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the bridge

instrument of change
“Voodoo Pimp Stroll”
Masque
2004 — Known UnKnown
VERNON REID (ELECTRIC GUITAR)
((( >>> )))

“Earthrise”
b/ Bill Anders (Apollo 8)

[FROM THE TOP]

Lollapalooza Inaugural*  (1991) — Between touring with the Rolling Stones on their North American Steel Wheels Tour in 1989, and releasing Living Colour’s second album, Time’s Up in 1990, Vernon Reid did an interview with Guitar Magazine. In it, he talked about his band’s meteoric rise, and that Living Colour would be representing New York City, the East Coast, and racial diversity in Perry Farell’s (Jane’s Addiction) first Lollapalooza* festival.

Living Colour*  (2007) —  After playing the main stage in the Sully’s Pub parking lot earlier in the evening, and now Doug Wimbish, Vernon Reid, Keith LeBlanc, and V. Jeffrey Smith took it inside for an early morning jam, playing until 2AM, a half hour past the residential neighborhood’s curfew.

MEB* (2023) — Dare Not To Forget 
Lenny White in the studio with Vernon Reid, recording “Over My Shoulder,” a tune for the Miles Electric Band’s Dare Not To Forget, a project inspired by, and meant to follow in the spirit of Miles Davis and his philosophy of “Cool.”
Jimi Hendrix* (1968) — The Jimi Hendrix Experience‘s last studio recording, Electric Ladyland.  It was the band’s third album, and its most commercially successful and only number one.
Woodstock*  (1969) — The three-day festival in UpState New York was a musical celebration. Three Days of Peace and Music, Opposite of the Hellish, murderous, Rolling Stone, Jefferson Airplane concert at the Altamont Speedway, later that year, outside Tracy, California.

Earthrise* (1968) — Maybe the most impactful photograph’s ever shot. Credited by Al Gore to have been the image that fueled the Environmental Movement (EARTH DAY) started April 22, 1970. The World Seen ‘Round The World, seen as it had never been seen before. As the crew of Apollo 8 had seen the Dark Side of The Moon, the first ever, they prepared to be the first to see Moon’s first Sunrise. Then the sudden shock of what none had imagined. A Vivid, Blue Earth was rising slowly on the horizon of a colorless Moon, and shining brilliantly in the absolute Black of Space. All three grabbed camera’s, but only Anders’ had been loaded with color (Kodak Ektachrome) film, and he shot the the most famous (“EARTHRISE“) image.

Island In The Sky
Alex Skolnick*
Planetary Coalition*
PLANET EARTH [PLAYLIST]*

“Little Wing”
Vernon Reid
w/ ? (vocals)
((( >>> )))

Getty Images

Band of Gypsys Revisited (2017) — Vernon Reid at the Blue Note in New York City. A show celebrating the 15th Anniversary of the Black Rock Coalition, a non-profit organization that supports black Rock N Roll artists. It was created by Reid and his friend, the late Greg Tate.*

 

“Ritchie Blackmore is not merely a fast guitarist, but one with immense style and presence,”

— UK Music Paper

The Color Purple*

GUITAR PLAYERS*
LES PAUL GOLD TOP
The Prized Possession*
“JAZZ ROCK FUSION GUITAR” [BLOG]

Robert Johnson
[THE DEVIL’S DISCIPLE]
Les Paul
[THE INVENTOR]
Jimi Hendrix
Duane Allman
John McLaughlin
Carlos Santana (1970 YouTube)
Larry Coryell
Jeff Beck
Tommy Bolin (1976 YouTube)
Frank Zappa
Robert Fripp
Adrian Belew
Robben Ford
Al Di Meola
Eddie Hazel
Steve Morse
Ty Tabor
Joe Satriani
Prince
Vernon Reid …

INSTRUMENT OF CHANGE (PG.1)
instrument of change (PG.2)

GUITAR LIST #1 (ELECTRIC EVOLUTION)
GUITAR LIST #2 (SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL)
ROCK N ROLL TIMELINE (NO ART)

“Purple Rain”
Prince
1984 — Purple Rain  
((( The Sky Was Crying )))

ABC

[FROM THE TOP]

“Purple Rain” (1984) — Prince first played the song “Purple Rain” live on August 3, 1983, at a benefit concert for the Minnesota Dance Theatre at the First Avenue nightclub in Minneapolis. That performance was also the live debut of his new guitarist, Wendy Melvoin, and that night’s recording of the song was the foundation of the iconic song and soundtrack of the film the next year.

The Sky Was Crying (2016) — Artist Bob Staake created the cover for The New Yorker magazine’s May 2, 2016 issue as a tribute to Prince, 57, who had died the week before (April 21, 2016). “Purple Rain” seemed appropriate, being that the song (especiallywas Prince’s signature song since the first time he played it in 1983.

Billboard Magazine “Icon” (2013) — Prince was introduced with a video montage, before being named a Billboard Magazine “Icon.”

