John Mayer has a new album out.  I've listened to one song, Wild Blue.  What's striking, and why I'm sharing it here, is the strong Mark Knopfler influence in his playing on this song.  (I'm also hearing some Grateful Dead influence (Touch of Grey?) in the sound of the chorus section.)

Quote from: David Houck on August 12, 2021, 10:45:05 AM
John Mayer has a new album out.  I've listened to one song, Wild Blue.  What's striking, and why I'm sharing it here, is the strong Mark Knopfler influence in his playing on this song.  (I'm also hearing some Grateful Dead influence (Touch of Grey?) in the sound of the chorus section.)

Listening while walking, and it must be an ear of the beholder Dave, I hear late-1980's (post-L. Buck) Fleetwood Mac! I totally get what you hear though. It's there. He has definitely made a journey. I have very much enjoyed what he's done with Dead & Co. the past few years.

Frank Morgan (and a few of his buddies you have heard of.....):   

Peter

Quote from: David Houck on August 12, 2021, 10:45:05 AM
John Mayer has a new album out.  I've listened to one song, Wild Blue.  What's striking, and why I'm sharing it here, is the strong Mark Knopfler influence in his playing on this song.  (I'm also hearing some Grateful Dead influence (Touch of Grey?) in the sound of the chorus section.)

OK, yeah, Dave - I'm most definitely picking Mark's early-DS tone & slinky playing there.

Peter

Happy Friday! 

Bob Weir & The Wolf Brothers, feat.  Mikaela Davis:
 

Peter

Had to dig deep in the dusty pile for this one...





When we wuz young'uns, She-who-wears-the-pink-floppy-hat liked about everything Nanci did, and played guitar and sang.

St. Thomas...Sonny Rollins

I did not know of Nancy until recently.
Uncle Will has been posting a lot of her stuff.

This is beautiful:

I don't know if I ever realized how often she probably had to do Love at the Five & Dime. Oblivious to its appeal.


Here's one I've known for a while, and recently started trying to adapt it to something I can do with an Alembicized Telecaster guitar. Blue notes, slight overdrive. (and about half cut-time here)

Chris Cain:     

Peter

Dang. He's got him too.

All the evidence I need right there, as if I needed more - I got no bizniss, whatsoever picking up an electric guitar ever again. 

Billy Strings playing Dead.  Every time I hear this kid, I'm more impressed - and I was fairly well knocked out the first time:   



Peter

The Blake & Rice duo-



...have inspired another generation-

This live recording is probably bootlegged from a 1974 Alabama show, and shortly after the time Lindsey was Don Everly's guitarist. Anyway, Buckingham/Nicks had already been trying to do their own thing for a while by this time, but you can hear that influence here. One wonders how things might have been different...




*I Don't Wanna Know didn't reach bigger audiences until February 1977, when it circumstantially replaced Silver Springs on Rumours.