By Robert Johnson. Also recorded by Elmore James. Elmo is probably my favorite Chicago Bluesman; the KING of SLIDE GUITAR!!

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By Big Joe Williams. These lyrics are a cross between the Lightnin' Hopkins version, and the Muddy Waters version.

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By Ross Scordato...an original, "Betty Boop Blues" (4-track). "The party ended at 4:am. Betty drags her heels in the spilt whiskey and broken glass. Under the lamp-post, searching her purse for the key. Coffee stains on her turtle-neck sweater; she only remembers the run in her nylons, and the needle skipping on the phonograph."...R.S.

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Rare studio tapes of the Beatles...."She's a Woman", with producer George Martin.

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Beatles rare studio tapes #2......."I Feel Fine", with producer George Martin.

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By Ross Scordato. This is "Blvd. St. Germain" (three guitars) from my 4-track tapes; was writ in Italy in the 1980's. I was inspired by yet another visit to Paris...thinking about the Bohemians and Beatniks...and a street musician from Market St. San Francisco who i recognised on Blvd. St. Germain (used to play w/ a guy called FINGAS).

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Rare Beatles studio tapes #3 ...."I'm A Loser", with producer George Martin..

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Beatles rare studio tapes #4....."Day Tripper", "Don't Bother Me", "Kansas City".

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Rare studio tapes of the Beatles....."She's a Woman" take 7

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By Ross Scordato..."City Night", writ in Chicago 1972-73. (recorded on 4-track tape) (art work: unknown).......

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Written by John Lennon, and Paul McCartney.

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By Ross Scordato. "Beatlemania Blues". This is an original from among my 4-track tapes. It is my Tribute song to the Beatles! (also: John Lennon in an interview)

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By Ross Scordato. This is another from among my 4-track tapes. "When I Step Off That Train"...in Chicago, i believe i'll have the Blues. I first began to develope it while living in Italy during the 1980's. I was homesick.

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Written by John Lennon, and Paul McCartney.

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By John Lennon and Paul McCartney. ...more Beatles! This version came out a little stiff, but i liked the twist on the lyrics.

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By Mick Jagger and Keith Richards...."Mother's Lttle Helper". The Rolling Stones, with Brian Jones......those were the Stones i knew!!

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by the Rolling Stones,..."No Expectations"...version two.

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By Ross Scordato. "One Kiss Leads To Another". This song was writ in Chicago in 1973. The guitar is a 1964 Gibson ES 345 td. It is a direct descendant of an ancient Italian instrument called a LIUTO. The Liuto, or Lute, probably entered Western Europe by way of Constantinople. Actually, the name "LIU"(6)- "TO"(heads) suggests that it may have originated in China; six pegs were used to hold the strings at the top of the instrument.

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By Elmore James,....."Shake Your Moneymaker", about 1961. In 1963 Chicago blues disc jockey Big Bill Hill contacted Elmore and arranged for him to make further recordings and another "comeback". Sadly, it was not to be. His health impaired by years of travel, precarious living, and over reliance on alcohol, he suffered a heart attack on May 23, 1963. It has only been since his death that he has been accorded the icongraphic status he NOW COMMANDS as one of the towering figures of the Blues.....Pete Welding.

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by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones ....."No Expectations". (Beggars Banquet)

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By Lennon & McCartney. (an interpretation by Ross Scordato) some 4-track material...well, i wasn't able to get the whole piece on but here's some. Photo: Ruo-tze at Rin Tien Gong (Taoist Temple)Taiwan.

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By John Lennon and Paul McCartney...."Tomorrow Never Knows". (this version was from my 4-track tapes) In this song John was singing about Esoteric Buddhism (inspired by the Tibetan Book of the Dead) which he was into at the time...the realisation that all we really are is "pure consciousness", devoid of desire, discriminations and judgements; "...it is KNOWING" "...it is BEING".

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By Ross Scordato...."Forbidden Love". (Song For Mary)

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Beatles guitar lesson. "I Feel Fine" by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. The main body of this song starts off in bar-D, then progresses to bar-C, and finally to bar-G, while playing the notes with the pinky. The chorus is G...Cb minor....C.....D... I found that many times in the songs of the Beatles, George Harrison (lead guitar) used the same notes in the song chords to develope the lead harmonies.

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Ed Sullivan and the Beatles,...performing LIVE..."You Can't Do That".

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