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I was introduced to this guy not too long ago. Love the music.

I rarely go a weekend without listening to Emerson, Lake and Palmer. In the past few years there have been many videos of Rachel Flowers who is probably the top performer of Keith Emerson's music.

Keith ended his life by suicide in 2016 had suffered with focal dystonia, a painful crippling disease that affected his right hand. He had several surgeries, suffered from depression and had a short list of health related issues.

Prior to Keith's death, he acknowledged Rachel (on several interviews) for her accomplishments as she and other musicians have produced several ELP music videos available on YouTube.

Rachel was chosen to perform at the 2017 Keith Emerson Tribute in Birmingham, England. Most of her work was virtual during COVID-19 with other musicians and my guess it was the biggest live gig she's performed at.

It's obvious she was overwhelmed with emotion and starts to cry about a minute into the song.



Rachel who lost her eyesight as an infant, was taught piano at an early age. She is also accomplished at flute and guitar.

Blind girls do cry...

As another file for me (and you) to find a collection of music.
This one is for music performed by Simply Red and/or the lead vocalist of the band, Mick Hucknall.

Simply Red is on the cusp of jazz with strong influences of soul, pop and to a lessor degree rock.
Mick is one of the best male vocalists, of his time. His band contained proficient musicians in tight performances. My guess is the name of the band was inspired by Mick's (originally long) red hair.
In addition from a couple of his songs, it seems his nickname may have been Red, when he was younger, due to the same hair.

Apparently, I wasn't too far off;


Perhaps the following somber song of lament of times past,
was his most popular, featuring Mick's voice and a subtle muted trumpet. It was inspired by Mick's childhood. His mother & father broke up, when Mick was only 3 years old;

It all starts with communication

I know I've asked this question before, but unfortunately never got a reply.....
probably because no-one knew, but given there has been a few new faces since, maybe this time, someone will finally be able to answer me

Does anyone know the name of the piece below

For the record, every country has their own style of Country Music.
I was active on Citizens Band (CB) radio in the 1970's and listening to channel 19 that was commonly used as a call channel for truckers, someone asked "What radio station is Country Music on?"
Unlike other places in America, Miami is multi-cultural... so I just had to ask "What country?"


I see there is some confusion including cross reference between the different styles of early music in America. Not all are lumped into "Country Music"

Today, I'm blogging about Mississippi Delta Blues. That's the original folklore story where the young man met Satin at the crossroads and sold his soul for a musical talent he couldn't achieve without 20 years of practice!

That is not to be confused with American style of 'Country Music' with my ex'es from Texas or 'Fiddles from Hell' ala Charlie Daniels Band.

Steel Guitar is associated with Country Music. That instrument is played horizontally where the strings are 1/4" (or more) above the neck and uses a solid bar of polished metal (steel) played on an instrument. Due to the metal bar, all the notes played ring out clear.

Delta Blues is played on a standard guitar... at least 50 years before electric guitars came along and the 'slide' sound comes from a piece of glass. Commonly, it was a broken neck of a whiskey bottle, hence then name 'Bottlebeck Guitar'
The notes on the bottleneck aren't as sustained as a Steel Guitar and that contributes to it's unique sound and style of play.

One of the early legends to this style of music is Muddy Waters. Here is a sample of this music: