles (A Hard Day’s Night)
Herb Alpert (Tijuana Brass)
Billy Preston (Beatles & Stones)
Carlos Santana
David Bowie (Brother From Another Planet)
Earl Slick (The American)
John Lennon
Stevie Wonder
Jeff Beck
Jack Bruce
Marvin Gaye
MOTOWN
The Yardbirds appear in the 1966 murder mystery, about a photographer who sees what he thinks is a murder in the background of one of his photographs. The film is set in London, where at the time, the Yardbirds were among the most popular of the English bands whose guitarists were influenced by American Bluesmen: Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, and The Three Kings, B.B., Albert, and Freddie.
Yardbirds
AMERICAN BLUES BRITISH RESURRECTIONS
“The Devil Is Singing Our Song”
Robert Johnson (WIKI)
Searching for Robert Johnson (Vanity Fair)
ROBERT JOHNSON (LOVE IN VAIN)
BLUE (THE ORIGINAL COLOR OF SIN)
THE DEVIL IS SINGING OUR SONG
ROBERT JOHNSON (HELLHOUND ON HIS TRAIL)
SACRED GROUND (THE CROSSROADS)
BLACKS AND BLUES (CHITLIN’ CIRCUIT)
HOLY TRINITY OF ROCK
HOLY TRINITY OF JAZZ
SCOTT PUTESKY
Running With The Devil [STORY]
Robert Johnson (The Devil’s Disciple)
2023 — Keith LeBlanc’s New Moves record of remixed and reinterpreted Blues classics out of the Chess Records archive. Keith was a longtime friend of Marshall Chess, and had produced a similar record, Chess Moves, in 2012. Ten Years later, Keith called New Moves the best record he ever made. That might be true. Unfortunately it was his last.
“Heart Full of Soul”
1965
((( Rock & Soul )))
“Train Kept A Rolling“
1968The Yardbirds (Blues History)
((( Things Are Getting Harder )))
The Rock N Roll anthem made most popular by Aerosmith was written by Tiny Bradshaw in 1951, given a Rock N Roll, distorted guitar make over by the Johnny Burnett Trio in 1956, taken further by the Yardbirds’ Jimmy Page, who took it to his new band, Led Zeppelin, and for the first year, used it to open shows. After, Steven Tyler, a Led Zeppelin fan (follower) chose to play Aerosmith’s version on its 1974 album, Get Your Wings, and has featured the song in Aerosmith’s live shows ever since.
“Dazed and Confused”
1968 The Yardbirds (Blues History)
((( Before Zeppelin )))
The Yardbirds
Eric Clapton (Cream)
Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)
Jeff Beck (Truth)
w/ Rod Stewart
Beck Bogert & Appice
w/ Stevie Wonder (“Superstition”)
Blow by Blow
Wired
w/ Mick Jagger (Primitive Cool)
w/ Roger Waters (Amused To Death)
w/ David Bowie …
John Mayall
Peter Green
Fleetwood Mac
Kim Simmonds
Savoy Brown
Foghat
Gary Moore
Thin Lizzy
“Crossroader”
Mountain
1971 — Flowers of Evil
((( Hard American )))
“Crossroads”
Eric Clapton
1975 — E.C. Was Here
((( Electrified Blues )))
“Highway 61” (Live)
Johnny Winter
1976 — Captured Live (California)
((( Albino Blues )))
“My Friend Sin”
Bernard Fowler
2015 — Drinking from the Devil’s Cup
((( The Bura )))
“Me And The Devil Blues”
Robert Johnson
1936 —
((( The Original Sinner )))
“My Friend Sin”
Bernard Fowler
2015 — Drinking from the Devil’s Cup
((( The Bura )))
“King Bee”
Bernard Fowler
2017 — Drinking from the Devil’s Cup
((( The Rolling Stone )))
1957 — ’57 Chevy (tail fins)
1958 — Explorer 1
Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by the United States in 1958 and was part of the U.S. participation in the International Geophysical Year (IGY). The mission followed the first two satellites, both launched by the Soviet Union during the previous year, Sputnik 1 and Sputnik 2. This began a Space Race during the Cold War between the two nations.
1959 — NASA
SPACE TIMELINE
NASCAR
Daytona 500
1960 — Where the Boys Are
1961 — Alan Shepard
ALAN SHEPARD ALT.
Space Race
Space Race Alt.
1962 — John Glenn
FEB. 20, 1962 FRIENDSHIP 7 (FIRST AMERICAN TO ORBIT EARTH)
A MISSILE CRISIS IN CUBA (KEY WEST)
OCT. 16-29 — THE BRINK OF NUCLEAR ANNIHILATION
JOHN GLENN (CONT’D)
Thirteen Days (2000)
Eve of Destruction (1965)
Matinee (1993)
1963 — (August 28, 1963) Two years after the first Freedom Ride, and at the end of THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I HAVE A DREAM“ speech, and called for voting rights, overall economic justice, and to end racism in the United States.
The Bomb Heard ’round the World
(Birmingham, Alabama)
September 15, 1963 — A KKK bombing at the 16th Street Church in Birmingham, Alabama killed four young girls, and marked a turning point in the fight for civil rights. Paul McCartney has said the bombing in Birmingham, and racial tension in America was inspiration for his writing “Blackbird,” a song featured on The Beatles White Album.
1949 — Minute Maid (Citrus)
1959 — NASA / NASCAR (Rock N Blues Collision)
1960 — Where The Boys Are
1961 — Alan Shepard (2806)
1962 — John Glenn
1963 — Louis Armstrong
“What A Wonderful World“
JFK ASSASSINATION
1964 — “Fly Me To The Moon“
Frank Sinatra
“In Other Words” (1954)
b/ Kaye Ballard
1964 — “The Problem We All Live With“
b/ Norman Rockwell
1965 — Bloody Sunday
BLOODY SUNDAY IN SELMA (JOHN LEWIS “GOOD TROUBLE”)
THE BOMB FELT AROUND THE WORLD (BIRMINGHAM)
BLACKBIRDS SINGING IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT (PAUL McCARTNEY)
JOHN LEWIS (GOOD TROUBLE)
1965 — Gemini 4
Ed White
The Beatles
“It’s Been A Hard Day’s Night“
Rolling Stones
“Paint It Black“
Chuck Berry
“Johnny B. Goode“
1966 — “Paint It Black” (Rolling Stones)
MUSIC ’66 — Good Vibrations, Strangers In The Night, These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ Eleanor Rigby, Summer In The City, Reach Out I’ll Be There, When A Man Loves A Woman.
1967 — Psychedelic Summer Of Love
“Voodoo Child”
Jimi Hendrix
Electric Ladyland
1968— Voodoo, Assassination & War
((( premonitions )))
dave.
“Earthrise” by Bill Anders (Apollo 8)
1968 — Apollo 8
Pink Floyd “Dark Side Of The Moon” (1973)
Apollo 8 “Earthrise” (1968)
Galileo “Starry Messenger“ (1609)
Sir Isaac Newton “Opticks” (1704)
“Cave of Altamira” (36,000 YEARS OLD)
Paleolithic (Stone-Age) Man
Discovered Santillana del Mar, Spain (1868)
“Wakulla Springs” (Pre-Historic Florida)
1969 — Apollo 11
One Small Step for Man, One Giant Leap for Mankind”
the bridge
BRINGING AMERICA TOGETHER AGAIN.
BLUE (THE ORIGINAL COLOR OF SIN)
ROBERT JOHNSON (HELLHOUND ON HIS TRAIL)
SACRED GROUND (THE CROSSROADS)
ROBERT JOHNSON (ORIGINAL BLUESMAN)
THE DEVIL IS SINGING OUR SONG
SEARCHING FOR ROBERT JOHNSON (VANITY FAIR)
A LIGHTER SHADE OF BLUE (THE YARDBIRDS)
MOUNTAIN MUSIC (ROCK N ROLL TIMELINE)
GUITAR LIST #1 (ELECTRIC EVOLUTION)
GUITAR LIST #2 (SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL)
ROCK N ROLL TIMELINE (NO ART)
BLUES (MARY McCLAIN)
CROSS THAT RIVER (BLUE WAS ANGRY)
MARY McCLAIN (TOBACCO ROAD) MIAMI
The Bridge (PLAYLISTS)
BRINGING AMERICA TOGETHER AGAIN.
