Beer in the Headlights

We have the "Best of the Johnny Cash Show" on DVD. Like the video above, the performances are eclectic, entertaining and surprising. Some odd stuff and some amazing stuff.

The Rolling Stones are an enigma to me. I love their tunes despite the band's long history of bad behavior and their less than positive contributions to popular culture. But damn, they are rock and roll.

John Lennon, Mitch Mitchell, Eric Clapton and Keith Richards masterfully wailing out "Yer Blues" from the Beatles White Album. Killer. Watch Clapton play, he's so effortless and smooth. This is from the Rolling Stones' "Rock and Roll Circus" from late 1968. Get it on DVD. (You can skip the Marianne Faithfull and Yoko Ono tracks.)

My favorite song by The Who. They just plain kicked butt. Townshend is an underrated guitarist and they had the best darn rhythm section of any band evar. (Yeah, I used evar.)

The subject of great rhythm sections got me thinking about another favorite band of mine - Fleetwood Mac. Grew up on their tunes. I remember hearing their songs pour out of a Delco 8-track from my parents' old dark green Pontiac station wagon with faux wood grain panels. Damn, if that ain't the seventies then I don't know what is.