Posted June 2, 2019 at 1:17 pm | No comments
Mountain’s high energy bassist, Rev Jones, is a single man mob scene on stage when he’s pushing out bass lines to power songs like “Mississippi Queen”, alongside legends Leslie West and Corky Laing. Rev’s the young pup on stage who honors his bandmates by giving his best during every performance.
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Posted May 2, 2019 at 2:31 pm | 2 comments
After a life working with such greats as Edgar Winter and White Trash, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Pink Floyd, T-Rex, Three Dog Night and Michael Jackson, Neil’s heart still surges to the beat of his collection of international gear. Whether it’s a djembe, a snare, a tambourine or a big bass drum, Neil still thumps away in the quiet haunts of Woodstock, New York.
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Posted December 16, 2018 at 5:00 pm | One comment
With hot young talent waiting in the wings, like Jacob Reese Thornton, it won’t be long before a new generation of guitarists will rearrange the musical landscape from theatrics and synthetic musical hype, and take it back to gut level guitar work grounded in traditional roots, but with a willingness and a drive to explore more than the pentatonic scale
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Posted November 24, 2018 at 6:48 pm | No comments
The brainchild of legendary rock photographer, Robert Knight, and co-founder, Jim Evans, The Brotherhood of the Guitar led the way to his focus on young talented percussionists, including a young man who pounds the skins with the skill and intuition of many who are now legends. So, our lead on Knight’s cadre of drummers called Drummerhood is Logan Sheppard.
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Posted October 21, 2018 at 8:47 pm | No comments
In part two of our exclusive conversation with The Struts, Guitar International dives into the process and pitfalls of producing an album while simultaneously touring like there’s now tomorrow. For those of you just now being introduced to the lads, they are: Luke Spiller (lead vocals), Adam Slack (guitar), Jed Elliott (bass) and on drums, Gethin Davies.
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Posted October 15, 2018 at 3:11 am | 2 comments
The Struts have already piled on a series of cool accomplishments that rival and surpass the likes of many a band significantly their senior
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Posted August 29, 2018 at 12:05 pm | No comments
Guerra’s latest release, American Garden, is an eclectic mix that tracks well, without going off on some tangent. Guerra sticks to the knitting with solid and interesting riffs, adds some Tom Petty and Byrds jangle, grabbing influences and driving them home to make them his own. The production is excellent and serious….thoughtful.
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Posted June 14, 2018 at 8:31 am | No comments
When The Outfield’s debut album, Play Deep, conquered the airwaves in 1986, I was but a freshman in high school. The album had actually been released in 1985, but the first single (“Say It Isn’t So” – still a great song in its own right) didn’t achieve mass penetration on American radio.
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Posted April 28, 2018 at 5:42 am | One comment
Legend, music pioneer, and amazing blue-eyed soul stylist Gregg Allman can proudly lay claim to being one of the all time great, influential, landmark artists in rock history. After some forty five years making music with his esteemed Allman Brothers Band, the ABB retired last October 2014 after playing an acclaimed slate of finale shows at New York’s Beacon Theater.
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Posted April 24, 2018 at 2:04 pm | No comments
Out of the box, Red Sun Rising proves its live weight rests in the talent of a remarkable group of musicians with quick-witted rock licks, precisely polished harmonies, anthemic themes and a business sense that’s as sharp as a stiletto. That’s a sure-fire combination that only works when a group can conjure up that kind of magic at will, when it’s time to deliver.
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