http://retrochicken.com Are you chicken? You need to get chickened. Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:05:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Humble Pie was one of those great bands from the late 60s/early 70s. Featuring Steve Marriott from the Small Faces (he was the guy who sang Itchycoo Park) and Peter Frampton (who went on to super-stardom in the mid-70s), Humble Pie rocked. I couldn't find 30 Days in ... http://retrochicken.com/2008/02/01/humble-pie/ I heard on the radio that today is Keith Richard’s birthday – so here we go – happy birthday. “Only Rock n Roll” is classic Stones, with funky time changes and an acoustic guitar breakdown in the middle. Dig the video, it features bubbles, sailor suits, and the ... http://retrochicken.com/2007/12/19/stones-with-bubbles/ I don’t know why but for some reason I am completely obsessed with Jaco these days. I was searching around You Tube and found an amazing trio version of the Weather Report classic “Teen Town” (it is incredibly fast and Jaco quotes “Third Stone from the Sun” – how ... http://retrochicken.com/2007/12/18/bireli-lagrenemore-jaco/ I've already posted a big band version of the Chicken by Jaco Pastorius, this is a wild trio version with John Scofield on guitar - I don't know who the drummer is. Scofield is a jazz guitar legend, and he has been around for ever, having played with Miles ... http://retrochicken.com/2007/12/16/more-chicken/ Teen Town featuring Jaco from the classic Weather Report album Heavy Weather – the band’s mainstays are Wayne Shorter (became famous in the sixties as the sax player with Miles after Coltrane) and Joe Zawinul (from Vienna, also with Miles in the late sixties). The sound quality is not ... http://retrochicken.com/2007/12/16/teen-town/ Jimi was the best. Purple Haze is the first song Hendrix song everyone hears and it does rock. Dig the distinctive E7 #9 (the sound that gives this song its edge). Jimi is loose in this video and even tunes his guitar himself, something rock stars don’t ... http://retrochicken.com/2007/11/25/hendrix-purple-haze/ Continuing my fascination with everything Black Sabbath/Deep Purple, check out this extremely early Deep Purple live oh so sixties version of Hush. Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Paice and John Lord are in the band, they sound great (dig the killer organ solo) but the best part is the groovy dance ... http://retrochicken.com/2007/11/18/hush-so-groovy/ I am not sure I understand the Sabbath, Deep Purple, Rainbow connection – but it is there. Ronnie James Dio, who went on to a great solo career after replacing Ozzy as the front man for Black Sabbath, started out with Rainbow – the band Ritchie Blackmore formed after ... http://retrochicken.com/2007/11/18/pre-sabbath-dio/ In an earlier post I mentioned what I think is common knowledge, Ozzy made his name as the front man for Black Sabbath. Black Sabbath were the first and certainly most famous of the proto-heavy metal bands that hit the scene in the late sixties and early seventies. ... http://retrochicken.com/2007/11/15/old-sabbath/ I am sure it is common knowledge that Ozzy got his start as the lead singer for Black Sabbath and after leaving Black Sabbath went on to mega-superstardom as a solo artist. What people probably don’t know is that Ozzy discovered guitar legend Randy Rhodes, who was responsible for ... http://retrochicken.com/2007/11/15/ozzy-and-randy-rhodes/