Guitar legend Red Shea performing Jerry’s Breakdown and The Claw with Brian Sklar and the Prairie Fire Band
Red Shea pickin’ and grinnin’
Gordon Lightfoot’s guitarist is caught in a rare video on YouTube.
His playing was legendary for style, speed and humor. Shea, who passed away in 2008, played on most of Lightfoot’s early recordings. He left the road band in 1972 and became a TV studio musician for Tommy Hunter.
Jerry’s Breakdown
The Claw
It’s God given talent and practice, practice, practice.
Ochs gives "Changes" more vulnerability that Gordon Lightfoot's version. Changes was the first love song we'd heard from protest folk singer Phil Ochs. Ochs was well known for his anti-war songs and broadside ballads.
Publisher of NJN Network, Stephen has covered pop, jazz, folk and rock music since 1964, and spent 2 decades as the founder of serial IT startups. He has a great wife, 10 children, a growing number of grandchildren and is passionate about music and disability advocacy.
Stephen Pate
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