Okay, every now and again I totally immerse myself in one style of music which is one good way to distract me from all the insanity going around me during the day.  So, I thought I’d just put up some nice (yes, I like using the word “nice”) youtube videos for your enjoyment.

If you have never heard of Lenny Breau, he was this Canadian jazz guitarist who kind of blind-sided a lot of the straight-ahead jazz guitarists back in the 60’s with his finger-picking technique and revolutionary way of playing single note lines and chords at the same time.  So…uhh…give this one a minute, it’s very pretty.  Also, the host is straight of 1961.

Liked it? Then there’s plenty more of that. Just write “Lenny Breau” into the search window in Youtube. Is it funny or not that I just explained how to use a basic search engine? Here’s another video, with a preface.

Preface: So we live in a time where almost anything having to do with media is at our disposal. When you watch this video, try to imagine you never heard rock and roll or jazz at all. Just…TRY!
That’s WIllie Dixon announcing in the beginning. He basically wrote all the great blues songs that every rock group covers. Memphis Slim on piano and the reason I thought to put this video up: Matt “Guitar” Murphy. His middle name is “Guitar.” Nice. These guys invented this music. Enjoy.

Okay just one more. I could keep this going for a while. I like watching live concert footage on Youtube, but here’s one to blow your mind. I had the pleasure of hanging with this cat for a brief second last summer after he came through the Northeast. If you haven’t heard of Lionel Loueke, he’s the triple threat: great guitarist, great composer, and great singer. And when I say great, I mean he’s arguably the best guitar player in the world. But, I never like saying one dude is the best at anything. Other than Evan Lysacek. He’s the best at something.

Yeah. Marinate on that for a while.