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December 9, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Some Albums That Got Me Into The Blues: The Starter Kit

I’m up watching a doco – Blind Willie’s Blues. I love blues. The best blues. The good blues. The true blues. But I hardly ever write about it. There’s a funny relationship between me and blues music. I do not go to blues-club meetings, there are a lot of local blues bands that have sent […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Albert Collins, Albert King, B.B. King, Blind Willie McTell, Blog, Blues, Blues Music, Charley Patton, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac, Gary Moore, Genre, Guitar, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, John Lee Hooker, John Mayall, Muddy Waters, Peter Green, Robert Cray, Robert Johnson, Some Albums That Got Me Into The Blues, Some Albums That Got Me Into The Blues: The Starter Kit, SRV, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Starter Kit, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 39 – Stevie Wonder, “Characters”

Stevie Wonder, Characters, 1987 Stevie Wonder is, as we all know I’d hope, A MUSICAL GENIUS! But this is where he absolutely runs out of juice I think. As rum as his 1980s was overall this is the nadir. This is the album where he sounds bored and desperate to be relevant – the curse […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1987, B.B. King, Characters, Crap, Crap Abums, Crap Albums, Crap Albums I Love, Crap Albums I Love # 39, Michael Jackson, Shit, Shit That's Good, Shit That's Good - Crap Albums I Love, Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 39, Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 39 – Stevie Wonder, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Stevie Wonder, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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May 6, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Reese Wynans & Friends: Sweet Release 

Reese Wynans & Friends  Sweet Release  J&R Adventures  This Sweet Release is also, no doubt, sweet relief for Reese Wynans, a sideman for some 50 years across a range of rock, blues and roots acts with – most notably – time spent at Stevie Ray Vaughan’s side as part of the Double Trouble band. He also has a story of […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Chris Layton, Double Trouble, J&R Adventures, Joe Bonamassa, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Keyboard, Organ, Piano, Reese Wynans, Reese Wynans & Friends, Reese Wynans & Friends: Sweet Release, Sam Moore, Sideman, Special Guests, SRV, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Sweet Release, Tommy Shannon, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 7, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 376

Bob Dylan, Under The Red Sky (1990) I always had a soft spot for this – because it was one of the first original Bob Dylan albums I heard – and owned. My brother’s friend, a huge Dylan fan, had bought the CD and been given a tape free as part of the deal and […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged # 376, 1990, Bob Dylan, LP, Record, SRV, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 376, Unbelievable, Under The Red Sky, Vinyl, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 18, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 99 – Adam Page

Welcome to episode 99 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This one is a conversation with Adam Page, he’s an Australian musician – based in Adelaide. He runs Wizard Tone Studios and the label Wizard Tone Records is home to not only his own recordings but a great range […]
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October 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 84 – Midge Marsden

Welcome to episode 84 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. Up in Auckland recently I finally got to have a sit-down chat with Midge Marsden. We’ve talked about doing this a few times, he and I have corresponded over the years – but this was the first time we’d […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged 2ZB, Auckland, B.B. King, Bari & The Breakaways, Bari and The Breakaways, Blues, Burning Rain, Colin Morris, Darren Watson, ep.84, Episode 84, Episode Eighty-Four, Eric Clapton, Guitar, harmonica, iTunes, Janna Lapidus, Janna Lapidus Leblanc, John Mayall, Keith Marsden, King of Kiwi blues, Kiwi, Kiwi Blues, Kiwi Blues King, Le Petite Chocolat, Liberation, Midge Marsden, New Plymouth, New Zealand, NZ, Off The Tracks, Podcast, Rodger Fox, Simon Sweetman, Sonny Day, Soundcloud, SRV, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Sweetman, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 84 – Midge Marsden, T Leaf T, The Blues, The Breakaways, The Midge Marsden Connection, Tony Cowper, Wellington, Yeastie Boys ·

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July 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 73 – Janna Lapidus Leblanc

Welcome to episode 73 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This conversation is me chatting with model, actor and author Janna Lapidus Leblanc. She was the former fiancée of Stevie Ray Vaughan and has recently written and released a book of photos from their time together.
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged America, Blues, Book, Chat, Conversation, Death, Discussion, ep73, Episode Seventy-Three, Four Years In Pictures, Grief, Guitar, Interview, Janna Lapidus, Janna Lapidus Leblanc, Janna Leblanc, Kiwi, Le Petit Chocolat, Model, Modelling, photos, Podcast, Simon Sweetman, SRV, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 73, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 73 – Janna Lapidus Leblanc, T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys ·

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July 17, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 530

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Live Alive (1986) Just recently I’ve returned to the music of Stevie Ray Vaughan – well, it’s always there, of course – but it’s only been recently that I’ve returned to the records.  In particular I’ve been playing In Step – it’s probably his all-around best album and even […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1986, 2xLP, Change It, Concert, Double Trouble, In Step, Life Without You, Live, Live Alive, LP, Record, SRV, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, The Vinyl Countdown # 530, Vinyl, Voodoo Chile ·

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June 18, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Janna Lapidus Leblanc: Four Years In Pictures

Four Years In Pictures: Offstage with Stevie Ray Vaughan 1986-1990 Janna Lapidus Leblanc Four Years In Pictures; 1st Edition A lot of Kiwi fans of Stevie Ray Vaughan know some of the story of how he fell in love with a Wellington girl and swept her away – he played here more than once in […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1986-1990, 1st Edition, Book, Book Review, Coffee-Table Book, Four Years, Four Years In Pictures, Four Years In Pictures: Offstage with Stevie Ray Vaughan 1986-1990, https://www.fouryearsinpictures.com/, Jana Lapidus Leblanc: Four Years In Pictures, Janna Lapidus, Janna Lapidus Leblanc, Photograph, Photographs, photos, Pictures, Stevie Ray Vaughan ·

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April 29, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Remembering Stevie Ray Vaughan: October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990

It must have been the school holidays – because I wasn’t at school, I was just sifting about. And I heard the news on the radio: there had been a helicopter crash. Eric Clapton and Buddy Guy and Robert Cray and Jimmie Vaughan were not dead. Stevie Ray Vaughan was dead. I spent the rest […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1954 – August 27, 1990, Blues, Guitar, Jimmie Vaughan, R.I.P., Remembering Stevie Ray Vaughan: October 3, SRV, Stevie Ray Vaughan ·

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February 15, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 583

Chicago Smoke Shop, Mind On My Sleeve [Single] (1988) Long before I knew Darren Watson or any of his music as a solo performer I knew this song – and a couple of others from the band. I remember seeing the clips on TV, I never saw the band live – but they were a big […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1988, 1989, Albert Collins, Albert King, B.B. King, Blues, Chicago Smoke Shop, Darren Watson, EP, Fuss And Fight, LP, Mind On My Sleeve, R'n'B, Robert Cray, Single, Smoke Shop, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Vinyl Countdown # 583, Vinyl ·

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April 23, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Lonnie Mack

The great blues guitarist and vocalist Lonnie Mack has died. He was 74. And – there’s no other way to say it – he won’t get the column inches he might have otherwise deserved due to news of his passing being overshadowed by the death of Prince. Lonnie Mack won’t be on everyone’s radar – […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blues, Eulogy, Guitar, Guitarist, Instrumentalist, Lonnie Mack, R.I.P., R.I.P. Lonnie Mack, SRV, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Doors ·
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