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Living through the holidays with death and social media

I lost my grandmother over the holidays. She passed away Christmas Eve.

My grandmother lived in Manhattan in a small apartment in the Lower East Side. This past summer, she came to Canada as she often did, a long drive across the border for a 94-year-old woman. My uncle and aunts drove with her to visit my mom in Montreal first, then they came to Toronto to see me and the rest of the family. That was July. I didn’t know it then, but it would be the last time I saw Grandma alive.

I agonized ov...

Music Monday and You Really Got Me #GuitarSolo

“You Really Got Me” is my favorite song from The Kinks, and it contains a terrific guitar solo at 1:12.

This is also my final post for the guitar solo series. I’ve had a lot of fun researching the songs, and I know there are many artists I have not covered. Perhaps I will pick up the series in another form next year.

If you’d like to hear all the songs that were covered in this series, hit the “guitar solo” tag at the end of the post, and you’ll pull them up.

As we enter the holiday week, I’d...

Music Monday and Sympathy for the Devil #GuitarSolo

Love the Rolling Stones and this song is one of my favorites.

Keith Richards shows why he’s one of the best guitar players around, great solos at 2:52 and 4:47.

Hope you enjoy and have a great week,

~ eden

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Music Monday and Sleep Walk with #LesPaul #GuitarSolo

I lost a friend this past weekend, but before she slipped into a coma, we had an incredible phone conversation for nearly three hours. She called on a late evening, said she wanted to take advantage of pain-free time to chat. I was more than happy to talk toher on her schedule. When we hung up, it was close to 1 AM. I was energized from our conversation and could not sleep for hours.

Amongst other things, we spoke about her recent trip to New York. Her wish was to experience the city one more...

Music Monday and Bohemian Rhapsody #GuitarSolo

“Bohemian Rhapsody” is considered by many to have one of the best guitar solos, and I tend to agree.

I love QUEEN and Freddie Mercury, and this video is a shining example of what made the band wonderful.

Brian May’s guitar prowessis evident when he picks up from Freddie’s voice at the 1:40 mark and takes the song to a whole new level.

The fact that May is not just an accomplished guitarist but an astrophysicist makes him übercool in my books. ;)

Hope you enjoy the song, and have a great week,...

Music Monday and While My Guitar Gently Weeps #GuitarSolo

Last week, I featured the song “Layla”by Eric Clapton to highlight the guitar solo by Duane Allman.

George Harrison wrote “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” and the Beatles recorded it for their White Album. The lead guitarist, however, was not George Harrison.

Who was it?

None other than Eric Clapton. ;)

Clapton’s solos appear at 1:57 and 3:35 until the end of the song.

The video is a montage of my favourite Beatle. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Have a great week,

~ eden

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Music Monday and Layla #GuitarSolo

“Layla” is a well-known Eric Clapton song, but the guitar solo is not him. It’s Duane Allman who plays the screeching slide from the 2:20 mark onward.

The melodic piano along with Allman’s guitar is one of the most haunting and beautiful pieces of music I know.

In an interview, Clapton referred to Allman as the “musical brother I’d never had but wished I did.”

If you listen to the song, you’ll understand how their styles complemented each other so well.

Hope you enjoy and have a great week,

~...

Author @LisetteBrodey releases DRAWN APART – Book 3 in her Desert Series Trilogy #YA

One of the loveliest women I know, Lisette Brodey, has released Book 3 in herYA paranormal trilogy.Drawn Apartmarks the completion of the Desert Series.

I’ve had the pleasure of reading the first two books,Mystical Highand Desert Star.Both were excellent and I highly recommend them.

I’m almost sad to see the series end, but given Lisette’s talent for writing in multiple genres, I know she will find success in whatever she writes.

Please help me in congratulating Lisette on DRAWN APART, and...

ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE CITY OF CRIMINALS by Mark Barry has a new look! (@GreenWizard62)

I had the great pleasure of meeting author, Mark Barry this summer, and I’m thrilled to announce he’s re-issued his book, Once Upon a Time in the City of Criminalswith a brand new cover.

It’s currently available at a sale price until November 15th, so there’s no better time than now to pick it up. ;)

Find out more from the summary and reviews below, and please congratulate Mark on a great new look for his book!

Buy Links for e-book or print Amazon ~US | UK | Canada| Worldwide

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Music Monday and Sultans of Swing #GuitarSolo

I had to laugh when I watched a young, skinny Mark Knopfler from Dire Straits. His hairdo may have gone out of style, but his guitar playing hasn’t.

Excellent solos at 2:40 and 4:10.

Enjoy and hope you have a productive week,

~ eden

Filed under: Musical Mondays