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Fiesta Freedom Ride – Ford Fiesta Movement

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:09:48 +0000

This video is my official entry in the Ford ‘Fiesta Movement’ contest. Ford is looking for 100 agents to test drive the new Fiesta for 6 months. The 100 winners will get FREE use of the Fiesta, plus gas and insurance for 6 months.

I filmed the video in Dearborn, Michigan on location at Henry Ford’s home, my home, Ford world headquarters and the Henry Ford Centenial Library (also in Dearborn). Various members of my family show up in the video.

Please repost this link ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOkDx7NLaNo ) on your blog or Twitter it to all your friends. I need your help to create a lot of excitement with this video by March 23rd, 2009.

When I reach my goal (driving the Fiesta for 6 months and making more cool videos), I’ll be posting more fun, fun, fun, fun Fiesta videos on another new website I’ve created: FiestaFreedomRide.com

More VOS photos from My Beautiful Life

admin — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:51:19 +0000

More VOS Photos - from the Korean singing group, Voice of Soul

From the video by Korean singing group “Voice of Soul” and “my beautiful life”.

Feelin Alright? Dave Mason on Rockline!

admin — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:16:37 +0000

Feelin Alright Traffic/Dave Mason Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Several days ago we posted the Dave Mason video – We Just Disagree, and a lot people seemed to agree with our pick for a”hot video rock-n-roll classic” by clicking on the link.

Traffic / Dave Mason, Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi Induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2004. Presented by RKS Guitars Featuring Kid Rock, Keith Richards, Jackson Browne, Tom Petty, ZZ Top, Temptations, Paul Schaefer and more….

Dave Mason will be featured on nationally syndicated radio show ROCKLINE this Wednesday night!

Hi everyone I am happy to say I will be the featured guest on the nationally syndicated radio show ROCKLINE on Wednesday night December 10 at 8:30pm PT / 11:30pm ET to discuss my new CD “26 letters ~ 12 Notes”.

I’ll perform an acoustic set and take calls at 1-800-344-ROCK (7625). For a station near you and for information regarding how to log onto the Internet for the broadcast go to www.RocklineRadio.com The show will then be streamed on my website for two weeks. Have a great holiday season!!

Dave Mason – We Just Disagree

admin — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:12:03 +0000

One of the most critically acclaimed musicians to date and a co-founder of rock super-group Traffic, singer/songwriter/guitarist Dave Mason has finalized his most personal effort in years with the just announced release of a solo album, “26 Letters and 12 Notes” in October 2008.

The album has been six years in the making and was self-produced by Mason and recorded in his California home studio. A soulful blend of Mason’s rock and blues influences, the album contains 12 tracks all of which feature Mason’s singing and guitar handiwork. The title, 26 Letters and 12 Notes, refers to the number of letters in the alphabet and the number of notes involved in western music.

Mason feels a great sense of confidence in this album and calls it what he believes to be his best work yet.

“For me, I think it is probably one of the better albums I’ve ever done and I think I’m probably at the height of my vocal abilities right now.”

In 1967, English musician Dave Mason first found fame with the renowned rock group Traffic, the band with which he penned his classic hit “Feelin’ Alright.”

That was just the beginning of a musical journey that would span four decades and countless successes. Throughout his 40 year career, Mason has played with some of the most popular musicians of his era including Jimi Hendrix, Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Fleetwood Mac and Mama Cass Elliot. Mason is most well known for the hit single “Feelin’ Alright”, which he recorded with Traffic in 1968.

In 1969, Mason headed to the USA to embark upon a solo career which resulted in his increasing rise to stardom and the popular hits “Only You Know And I Know” And “We Just Disagree” along with “Every Woman,” from the platinum albums Alone Together and Let It Flow. Let It Flow, has gone multi-platinum in its time and “We Just Disagree,” which is featured on this album was a top-ten single.

Dave and his band, which consists of, Gerald Johnson (bass), John Sambataro (guitar), Alvino Bennett (drums) and Bill Mason (Keyboard), continue to travel and perform anywhere from 80-100 shows annually.

Andy McKee – Nakagawa-san

admin — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:29:45 +0000

Here is one of the lesser known (but very enjoyable) original melodies of Andy McKee, played with his technically precise finger-style method. Nakagawa-san is from Andy’s Gates of Gnomeria CD, by CandyRat Records. A recent reviewer said:

Andy McKee is currently one of the most critical talents in the world of guitar, combining his magical songwriting with refined technical skills and innovative techniques. His heart fills the music as he makes it all look so easy. Andy’s music is timeless and truly valuable to listen to for relaxation or just for the sake of beautiful music.

Earlier this year, we enjoyed looking at Andy McKee’s delicate and delightful use of harmonics in another video – the song named “Heather’s Song”. Andy is probably most famous for his Guitar Drifting video, which has racked up an incredible 17 million views on YouTube.

Detroit Jazz Festival 2007

admin — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:23:59 +0000

After getting a great response from the stuff we posted about the 2008 Detroit Jazz Festival, decided to see what we could find (in the YouTube archive) about previous Detroit Jazz Festivals.

Here’s a sweet compilation of scenes and sounds from the Detroit Jazz Festival 2007.

Watch closely, and you’ll see Mr. Travelin Blues show up on this flick too!

More Images from Detroit 2008 Jazz Festival

admin — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:03:31 +0000

More images of the Detroit 2008 International Jazz Festival continue to emerge — a couple weeks after the event — as people get a chance to upload them to Flickr, etc.

Mary Oliver and Wolter Wierbos at Detroit Jazz Festival 2008

You can find more photos by following Juan N’s photo stream on Flickr.

This photo was taken at the Detroit International Jazz Festival on September 1, 2008

Derek Trucks Band – Live at Detroit Jazz Fest

admin — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:05:18 +0000

This is Derek Trucks and his band playing “I Wish I Knew” – recorded live at the 29th Detroit International Jazz Festival, September 1, 2008.

The full title of the song is “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free”.

I wish I knew how it would feel to be free
I wish I could break all the chains holding me
I wish I could say all the things that I should say …

The song was written by Dr. Billy Taylor (along with Dick Dallas?) back in 1954. It was originally recorded by Nina Simone in 1967 on her Silk and Soul album. Billy Taylor also recorded his own instrumental version back in 1967. He said that he wrote the song (perhaps his best known composition) for his daughter Kim, describing it as a very spiritual song.

“I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free” was used as a theme song on the BBC, a theme song for the 2004 Olympics, as music for a Coca-Cola commercial, and also served as an anthem for the civil-rights movement.

The video quality (on this youtube video) is not that great, but I think it’s the perfect way to close out this labor day weekend I Love Detroit series, and as Mike Mattison sings at the end of the video — Everyone Should Be Free!

It’s just like Donald Miller said in Blue Like Jazz: “jazz music was invented by the first generation out of slavery… it is very hard to put on paper; it is so much more a language of the soul … It is a music birthed out of freedom.”

Derek Trucks at Detroit Jazz Fest

admin — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:07:31 +0000

View and download larger version on Flickr Photo

This is Derek Trucks and his band playing at the Detroit 2008 Jazz Festival with the Millender Center in the background. Derek first impressed the music industry playing guitar as an 11 year old child prodigy. By age 12 we was playing professionally and touring.

Detroit 2008 Jazz Fest Photos

admin — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:47:27 +0000

Detroit 2008 Jazz Fest on Flickr

Here’s another photo of Sean Dobbins of the Modern Jazz Messengers.