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Day Forty Four (Year Two)

Picked up the Milos record today.  Mediterraneo, it's called.  I'm importing it into itunes as I write this.  It's the first classical music I've purchased in a long time.  Kind of excited.  I really hope it lives up to what I have it billed as in my head.

Also, I've started reading Keith Shadwick's book on Jimi Hendrix.  He's the same author who wrote that amazing book on Led Zeppelin that I read last year.  So that has me thinking about jazz and blues more, because I'm still in the early stages of the book, and those are the influences the author is discussing.  Haven't really gotten to Jimi much yet.  Just the music that is happening in and around Seattle when he was young.  I can already see this train of thought leading me to Brian Setzer's big band work.  I've always been fascinated by his integration of electric guitar into the big band formula.  Then again, if I'm going there, I ought to check out T-Bone Walker too, although he admittedly leans more in the blues vein than he does to the big band side of things.

Played for a bit before work today.  Working my way through that book I mentioned the other day.  It's called The Complete Guitarist.  Pretty cool book.  I've had it forever.  Right now I'm going through some things that I'm already well-versed in, but the way they have it structured, one lesson builds on the next. 

I need to do some more playing before I go to bed tonight.  Glad I go in at 2 tomorrow.

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