Tag Archives: Cymbal

Cymbal #6:: Funerary Moods

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Satyajit

The first time I heard this song, on the Path at the NLS campus, it was on a fairly short lived medium – the mp3 Discman. Destined to follow the 8-track, the 5.35 inch floppy disk, the aurochs and chivalry … Continue reading →

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Cymbal #5:: The Allman Brothers Band and The Art of the Jam

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Satyajit

You don’t have to dig southern blues rock; you don’t have to be massively into slide guitars or odd timings or anything at all to love this song. It doesn’t even take patience. In fact, I think the basic requirement … Continue reading →

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Cymbal #4:: Neil Young and the Beautiful Storm

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Satyajit

Just listen to what is not said here, how between simple lyrics lie acres of endless expression. The inner eye is deceived by one sense into replacing the input of the other senses. The guitar jam in this song is … Continue reading →

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Cymbal #3:: CBGB – The Places you Remember

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Satyajit

By the time I started hearing about CBGB, they were just about to shut the damn place down and I was on the other side of the planet. When I think about it, if it were open, and I did … Continue reading →

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Cymbal #1:: Muddy Waters and The Great American Night

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Satyajit

What’s really interesting about the first video is how vividly it capture the post-war English hunger for all things rhythm and blues; a hunger which would later find it’s voice in the great English bluesmen and rock bands. For just … Continue reading →

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