CROSS THAT RIVER (THE STORY OF BLUE)
CROSS THAT RIVER (PLAYLIST)
The Bridge (LIVE RECORDINGS)
@ WLRN MIAMI (2014)
@ OCEAN DRIVE (2014)
@ OCEAN DRIVE (2015)
@ POMPANO BEACH (2015)
@ HARTFORD (2016)
CROSS THAT RIVER (PLAYLIST) ALT.1
MILES DAVIS (THE CREATOR)
JIMI HENDRIX (VOODOO’S CHILD)
PRINCE AMONG US (THE ARTIST)
HOLY TRINITY OF ROCK
HOLY TRINITY OF JAZZ
NEW ORLEANS (UNDER A CRESCENT MOON)
NEW YORK CITY (A RENAISSANCE IN HARLEM)
THEY ONLY COME OUT AT NIGHT
SUMMER IN THE CITY
TEXAS SWING
CHICAGO BOUND
MUDDY WATERS (CHICAGO)
ROLLING STONES (MUDDY WATERS)
ROLLIN’ ON THE RIVER (BO, IKE & TINA)
the color purple
POST APOCALYPTIC BLUES
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In the late 1940s, B.B. King toured the Chitlin’ Circuit in the Southeast, including a stop in Gainesville, Florida at a joint called The Cotton Club. The Cotton Club, originally built as a Post Exchange at Camp Blanding, became a popular spot for African American musicians and audiences during the Jim Crow era. It was one of many venues across the South where King and other Blues players earned their reputations and popularized the Blues.
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown @ Tobacco Road, the notorious bar on the Miami River. Tobacco Road’s history was rich. In the ’20s it was a speakeasy, in the ’40s a brothel, and in 1985, the Best Blues bar in Miami.
Upstairs, in the Red Room was a bar and a small stage where the music was played. Saturday night between Christmas and New Year’s, “Gatemouth” Brown was onstage, playing to two hundred, who overfilled the room. Out of the holiday madness, someone screamed out “THE THRILL IS GONE,” loud enough that even Brown and the band noticed.
“If I hear any more of that B.B. King shit, I’ll leave right now.” Brown scolds the audience. Brown took the room going quiet as a sign that the crowd got the message. After the short pause, Brown motions to the band, and they pick up where they left off.
Down South, crossing paths on the Chitlin’ Circuit, Brown and King were friendly, and had a mutual respect for each other as musicians. Both too were known for their “strong,” alpha personalities, and it understandable that the always ornery Brown would have taken the calling out of a B.B. King tune as a sign of disrespect.
Ten years later at the Musicians Exchange in Fort Lauderdale. Orange Blossom Special. Brown playing fiddle with a young bassist and drummer, who talked about the difficulty of being on the road with Brown. Worse because a judge in a mediation of a (non-violent) doestic dispute between Brown and his wife, ordered that Brown was to refrain from his routine of having his pipe packed with weed.
1993 — Musician’s Exchange: Gato Barbieri, Billy Cobham, John Mayall w/Coco Montoya and Walter Trout. Government Mule, Scott Putesky, Jaco Pastorius Tribute …
The Musicians Exchange in Fort Lauderdale was a significant and unique venue for musicians throughout the 1990s. It evolved beyond just a nightclub and was described as a “one-stop center for musicians”. Its owner and founder, Don Cohen, created a space that encompassed a variety of services for the local music community.
Musicians Exchange in the 1990s: The club’s focus was strongly on live music, particularly jazz and blues, attracting both national and local talent to its stage.
Over 1500 musical acts were hosted at the Musicians Exchange between its inception in 1976 and 1996.
It was recognized for providing a platform for original music indie bands, potentially through outdoor concerts in the back parking lot.
Cohen also managed several local musicians who benefited from his expertise and commitment to promoting their work.
Evolution and challenges
Initially opened on Sunrise Boulevard in 1976, the club moved to downtown Fort Lauderdale in 1988, then returned to Sunrise Boulevard in 1989.
In 1996, Cohen sold the club to RHA Associates Inc., who moved it to downtown Delray Beach. This iteration of the club closed after only seven months, reportedly due to a summer slowdown and an unpopular upscale menu.
The Musicians Exchange then merged with the New York Entertainment Cafe at 1432 N. Federal Highway, marking its return to Fort Lauderdale in 1998.
Challenges faced by the club included the rising costs of featuring artists, limited seating capacity, a perceived lack of city support, and neighborhood deterioration, according to Cohen. 
Community and impact
The Musicians Exchange played a significant role in the South Florida music scene, fostering a sense of community among local musicians and providing a place for them to connect and share their passion.
It was considered by some to be a legendary and iconic establishment that significantly impacted the local music landscape.
Many remembered it as a “one of a kind venue” on Sunrise Boulevard.