Yep, I’m back, trying to recover from packing in about a month and half’s worth of good times in 8 days (The 2 travel days don’t count, especially the 13 HOURS it took to get to Seattle due to flight delays)……  Getting settled back in slowly while trying to make some progress on a “To […]

Right?….  No one’s Posting or commenting because I’m having a SUPER GREAT time in Seattle (Ha!)…..  The weather’s great – I brought all the OklaLooby sunshine with me and the temps are moderate with NO wind…..  Already been jammin’ and going out to listen to music tonight!…..  I know it has to end in less […]

After I made the “Wind of Change” Post on 28AUG13 (scroll down a few Posts and you’ll find it), a friend suggested putting it to music in the form of “Imagine” by John Lennon…..  I started it and kind of got sidetracked, but, with what the worthless Yo-Yo’s are doing now – as in shutting […]

We recently did our version of this Bob Dylan classic from the mid-’60’s…..  It’s fun to play and we added our own twist to it……  What really interests me most, though, is the title…..  There’s no mention of women, rainy or not, in the song or any numbers…..  By all rights the title of the […]

It looks like the CD is about to bite the big one……  Most of the new releases are “Digital Albums” only…..  Check Amazon.com …  I’m not sure that I’m quite ready to totally give up hard copies of my music…..  Just what is an “Artist” supposed to autograph at a concert – your ass!…..  Memorable, […]

Where are the songs of protest or social change? Some of us are old enough to remember when Rock and Roll was just starting and what it meant to you as adolescents and how it changed your lives. But I’m speaking of particular songs or pieces of music. Are there any musical pieces now that […]

Yep, I jammed with Jimi in downtown Seattle (Ha!)…..

Thanks to everyone for inviting me into your little community  I will try to offer something noteworthy from time to time. selection of my nick name was influenced by my sudden involuntary freedom (lay off) so with a little anger and a lot of joy I chose Maj7b5 which can be compared to pleasant (G6) […]

Yep, I just approved a new member for the MRambler Community….. He was a fellow band member in Terraplane in the mid ’70’s….. Hopefully he will bring in some new, off-the-wall, screwy ideas that our little group of mainstream misfits are famous for, and will forgive me for spelling his last name wrong for the […]

I recently purchased an Epiphone Les Paul 100, basically a lightweight body with all the Les Paul electronics…. It plays as good, if not better, than the outrageously priced Gibson models… I signed up for the Epiphone newsletters…. In the most current one, which is their 140 anniversary issue, they are giving away a one-of-a-kind […]

Went to the movies to see the “film” of Clapton’s 2013 Crossroads Guitar Festival…. It was great, EXCEPT, the left channel was missing from the soundtrack…. Come to find out, the whole thing was streamed from the internet from fathom.com who, apparently have control of a huge amount of musical concerts that are broadcast to […]

Today the music world has lost a legend. JJ Cale has passed away at the age of 74 The Tulsa, OK. Native was best known for such songs as Cocaine and After Midnight both hits for Eric Clapton. Neil Young once said that he was the best singer, songwriter, guitar players after Jimi Hendrix. After […]

A fantastic show from Sir Paul, featuring an encore with a Nirvana reunion! He was in fine form, and Jek even got to hear a few of his favorite Wings obscurities. Massive pyrotechnics during “Live and Let Die” and a great “Helter Skelter” encore with Dave Grohl. Follow this link to the Flickr set for […]

I just finished reading Buddy Guy’s autobiography a while back….. If you’re interested the history of the Blues/Rock and Roll, this is a great read…. You’ll find that you will Love/Hate Leonard Chess, owner of Chess Records….. You’ll love him because there would be a large portion of the great Blues performers who would never […]

For all you fans of The Beatles out there in Ramblerland, here are some fascinating infographics from someone with too much time on their hands.