By Taters on Mar 12, 2008 in Current Affairs, Hillary Clinton, Iran, Iraq, Music, Obama, Pat Lang | 33 Comments
It wasn’t that long ago that I was leaning toward Sen. Barack Obama. He seemed different from the others and radiated change. It was getting late in 2007 and my preferred candidate for ‘08 gave me the impression he was not running, General Wesley Clark. (USA, Ret.) I had been a Clark supporter since the DraftClark days […]
By Taters on Jan 19, 2008 in Music | 37 Comments
Jimi Hendrix, Muddy Waters, BB King, Albert King, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Buddy Guy, Bonnie Raitt, John Lee Hooker, Carlos Santana and Stevie Ray Vaughan all at one time or another have stated how much they profoundly respect and admire Otis Rush. When Muddy Waters says his music is “deep”, you can count on […]
By Taters on Dec 29, 2007 in Music | 19 Comments
It was 1977, at Paramount Recording Studio in Hollywood, CA. The bass player had some problems with the tune (He learned it in another key) and couldn’t get it. He would be paid but he wasn’t going to be on the track. I was next and was determined that my guitar track would make the […]
By Taters on Nov 17, 2007 in Music | 39 Comments
I’ll never forget June 9, 1971. It was my eighteenth birthday and our high school graduation party. The entertainment was
none other than Albert Collins - Texas blues guitar great. I was seated next to my
best pal - band mate, classmate and fellow guitarist, Robert Cray. We had lobbied hard to have Albert perform for us - and the […]
By SusanUnPC on Sep 23, 2007 in Current Affairs, Environment, Music | 30 Comments
Did you know that Taters is a highly accomplished professional musician? I asked him to write about his life:
Hi, my name is Bobby Murray, aka taters. I’m a musician and I play guitar. I’ve been with Etta James (whom I adore) for almost 20 years now, since ‘88. We just got off the road, […]