Ya' Ever Wondered?

Have you ever sat back and listened to some music when the thought entered your mind that you just might be the only person in the world listening to that particular song?

While surfing around You Tube, I came across a few of those pieces. Of course, my musical taste is eclectic; it’s primarily blues, jazz and pre-1970 rock and roll - mainly esoteric stuff.

One of my favourite 1960 groups is Arthur Lee & Love. They did a tune called 'Seven + Seven Is' which has been covered by punk rock groups like the Ramones' on their album Acid Eater. Some critics credit it with being one of the 'quentessential' ProtoPunk pieces.

Then I typed Kerouac into the search and came-up with Johnny Depp reciting my favourite Kerouac poem, 'Mad Road Driving'. There was also a 1959 interview with Kerouac in which he read from the introduction of 'On the Road'.

Unfortunately, today, probably not many people even know who Jack Kerouac is or that he was considered to be the most influential of the Beat Era (1950s) writers, and the father of 1960 counterculture movement.

Next, I typed in one of the greatest and most influential 1960s’ guitarist, Michael Bloomfield, and a piece popped-up with Bloomfield backing Bob Dylan singing 'Maggie’s Farm' at the1965 Newport Folk Festival. The occasion because regarded as historic because it was Dylan's debut into the world of electric rock and roll. Rolling stone magazine wrote that it was, "The most notorious live performance in rock & roll ..."

Dylan performed with members of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band (which Bloomfield was an original member) and Al Kooper at Newport and on the subsequent album 'Highway 61 Revisited' which stemmed from the Newport date.

While I was watching the ratty, black and white footage and listing to the ‘garage recording’ quality sound on 'Maggie's Farm', I realised that I was probably the only person in the world that was enjoying that clip at the time. Later, I came across clips of Jimi Hendrix’s version of Dylan's 'All Around the Watch Tower' and Johnny Winter playing 'Desolation Row'. "Great stuff", I thought, "I wonder if more than twenty people in the world are into this sort of thing.?"

The quality isn’t very good, but watching fiery performances by Johnny Winter, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Hendrix and others more than make up for the poor sound quality.

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