This year's Peach Festival will honor the musical legacies of the late Gregg Allman and Butch Trucks with a special tribute set led by Chuck Leavell serving as musical director. Leavell will bring together former Allman Brothers Band members and close Allman/Trucks associates like Jaimoe, Oteil Burbridge, Marc Quinones, Duane Trucks, Devon Allman, Jack Pearson, Marcus King, Bruce Katz, Lamar Williams Jr., Pat Bergeson, Allman’s former musical director Scott Sharrard, Pete Levin, Berry Oakley Jr., Vaylor Trucks and many more. The tribute will take place on Saturday, August 12 on the day headlined by Widespread Panic and Gov’t Mule with special guest John Scofield. Read more about The Peach Festival Learn how to play rock and blues piano from one of rock’s greatest. Chuck …
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Greatest Rock Piano Players
Our poll has reached over 150K viewers and Elton John and Jerry Lee Lewis are at the top of the list. No surprises there!!! The list below includes 150 of the top rock piano players along with the songs that made them famous. Who is your favorite rock piano player? Please comment below and let us know who your favorite is. Keep rockin! Learn how to play rock and blues piano from one of rock’s greatest. Chuck Leavell, legendary keyboardist for The Rolling Stones, The Allman Bros, Eric Clapton, John Mayer, and more. Join Now and SAVE!!! The list has been growing daily. Here's our list with the top artists and their most popular songs. Come back and visit as this list will keep changing as the votes come in: Keyboardist Top Keyboard Song Elton John Tiny …
50th anniversary of the Summer of Love, with Jimmy Dillon
Jimmy Dillon's Acoustic Blues Guitar Lesson IROCKU contributor and instructor, Jimmy Dillon, is music Director of the "Summer of Love" celebration. Jimmy Dillon, Clarence Clemons' right-hand man in the Red Bank Rockers, leads the Summer of Love Band, featuring keyboard ace Frank Martin, Oakland bass stalwart Eric McCann and drummer Kirk Snedeker. On the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love, the music that took Haight Ashbury's message of peace and love and sent it around the world will be celebrated in "The San Francisco Sound," a multi-media musical history tour at 8 p.m. Saturday, July 22, in the beautifully-restored Nourse Theater in San Francisco. Joan Baez, inducted this year into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, heads a cast of rising young Bay Area singers putting a fresh …
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Top rock piano songs and performances
At IROCKU we have over 100k enthusiastic rock piano fans throughout the world who have voted for their favorite rock piano songs. Here are the top songs and keyboardists according to our ongoing poll. All the obvious rock piano songs appear on the list, "Great Balls of Fire", "Jessica", "Piano Man", etc, but there are also many hidden gems like,"Edward and the Mad Shirt Grinder","Alladin Sane" and more. Come back and visit as this list will keep changing as the votes come in. What is your favorite rock piano song or performance? Please comment below. Learn how to play rock and blues piano from one of rock’s greatest. Chuck Leavell, legendary keyboardist for The Rolling Stones, The Allman Bros, Eric Clapton, John Mayer, and more. Beginners thru Advanced. Learn rhythm, groove and …
Harry Connick Jr. Rhythmic Displacement Explanation
For jazz, rock and blues playing, we emphasize counting on the 2nd and 4th beat. This video shows how Harry Connick Jr used rhythmic displacement to get his audience to change from clapping on the 1st and 3rd beat to the 2nd and 4th. Rhythmic displacement is when you play the same melody or phrase but move it to another beat in the measure. In this case, Harry Connick Jr shifted the melody by 1 beat so the crowd would be clapping on the 2nd and 4th beat of the measure. Pretty cool. Learn how to play rock and blues piano from one of rock’s greatest. Chuck Leavell, legendary keyboardist for The Rolling Stones, The Allman Bros, Eric Clapton, John Mayer, and more. Join Now and SAVE!!! …
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Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
This post is a worthy detour from our rock piano videos and rock 'n roll commentaries. Bob Dylan's nobel prize lecture is enlightening, mesmerizing and sheds insights into one of our generation's geniuses. Dylan shares his 'musical influences like Leadbelly and Buddy Holly along with literary works that influenced his songwriting, including 'All Quiet on the Western Front', 'Moby Dick', and Homer's The Odyssey.' Once you're done, kick back on the keys and feel the inspiration. Learn how to play rock and blues piano from one of rock’s greatest. Chuck Leavell, legendary keyboardist for The Rolling Stones, The Allman Bros, Eric Clapton, John Mayer, and more. Join Now and SAVE!!! …
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Gregg Allman plays “Oncoming Traffic for Dan Rather
Gregg Allman had one of the most soulful voices in rock. His presence on guitar, vocals, and keys have inspired a line of musicians to come. As we celebrate his life, here is a special treat of our brother and friend playing acoustic piano. Rest easy. Learn how to play rock and blues piano from one of rock’s greatest. Chuck Leavell, legendary keyboardist for The Rolling Stones, The Allman Bros, Eric Clapton, John Mayer, and more. Join Now and SAVE!!! …
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Chuck Leavell remembers Gregg Allman
Gregg Allman was not only a friend and brother, but he was a strong inspiration to me very early on in my career. I used to go see the Allman Joys at the Fort Brandon Armory in Tuscaloosa, Alabama when I was a young aspiring musician of 13 and 14 years old. He mesmerized me with his talent…that incredible voice, his understated yet strong stage presence. As he developed as an artist and songwriter, I continued to follow his career…and when the Allman Brothers Band was formed, I thought…”Now they have figured it out…” That first record was ground-breaking and a new style of music, Southern Rock, was born. Little did I think at the time that I would be so fortunate to eventually be a part of it. I was just a fan and admirer of what he, Duane and the rest of the band had done. Opening up for …
Dickey Betts and Chuck Leavell -“Jessica” 1984
"Jessica" Piano Lesson Here's a rare version of Dickey Betts and Chuck Leavell performing "Jessica". This is not the Allman Brothers. After the ABB split in 1976 Chuck Leavell founded the band Sea Level which toured and recorded until 1981. This video is post-Sea Level when Dickey Betts and Chuck Leavell got back together and played in a couple of different band configurations. In 1982, Chuck began touring with the Stones. Dickey Betts continued touring with his own band. Chuck's piano solo on the original recording of "Jessica" off the "Brothers and Sisters" album earned "Jessica" a spot 0n the top 10 rock piano songs list of all time. Learn how to play rock and blues piano from one of rock’s greatest. Chuck Leavell, legendary keyboardist for The Rolling Stones, The Allman Bros, …
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Etta James, Dr. John and Allen Toussaint-“Groove Me”
Legends Etta James & Allen Toussaint join Dr. John on this rendition of "Groove Me". Dr. John began his musical career in the 50's playing guitar because he didn’t believe he could make a living playing piano. In the 60s, his left ring finger was shot off in a bar brawl and he switched to piano as his main instrument. Here's a rare video of him playing guitar. Unfortunate for Dr. John, but fortunate for the generations of piano players to come. Learn how to play rock and blues piano from one of rock’s greatest. Chuck Leavell, legendary keyboardist for The Rolling Stones, The Allman Bros, Eric Clapton, John Mayer, and more. Join Now and SAVE!!! …
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