Prince (1994) — The Artist opened Glam Slam, a club on Washington Avenue, the road through the darker side of Miami Beach. Different than the neon soaked, high fashion, South Beach, or SOBE if preferred. After the cocaine-fueled hit of Miami Vice, the Beach was entering a Renaissance. (1990s). Prince joined Gianni Versace, Madonna, Will Smith, Marilyn Manson, and others on a long list of celebrities who were rediscovered and reenergized as part of the evolution of Miami Beach.

Prince played midnight shows (’94, ’95, ’96) to celebrate his birthday (June 7). The annual performances were barely promoted, but to those in the know, were memorable, and as good as any of the higher-profile, food, wine, celebrity chef, or whatever other festivals on the beach.

 

[MIAMI BEACH EXCURSION]

MADONNA
VERSACE
DELANO
MARLIN
ISLAND RECORDS
FORD MODELING AGENCY
AL DI MEOLA
MARLIN
GALLERY OF THE UNKNOWN ARTISTS
THE STRAND
TANTRA
DINER
CLUB DEUCE
LINCOLN ROAD
COLONY THEATER
BOOKS & BOOKS
VAN DYKES
THE MARLIN (ISLAND RECORDS)
ISLAND RECORDS
FORD MODELING
VERSACE
MADONNA (SEX)
MIAMI VICE
CENTURY HOTEL
SOUTH OF FIFTH
CANDY’S 30TH
EASTER AT BARBARA CAPITMAN’S

Blue Note Records (168th Cswy)
PRINCE BIRTHDAY BOOTLEGS (94/95/96)

“VooDoo Chile”
Jimi Hendrix
1968 — Electric Ladyland  
((( The Other Side  )))

dave.

“We started the show with our man, and we’re gonna close the show with our man.”

— Vernon Reid (Living Colour)

December 27, 2001 — At Disney’s House of Blues in Orlando, Florida, Vernon Reid introduced Living Colour’s encore, “Crosstown Traffic,” after a show that had opened with another Hendrix classic, “Power of Soul.”
The band was in Orlando (Disney World), making up for a show that had been cancelled after two planes crashed into the World Trade Center (9-11) in Living Colour’s hometown, NYC.

Jazz Is The Teacher,
Funk Is The Preacher.”
James Blood Ulmer
2001 — Memphis Blood: The Sun Sessions
((( w/ Vernon Reid )))

—yZ.

Angélique Kidjo
w/ Buddy Guy and Vernon Reid
2003 — Lightning In A Bottle (Martin Scorsese)
2005 —  No Direction Home
2008 — Shine A Light

“Little Wing
Vernon Reid* (Electric Guitar)
BAND OF GYPSYS REVISITED
2017 — New York City @ The Blue Note
Improvisational Flight
((( >>> )))

Jeff Beck Wired

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

Vernon Reid
w/ Jack Bruce (Spectrum Road)
Cindy Blackman
Give The Drummer Some

(other girl drummers) Terri Lynn Carrington, Sheila E., Meg White, LaFrae Sci, Karen Carpenter, (drummers who sing) Ringo Starr, Levon Helm, Phil Collins, Don Henley, Don Brewer, Roger Taylor, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Buddy Miles.
w/ Carlos Santana
John McLaughlin
Kirk Hammett

Jimi Hendrix
Duane Allman*
Carlos Santana
Eddie Hazel
Frank Zappa
Larry Coryell
Robert Fripp
Adrian Belew
Allan Holdsworth
Al Di Meola*
Pat Metheny
Dean Brown (FUSION DOC.)
Ty Tabor
Robben Ford*
Stevie Ray Vaughan
w/ David Bowie
Nile Rodgers
Nile Rodgers
Roy Buchanan
J.J. Cale
Ry Cooder
Mark Knopfler
Kazumi Watanabe
Nguyen Le
w/Terri Lyne Carrington,
Me’shell Ndegeocello
Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine)
John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Dave Mustaine (Megadeath / Metallica)
Dave Navarro
Kirk Hammett (Jane’s Addiction)
Alex Skolnick*
Zac Brown 
Oz Noy
Matteo Mancuso
Eric Gayles
Derek Trucks
Derek Trucks was 12 years old when Duane Allman introduced Eric Clapton to the young prodigy when he was in Miami making his Derek and The Dominos Layla (double) album.
TOM DOWD:
The Language of Music
Les Paul
Duane Allman
Eric Clapton
Derek and the Dominos
Warren Haynes (Gov’t Mule)
Jimmy Herring (Widespread Panic)
Aquarium Rescue Unit, Jazz Is Dead, The Allman Brothers Band, Project Z, Derek Trucks Band, Phil Lesh and Friends, The Grateful Dead.

GUITAR LIST #1 (ELECTRIC EVOLUTION)
GUITAR LIST #2 (SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL)
ROCK N ROLL TIMELINE (NO ART)

Voyager
1977 — Cosmic Message In A Bottle.
The Gold Record
Contact
Carl Sagan
Jean-Luc Ponty
Imaginary Voyage (1976)
Enigmatic Ocean  (1977)
Cosmic Messenger  (1978)

Essential Fusion
HOLY TRINITY OF ROCK
HOLY TRINITY OF JAZZ
ELECTRIC JAZZ ANTHEMS
RE.COLLECTIONS

Miles Davis (The Creator)
Louis Armstrong (The Ambassador)
James Gillespie (Dizzy)
Freddie Hubbard
Herb Alpert (Immigrant Song)

CoLors*…
This is a Voyage into Sound.
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INSTRUMENTS OF NOISE
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THE ORIGINAL COLOR OF SIN BLUE
THE ORIGINAL COLOR OF SIN. BLUE (ALT)

“Joy in Repetition”
Prince
2002 — One Nite Alone … Live!  
((( It’s Not Over )))

 

“Mary Don’t You Weep”
Prince
w/ Vernon Reid, Lenny Kravitz
1994 — NYC @ The Palladium  
((( The Sky Is Crying )))

 

“What’s Your Favorite Color?”
Living Colour
2009 — Hartford, Connecticut
((( Neighborhood Jam )))

 

Living Colour
Vernon Reid (guitar)
Corey Glover (vocals)
Will Calhoun (drums)
Doug Wimbish (bass guitar)
Hip-Hop Happens
1979 —
THE ORIGINAL SUGAR HILL RHYTHM SECTION
Skip McDonald (guitar)
Doug Wimbish (bass)
Keith LeBlanc (drums)
Tack>>Head
Little Axe (Skip McDonald)
Bernard Fowler (The Rolling Stone)

“Burning the Midnight Lamp”
Living Colour
1991 — Biscuits  
((( Jamaican Voodoo )))

 

GUITAR LIST #1 (ELECTRIC EVOLUTION)
GUITAR LIST #2 (SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL)
ROCK N ROLL TIMELINE (NO ART)

FEMALE PERSUASION
Mahalia Jackson, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Ella Fitzgerald w/Louis Armstrong, Sarah Vaughan, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner w/Ike, Nina Simone, Mavis Staples, Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton “Coat of Many Colors,” Chaka Khan, Joan Armatrading, Tracy Chapman, Michelle Shocked, Ani DiFranco, Lea Delaria , Diamanda Galás …

“Jazz Is The Teacher,
Funk Is The Preacher.”
James Blood Ulmer
1980 — Are You Glad to be In America?

Voyager 
THE GOLDEN RECORD
1977 —
Carl Sagan (Cosmic Message In A Bottle)
“Earthrise” b/ Bill Anders (Apollo 8)
HOLY TRINITY OF ROCK
HOLY TRINITY OF JAZZ
PLANET EARTH (PLAYLIST)
the bridge
BRINGING AMERICA TOGETHER AGAIN.
BLUE (THE ORIGINAL COLOR OF SIN)
HELLHOUND ON HIS TRAIL (ROBERT JOHNSON)
SACRED GROUND (THE CROSSROADS)
ROBERT JOHNSON (THE ARCHITECT)
THE DEVIL IS SINGING OUR SONG

“The Ocean”
Living Colour
Will Calhoun (Drums)
1994 —Biscuits
((( Neighborhood Jam )))

yT.

“VooDoo Child” Zélié performed by Angélique Kidjo, with Buddy Guy and Vernon Reid.

Jeff Beck Tribute
2023 May 22 — Eric Clapton and a group of world-fine musicians played a show to honor JEFF BECK, THE YARDBIRD WHO FLEW HIGHEST. 

Buddy Guy Angelique Kidjo Vernon Reid
Lightning in a Bottle
(((!)))

—Annie Campos

Part concert, part history lesson, part summit meeting, and all blues, Lightning in a Bottle puts a bright spotlight on this quintessential American music. There are some heavy hitters at work here, both behind the camera (Martin Scorsese executive produced, while the film was directed by Antoine Fuqua of Training Day and King Arthur) and especially in front of it, with a superb house band and a mind-boggling array of musicians (including B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, Solomon Burke, Keb’ Mo’, Macy Gray, the Neville Brothers, Robert Cray, and John Fogerty, to name but a few) performing at New York’s Radio City Music Hall in February, 2003. The idea was to trace the music from its beginnings; thus we get an African song (by Angelique Kidjo), some early gospel blues (the great Mavis Staples), acoustic Delta blues, and so on, right up to blues-drenched electric rock and even some rap (a riveting version of Howlin’ Wolf’s “Killing Floor” by Chuck D.). Virtually all of the immortals who defined the blues (Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, and even Jimi Hendrix, whose fiery style is re-enacted by Buddy Guy) enter the picture, either through vintage film clips or new performances of their songs. One might wish for more insight into the influence of the blues on jazz (Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit,” sung here by India.Arie, is a fine song, but it’s not a blues tune) or country, but overall, Lightning in a Bottle is an edifying and, most important, highly entertaining portrait of the music and its heritage. –Sam Graham

OZ NOY @ THE MAPLE LEAF