When talking about “Guitar Hero”, most of us hark back to the 60’s heydays and names such as Clapton, Beck, Page, Hendrix and others whose very surnames suffice to bring to mind unforgettable songs and guitar solos. But who are today’s new heroes? Guest blogger Joseph Nicholls shares his top 10. What are yours? Post your comments […]
Last night (Tuesday 8th August) it was announced the passing of Glen Campbell, a true musical giant. Here’s our tribute – and Top 10 reasons why he won’t be forgotten. Singer, songwriter, star guitarist. Glen Campbell had a fantastically rich musical career – spanning different genres, instruments and playing with some of the greatest names […]
…And Won’t Die Anytime Soon. A recent article from the Washington Post has caused stir in the industry, recently. It was called “The Slow Secret Death Of The Electric Guitar” and begged the question: are the days of the guitar coming to an end? Don’t think so… It came as no surprise that the Washington […]
There are many lists of “Best Ever Guitarists” out there. But today, to celebrate 4th of July, let’s do something different and list our Top 10 great AMERICAN guitarists! Funny thing: some of the greatest guitar heroes ever were British. Think Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Pete Townshend, Peter Green, Richie Blackmore and so […]
Last weekend, we lost a true legend: Chuck Berry died on 18th March, aged 90. Make no mistake, folks – the world lost the one person who truly epitomised the spirit of Rock’n’Roll. Here’s our tribute. The origins of Rock’n’Roll are somewhat murky, and there are many contenders for what was supposed to be “the […]
If you somehow missed this story at Winter NAMM 2011…well…it’s time you heard about the George Harrison Tribute Duo Jet from Gretsch Guitars. They have made one of the most awesome replica guitars you’ll ever see. It is limited to a run of 60, and it will be available in May 2011 with an MSRP of $20,000.
Have you ever watched your favorite guitarist and wondered how they got so fast? You may think you’ll never get there, but that’s not true. With guitar, just like anything else, you get out of it what you put into that. That’s the first and most important thing. But there are things you can do to help the process along and progress faster to the speed licks you’d like to be playing.
Although I’m very passionate about my music, my guitar playing and blues, I don’t in any way consider myself an expert on any of these topics. I’m always open to new artists and a lot of artists that have received high praise from other musicians I simply haven’t had the chance to listen to yet. This will explain to some why I had never listened to Roy Buchanan till recently.
Just got back from an 8 day trip to UK. I will have more details in next months newsletter – including exclusive video interviews – but here is a snapshot of what we were up to. Our first day in London included a visit with Chris Spedding, who was messing around with his Airline Town & Country before heading off on a European Tour playing guitar for Bryan Ferry.
When you talk about great authentic white blues guitar players, you are surely talking about some rarified company. The key word being authentic, and in my estimation authentic white blues guitar player means that when you listen to this person playing you think it’s a black man playing. Stevie Ray Vaughn a great blues guitar player always tried to get that real blues sound. When I saw Stevie Ray for the last time a few months before his death we spoke backstage at one of his shows and I told him “man you sounded like Albert King”, Stevie smiled and said that was the biggest compliment I could have ever given him. That is what we who strum the strings in the blues strive for, to sound like our idols, the great bluesmen. Johnny Winter did this as well as anyone, and proof of this is that he was accepted amongst the great bluesman as an equal, and shared the stage with many of them with great dignity and restraint.
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