Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe combines with Slightly Stoopid to cover The Beastie Boys’ “Sure Shot”.

Joe Bonamassa with a great cover of ZZ Top’s “Just Got Paid”.

I love great flute!

The Shins seemed to fade away after James Mercer left the band, but I’ve always loved this song.

After a long hiatus, Dickey Betts is back on the road touring with his son, Duane.

Very cool! Thank you for sharing it!

Chris Cornell’s isolated voice on the studio cut of “The Day I Tried To Live”.

Stephen Stills with his beautiful ballad, 4+20.

The day after Chris Cornell’s death last year, RHCP’s guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, a self-described shy nerd, came out alone after their show to pay tribute to Chris.

Today marks the anniversary of Chris Cornell’s passing.

I think Derek and Gary Clark, Jr. may be the finest currently active guitarists.

Derek Trucks with an amazing slide guitar solo.

The Blow Monkeys

This song is just brilliant. One of my favorites for sure!

Gary Clark, Jr. is so good it’s ridiculous!

Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow

GFR never needed gimmicks. Just a three-man industrial band that blew the roof off of whatever venue they played. As I’m sure you know, they sold out their Shea Stadium show faster than The Beatles did a few years earlier. For a two or three year period, GFR was the biggest band in the world!

If time travel were possible this is one of the shows I would have wanted to be at. The crowd was so frenzied that they wrecked the stadium! How amazing!

Aerosmith

Derek’s uncle (his father’s brother) was Allman Brothers Band drummer Butch Trucks, so Derek was raised with music all around. Not a bad way to grow up!