Ronnie Van Zant’s rise to fame and his untimely death at age of only 29 made for the most unfortunate rock star tragedy. In 1973 Van Zant, along with his original bandmates signed with MCA and began releasing what was to become some of the world’s most widely recognized Southern rock and blues music.
Dewey Bunnell and Gerry Beckley, founding members of the legendary GRAMMY-winning rock band America,join Dan Rather for an all-new episode of The Big Interview—airing Wednesday, November 27 at 8pE/5pP.
Knaggs Guitars continues to run in front of the pack and press on with their beautiful line-up of guitars and we recently got an update from them on the Kenai J model and it’s various pup configurations using versions of P-90s and Humbuckers.
Behind the scenes working the design, site preparation and construction phases of The Glen Campbell Museum and Rhinestone Stage are The Temeka Group of Corona, California and Clearbrook Hospitality, LLC, of Nashville, Tennessee. The museum will be in downtown Nashville, and is scheduled to open early in 2020.
PRS Guitars is pleased to announce the expansion of the PRS SE Series with the introduction of six new models, including the return of some beloved designs, hollowbody models for the first time in the SE Series, and two new exotic veneer instrumen
Recently, Luke Brindley decided to go the Kickstarter route to help fund his planned album, with many of the tracks he’s written and tested with the locals, and friends of his and his brothers’ fine venue, where you’ll find such well-known artists as, Adrian Belew, Jason Masi, Marshall Crenshaw, Patty Larkin and many more.
On this week’s episode of Brian Johnson: A Life on the Road, Legendary AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson takes an excursion to North Wales where he explores a ruined castle with rock god Robert Plant, chatting about the vocalist’s love of American Blues, the creation of Led Zeppelin, and Plant’s acclaimed solo career and award-winning collaborations.
AXS TV highlights include appearances by power pop icons Cheap Trick (Oct. 8); legendary chart-toppers Chicago (Oct. 15); beloved heavy metal mainstay Bret Michaels (Oct. 22); the ‘Godfather of Shock Rock’ Alice Cooper (Oct. 29); Country music superstars Little Big Town (Nov. 5); celebrated sportscaster Bob Costas (Nov. 12); influential Talking Heads singer David Byrne (Nov. 19); folk rock heroes America (Nov. 26); Emmy-winning actor Bryan Cranston (Dec. 3); prog rock pioneer Yes’ Jon Anderson (Dec. 10); and Country music legends Alabama (Dec. 17).
GWS Auctions will offer a guitar which pays tribute to the “Man in Black” – Johnny Cash. “The Man In Black” guitar is a classic example of a historical artifact. The guitar is derived from Johnny and June Carter Cash’s 200 Caudill Drive, Hendersonville, Tennessee residence. The cedar gates from Cash’s estate have been repurposed in a living, breathing instrument
PRS Guitars is pleased to announce the opening of a new guitar manufacturing facility in Surabaya, Indonesia for their popular line of PRS SE Series instruments. The facility, which is part of the PT Cort campus, features custom-designed machinery and a dedicated staff of engineers and guitar builders who are solely focused on making PRS SE guitars.
