http://www.jamconnect.com/blog Music | Musicians | Bands Mon, 18 May 2009 17:55:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Are you a blues musician? It is no secret that Blues guitar is one of the most intriguing and interesting genres that is out there. If you looking to take your blues guitar playing to the next level, you're in for a pleasant surprise... These backing tracks are far superior to ... http://www.jamconnect.com/blog/2009/01/21/learn-blues-guitar-with-50-blues-backing-tracks/ Ever wondered what the real names of some of your favorite musicians are/were. Here's a little list to get you started. John Denver - Henry John Deutschendorf Cher - Cherilyn Sarkisian Rikki Rockett - Richard Allan Ream W. Axl Rose - William Bruce Rose, Jr. Gene Simmons - Chaim Witz Tina Turner - Anna Mae ... http://www.jamconnect.com/blog/2008/06/21/real-names-of-famous-musicians/ By DESIREE ADIB and STEPHANIE DAHLE Tommy DeCarlo of Charlotte, N.C., dreamed of becoming a rock star, listening to his favorite band's albums and memorizing their songs. "A Boston song would come on and I'd get fired up and I'd start singing it," said DeCarlo, 43, a father of two kids -- ... http://www.jamconnect.com/blog/2008/06/04/boston-needed-lead-singer-found-one-online/ It is with great sadness that I write this post about blind blues musician, Jeff Healey, as he unfortunately succumbed to a cancer on March 2nd. Healey was only 41 years old. Many knew Healey best from his appearance as Cody in the movie Road House (famous line: "I ... http://www.jamconnect.com/blog/2008/03/08/blues-guitarist-jeff-healey-passes-away-at-41/ This entry is inspirational for not just musicians but for anybody who has ever struggled with adversity and felt that they were the only one. Next time you start to feel sorry for yourself, just watch this video of Mark Goffeney, a guitar player from San Deigo, California who was ... http://www.jamconnect.com/blog/2008/02/01/pure-inspiration-mark-goffeney-a-guitarist-with-no-arms/ Here's an amazing video of a trio of pint sized pickers with a whole lot of talent. These kids are amazing and the kid playing the mandolin is phenomenal and can pick the mandolin faster than Joe Maphis could rip through Foggy Mountain Breakdown on his Mosrite . Watch ... http://www.jamconnect.com/blog/2008/02/01/the-kids-got-killer-chops-the-tuttle-kids/ Here's a trio of tantalizing videos from the Ska rock reggae band from Ljubljana, Slovenia - Intimn Frizurn. This band is the best thing to come out of the Ex-Yugoslavia since The Bambi Molestors (a seriously cool surf rock band from Croatia who once toured with U2). Intimn Frizurn ... http://www.jamconnect.com/blog/2008/01/31/intimn-frizurn-ska-rock-reggae-from-ljubljana-slovenia/ Hurra Torpedo is the world's leading kitchen appliance rock group. Since 1993 they have played for full houses all over their native Norway with their eclectic mixture of cover tunes and original material. Now, thanks to the wonders of the internet, their heartbreaking version of Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of ... http://www.jamconnect.com/blog/2008/01/19/hurra-torpedo-kitchen-appliance-rock-group/ If you're a guitarist and you're wondering if you should give up the guitar because you think you suck, you definitely shouldn't watch this video of Edgar Cruz playing Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody on a classical acoustic guitar. It will make you cry, then smash your guitar in futility that you ... http://www.jamconnect.com/blog/2008/01/18/edgar-cruz-bohemian-rhapsody/ This is a beautiful piece of solo guitar work by John Mayer. Listen how he sets up the delay/sampler/loop in the background to play the solos over. John Mayer just blows me away and I'm not a huge fan of the blues !! this blows the hell out of the cheesy ... http://www.jamconnect.com/blog/2008/01/17/john-mayer-i-think-she-knows-interlude/