Hunter shares how he is attempting to get off his mountain's plateau, and how he discovered Jeff Beck. 

Correction: the lick Jeff Beck uses to pay tribute to Jimi is from Little Wing, not Wind Cries Mary.

My favorite guitar solos:

Be My Friend Live (Paul Kossof): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P00-KBLqPwI

Sweet Child O Mine (Slash): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w7OgIMMRc4

Little Wing (Jimi Hendrix): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35luFxHO5E0

Further on Up the Road (Clapton and Robbie Robertson): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78gR3Dlj7l0

Hotel California (Don Felder and Joe Walsh): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09839DpTctU

Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKCt8ssC7cs 

Shine On you Crazy Diamond (David Gilmour): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWGE9Gi0bB0&list=RDcWGE9Gi0bB0&start_radio=1

Turn Blue (Dan Auerbach): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5a1Cl_JOJM&list=RDC5a1Cl_JOJM&start_radio=1

Scared for the Children (Jeff Beck): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88mb6yDeQoI

Where Were You (the whammy bar song): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPgtreCwk8A

Please go watch Jeff Beck Live at Ronnie Scott's, thank you.

Mark Knopfler's Guitar Heroes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBGm7gJtSZE

Hunter talks and plays about some of his favorite guitarists, and how they have shaped his guitar journey.

House of the Rising Sun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4bFqW_eu2I

All Right Now  by Free: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wiF6b4rxno

Be My Friend by Free (Hunter's favorite): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P00-KBLqPwI

Joe Bonamassa on Paul Kossoff and Free: https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/joe-bonamassa-paul-kossoff

Crossroad Blues by Robert Johnson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ_7nYEpkBo

Please don't take my word for it. Read and watch more about Robert Johnson and blues history: https://www.amazon.com/Up-Jumped-Devil-Robert-Johnson/dp/1641600942

https://www.aaihs.org/the-historical-roots-of-blues-music/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_of_the_blues

Other guitarists important to the blues:

Muddy Waters, BB King, Albert King, Freddie King, Son House, Leadbelly and many more.

Jimi Hendrix's effects and partnership with Roger Mayer (a sound engineer who designed the fuzz face and Octavia): https://reverb.com/news/nailing-it-achieving-the-tones-of-jimi-hendrix

Origins of slide guitar: https://www.byarcadia.org/post/the-hawaiin-roots-of-blues-slide-guitar

More on Slide guitar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_guitar

Romans 8:26 "...the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words."

Eric and Hunter enjoy a tasty potluck meal with Kim's Convenience and Leaf by Niggle by J.R.R. Tolkien.

The Tolkien Reader: https://archive.org/details/tolkienreader0000jrrt (read for free) or https://www.abebooks.com/Tolkien-Reader-J.R.R-Rey/32208035121/bd (buy)

Eric and Hunter get back into recording with a grab bag episode.

Eric and Hunter discuss two films that make various Cowboy flavored impressions about violence and manliness.

Eric tries to warm Hunter's cold, cynical heart with his love for the Olympics and the stories we tell about it.

Derek Redmond: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2G8KVzTwfw

Michael Phelps medals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F81cLjRY4to

Mikaela Shiffrin's Essay: https://signature.theplayerstribune.com/mikaela-shiffrin-olympics-team-usa-skiing/p/1

Ifixit: https://www.ifixit.com/

Eric and Hunter fall headfirst into East of Eden and barely stay afloat. 

American Born Chinese: https://theroastedbookery.com/product/american-born-chinese

Eric and Hunter take different routes through Pokemon and How to Train Your Dragon, back to their childhoods, when there were dragons.

Hunter and Eric raise a glass to the High Kings before and after the concert, featuring a couple covers and some rainbow chasing.

Eric and Hunter delve into the world of Thomas Hardy with Tess of the D'Urbervilles.

Hunter's essay: https://write.as/hdansin/a-pure-woman-sits-up-in-a-coffin

The Novels of Thomas Hardy (p245): https://archive.org/details/commonreaderseco0000wool/page/7/mode/1up

How Should One Read a Book: https://yalereview.org/article/virginia-woolf-essay-how-should-read-book