Tag Archives: Albert King
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REWIND: Friday the 13th may be behind us, but bad luck is still possible
Stevie Wonder, “Superstition.” “Hold on,” I can hear you saying already upon reading the headline. “Friday the 13th was yesterday. I dodged the bad luck. Why are we going over this again?” Well, you see, I’ve always maintained that the real bad luck happens on Saturday the 14th. Everyone…
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REWIND: Black people, like Robert Johnson and Gary Clark Jr., are the best at playing the guitar
Gary Clark Jr. performs at BottleRock Napa Valley at the Napa Valley Expo on May 25, 2019. Shawn Robbins/STAFF. Last week I declared that it’s Black History Month until I say it’s not, then explained how white people stole rock and roll from Black people. I got quite a…
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RIFF Rewind—A time machine for your ears: 1967
Welcome to RIFF Rewind! Every week of 2018, we’ll highlight the top five songs of a different year as selected by our expert panel of tastemakers, by which, of course, I mean me (with help from my friends Robin St. Clare and Ash McGonigal, plus other contributors and RIFF…
