Remembering Earl Scruggs and Flatt & Scruggs

R.I.P. Earl Scruggs. As one poster said it best on YouTube, "Look up Bluegrass in the dictionary, and you oughta find Lester, Earl and this song."

Flatt & Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown


Flatt and Scruggs - Mountain Dew (live at Carnegie Hall)


As a kid who grew up in the 60's & 70's, my first exposure to the Flatt & Scruggs was via television on The Beverly Hillbillies. Not only did they write the theme music for the show, they appeared in several episodes.

Beverly Hillbillies with Flatt & Scruggs Pearl Pearl Pearl


But they were so much more than real life characters on The Beverly Hillbillies. A website, The Flatt and Scruggs Preservation Society, is devoted to the legacy of both Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs.

Connect direct with the official Earl Scruggs site at EarlScruggs.Com

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Ayo with M and Sly Johnson

MusicLoad has featured Ayo here many times, and she is most worthy of yet another post of these wonderful recordings just found. Enjoy! GC

Ayo with M and Sly Johnson - How Many People

Ayo with M and Sly Johnson - It Hurts

Connect direct with Ayo at AyoMusic.com, Facebook.com/AyoMusicOfficial, Instagram.com/AyoMusic and Twitter.com/AyoMusic

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SHEL

SHEL, a band of four sisters named Sarah, Hannah, Eva and Liza, is one of my absolute favorite rising bands out there. If you are in New York tonight, Monday April 2, 2012, please go see a free SHEL concert at Rockwood Music Hall at 7:30PM. It's sure to be a lovely show for all! And, if you want to get backstage, you can probably get there if you bring Sarah some ginger chews.

If you don't know about SHEL, here is a little bit about them. Enjoy!
This is SHEL (They have grown a lot since this video was made, but you'll get the idea)

SHEL - Toyland

I first learned about SHEL via Eva Holbrook after I had already fallen deeply in love with her music. She is a gifted songwriter, arranger, instrumentalist, and angelic vocalist. Eventually I learned of the group with her sisters who all share the same giftedness. Once I heard their whole band together, I knew I had landed in music heaven.

Eva Holbrook during the songwriting process on a song titled Heaven's Gate that was inspired by a Classic 30 Peavey amp she was borrowing.

SHEL - The Latest and Greatest Blueberry Rubber Band

The Rockwood Music Hall is located at 196 Allen Street New York, NY 10002
Phone (212) 477-4155 Website: RockwoodMusicHall.Com

Connect direct with SHEL at SHELmusic.Com, Facebook.Com/ILoveSHELMusic, Instagram.com/iloveshelmusic and Twitter.com/iloveshelmusic

MusicLoad fave, Gaby Moreno, signs label deal with Metamorfosis

Happy to report that Gaby Moreno (featured on MusicLoad.Com dozens of times since 2006) just signed a record contract with the independent label of Guatemalan recording artist Ricardo Arjona. The label is known as Metamorfosis. Ricardo Arjona is one of Latin America's top selling acts and he broke from the major labels to pave his own international path.

Gaby became one of my most favorite indie artists out there, since the moment I noticed her in 2006. Have come to admire her greatly since then. She has the right attitude in how she has worked to get her music out there, play lots of shows... she has a consistent vibe, very relaxed, kind and sweet. She has integrity. Always making something, working on new songs, playing with new people, traveling to far away places to perform and tour.

Have always thought she was destined for superstardom on this path she is on, but superstardom isn't her trip. She lives in the moment like few others. She is a lover of blues/jazz/rock music and maintains a tranquility style life with a solid work to live rather than a live to work ethic. Such observations are not always what they appear to be, but that's the feeling I get from Gaby Moreno. Her Peace of Mind radiates. That's the most important thing one can have, in my humble opinion. That's why I think Gaby Moreno is destined for so much more success than she has already achieved in creating a self-sustaining working band and music career as a recording artist, songwriter other artists, with several film & TV on the music side, collaborator with many and touring artist. No doubt, Moreno will be Metamorfosis most valuable asset in due time. Keep your eyes and ears on Gaby Moreno via Gaby-Moreno.Com

Here is a recent collaboration of Gaby with Metamorfosis founder Ricardo Arjona.

Gaby Moreno with Ricardo Arjona performing Fuiste tú


Hear songs from Gaby's recent live performances in Paris: http://www.musicload.com/2012/02/gaby-moreno-one-of-greatest-indies-in.html

Hear Gaby perform three of her originals from her album titled Illustrated Songs, stripped raw (acoustic): http://blog.musictelevision.com/2011/08/gaby-moreno-stripped-bare-and-raw-three.html

Hear a live version of Gaby performing Little Sorrow: http://www.musicload.com/2011/04/gaby-moreno-in-luxury-wafer-session.html

Connect direct with Gaby Moreno at Connect direct with Gaby Moreno at Gaby-Moreno.Com, Facebook.com/gabymorenoband, Twitter.com/gabymorenomusic and Instagram.com/gaby_moreno

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"Whole Lotta Helter Skelter"

This pretty darned cool mashup below is via guitar guru Brian Ray, well known as Paul McCartney's guitarist. Brian posted this clip below to his Facebook page this morning (March 28, 2012). Brian wrote: "BEST mashup track I've ever heard! "Whole Lotta Helter Skelter".. [And I don't even like mashups]".

The mashup was put together by a guy out of North Wales who goes by the moniker "soundhog" who writes he is in "musical composition, reappropriation and reproduction." I like how he uses the word "reappropriation" to describe his craft. Always thinking of Henry Rollin's rant about DJ's when listening to DJ's and mashups. With so many DJ's and mix masters who often sound the same vying for star status, it's cool to hear a DJ use "reappropriation" to describe their work. Kudos to Soundhog!

Led Zeppelin vs The Beatles - Whole Lotta Helter Skelter - (Remix by Soundhog)

Connect direct with Soundhog here.

Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin

The Beatles - Helter Skelter

Connect direct with Led Zeppelin at LedZeppelin.Com

Connect direct with The Beatles at TheBeatles.Com