9-year-old plays Randy Rhoads on guitar…

May 14th, 2009 in Guitar by mkohary 0

It’s fun to see kids play instruments well, and this is one of the most impressive I’ve seen.  His guitar is probably bigger than the kid (and it’s a great Randy Rhoads replica), and while his singing voice approximately matches Ozzy Osbourne’s to a disturbing degree, his guitar playing is pretty impressive.  Check him out [...]

The Dave Brubeck Quartet, 1966

May 2nd, 2009 in Music by mkohary 1

Dave Brubeck on piano + Paul Desmond on sax + Eugene Wright on bass + Joe Morello on drums = Total Win.  1966 in Berlin, Germany, performing “40 Days”.  It just doesn’t get much better than this.

Crocodile Club closes its doors…

December 18th, 2007 in Music by mkohary 0

What is the Crocodile Club, most of you are asking?  It’s only the Seattle music club that helped spawn the whole “grunge” music scene in Seattle – and then nationwide – in the early 1990′s.  Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam…you name ‘em, they played there.  Later, when grunge wasn’t the big thing any [...]

Guitar shred

September 25th, 2007 in Guitar by mkohary 1

And we all thought the “Guitar Hero” era was over… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqtk6kKTlDM] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEwIRZ9pLCM] Hilarious stuff (and I love these guitar players).  Check out the complete collection here. Update 4/29/2009:  apparently someone had a problem with these videos and they’ve been removed.  Pretty sad, seeing as how they were CLEARLY fair use (satire is almost always considered [...]

Players…

July 16th, 2007 in Guitar by mkohary 0

Just a little music for your afternoon enjoyment.  Prepare to have your mind boggled. Rodrigo y Gabriela “Diablo Rojo” on Letterman