The Best Songs Come from Personal Experience Exclusive Interview with Forrest McDonald Pt. 2 |
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The Best Songs Come from Personal Experience Exclusive Interview with Forrest McDonald Pt. 2
Picking it up with Jimi Hendrix and his first performance at the Royal Albert Hall with Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, Jimmy Page, and Paul McCartney all in attendance. Eric said to Pete after the show Pete what are you going to do now? Pete said he stole my moves. Forrest talks about Jimi Hendrix, songwriting techniques, how many guitars he has, Bonnie Bramlett, J Geils, Keith Richards and the Satisfaction Riff, and many other cool topics. Hey everybody welcome back. To another Music With Forrest McDonald the old time Rock and Roller on his YouTube Channel. Wrap up from Part 1. I'm blackjack from WRFG Radio Free Georgia 89.3 and streaming on wrfg.org. Good morning Blues is on the air M-F 6-10 am. I have the Tuesday sport from 6 to 8 my show is called The Blues Train and I am followed by my lovely wife AJ with her blues show AJs kitchen. Forrest and I go back 25 years when he resided in the Atlanta area and we met at a WRFG Blues BBQ. I will be asking questions from 6 decades of musicianship. We are catching up on some interesting personal stories. Please sit back relax and enjoy Listen to Forrest McDonald and the Forrest McDonald Band on Pandora radio. Social media Forrest McDonald https://forrestmcdonald.com/ Twitter https://twitter.com/forrest_mcd?lang=en Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Forrest-McDonald-Band-1478474335701831/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Forrest+McDonald Reverb Nation https://www.reverbnation.com/forrestmcdonaldband Website https://www.forrestmcdonald.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forrest_h_mcdonald/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Forrest_McDonald TickToc: https://www.tiktok.com/@forrestmcdonald621?lang=en Topics Discussed 00:00 Introduction 01:08 Wrap up from Part 1 01:09 Jimi Hendrix at the Royal Albert Hall 02:09 Hey Everybody Welcome Back WRFG Blues 03:46 Forrest You are a song writer and you have been doing it 50-60 years? 05:18 The Primary gift of a song writer 05:46 Paul McCartney Black Bird 05:59 Colorblind 06:44 Blue Morning Sun 08:23 Riding on the Blues Train 11:08 Let me give you one more example River of Tears 13:30 Satisfaction 15:13 Marvin Gaye 16:01 The Best writing comes from personal experience 17:12 I think back to the 60s 17:42 Contemporary Blues Shemekia Copeland 18:20 Music Moves People You know that 18:25 I wasn't looking for trouble 20:10 I wrote a fabulous song 20:24 How Many Guitars 29:20 Evis is Number 1 29:54 Bonnie Bramlett 32:01 When you are on stage how does the unspoken language happen 33:41 How did Jimi Hendrix Redefine 35:00 Jimi Hendrix Poncho Terri gave to me 37:29 Wrap Up #thebestsongscomefrompersonalexperienceexclusiveinterviewwithforrestmcdonaldpart2 #forresthowiemcdonaldoldtimerockandroll #blackjackketchuminterviewforrestmcdonaldpart2 #questionsfrom6decadesofmusicianship #musicmomentsforresthowiemcdonald #musicmomentsforrestmcdonald #ridingonthebluestrainforrestandrewblackraymondvictor #keithrichardssatisfactionriff |