Pioneers (1950s)- Ray Charles Ray Charles is the undisputed soul pioneer. Brother Ray, arguably invented soul music when he took the sacred, gospel music, and mixed it with the profane, the blues. Songs like...
A guide to the Schaller bow-wow yoy-yoy (a great stomp box for guitar players) People often stop me in the street and they say, "MrHakoah in your opinion as renowned electric guitar player, what is the best...
Sergio Leone was the King of spaghetti Westerns. My three all-time favourite Leone movies are: 1. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Hard to go past the great combination of Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach and Lee Van...
The blues is an evocative music born in the southern states of the USA by African Americans. Simple in its form, the blues typically consists of three chords, blues music is regularly reinvented resulting in a...
In my humble opinon Terry Callier 's 1973 soul, folk, jazz opus What Color Is Love is the greatest record of all time. Terry Callier started his recording career in the mid 60's with an album of folk music. In...
Martin Scorcese is one of the greatest film directors of our time. I love almost all of his movies but if I would pick three which are must own/must see films they would be... 1. Goodfellas An absolute...
In the early seventies Mel Brooks made a string of brilliant comedies. The following three are my all time favourites: 1. The Producers If you haven't seen the original - then what are you waiting for. Here's...
Billy Preston was a gifted Hammond organ player and arguably the greatest side-man of all time. Billy Preston backed up some of the greatest music stars of the 60s and 70s including The Beatles, The Rolling...
The 1972 Texas Cannonball album is a fine musical statement by one of the greatest blues guitarists and singers Freddie King. The album is a time capsule to an era where bluesmen were forced to roll with the...
Woody Allen is one of the most interesting and entertaining film directors of all time. He seems to put out a new movie every 18 months and although it could be argued that in recent years the quality of his...