Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Arctic Viking Blues

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I guess today is video day at the Ministry.  I first saw Bjørn Berge a few years back at the Iota in Arlington (a fantastic music joint if you’re ever in the DC area) and was stunned by his guitar mojo.  A Norwegian blues man?  Who’d a thunk.  But here’s an video I just stumbled across, from his new album.  Forgive the annoying Frenchiness at the beginning. 

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[Wik] Another cool thing that I forgot to mention is that he’s covering a Morphine tune off their Cure for Pain album.  Morphine rocks, and his take on it is cool in its own way and still somehow true to the original.  Here’s the Morphine vid:


Posted by Buckethead on 06/20/07 at 07:55 PM
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