The Mt. Rushmore of the Almost Famous: Axemen

Here's a blast from the recent past; the very first recording the Buzzards ever did. This will also be the first time that you will hear just the three of us - George, Peter and Roger - do an entire show just by our lonesome. And being the first episode...well...you could hear the initial sparks of the Buzzards discovering their fire. It can be a bit rough but we were just spreading our wings!

 

The topic at hand is one dear to all of our hearts - music - particularly guitarists.  We each got to pick four but with a catch: they couldn't be the obvious choices like Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, etal. We used an article by SPIN magazine that had a list of those almost famous slingers that you may have heard of but aren't exactly household names (well, with maybe an exception or two).  Note: the 2012 article seems to have vanished on SPIN's website, so sorry for the lack of reference. 

 

We have built a Spotify playlist with songs from each guitarist as well as songs from other artists we mention. Lookout for our Spotify playlist on our social medias!

 

So kick off your shoes, lay back and listen to the Buzzards nerd out. This is where FIVE DOLLAR BUZZ hatches from their eggs and learn to fly (we might fall out of the tree a few times but, hey, you gotta start somewhere).

 

For deeper dives, here are the 13 guitarists chosen by the three of us (Roger cheated and picked an extra guitar player...in rock 'n' roll, rules are meant to be broken).

 

Roger's List:  D. Boon (Minutemen), Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth), Greg Ginn (Black Flag, Gone), Bob Mould (Hüsker Dü, Sugar).

 

George's List:  Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave), Kim Thayil (Soundgarden), Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers), Dimebag Darrell (Pantera, Damageplan).

 

Pete's List:  Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell), Frank Zappa (solo, The Mothers of Invention), John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra, Miles Davis), Jack White (White Stripes, The Raconteurs).

 

If anyone has any questions or comments about this or other FDB episodes or has potential topics or guests for future episodes please email us at FIVEDOLLARBUZZ@gmail.com. However, bear with us because we could be bleeding from our ears from all that goddamn treble.