Posted August 26, 2020 at 12:07 pm | No comments
Ricky Byrd chose the Sobering Times release date of September 25 as it’s also the 33rd anniversary of the day he started his sober journey. Having lived through the disease of addiction himself, Byrd has made it his mission to help others as a recovery coach and drug/alcohol counselor, who visits schools, rehab facilities, detention and detox centers to perform, talk, and lead recovery music groups. In fact, he gave away almost 2500 copies of Clean Getaway at these facilities, so clients could take the message of recovery home with them.
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Posted August 20, 2020 at 2:18 pm | No comments
Paul Reed Smith Guitars is a leading manufacturer of high-quality instruments in Stevensville, Maryland and has provided some of the world’s most renowned musicians with instruments since 1985. The PRS team of highly skilled craftspeople design and build a wide variety of musical instruments and gear
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Posted August 20, 2020 at 10:22 am | No comments
Steve Lukather – Musically, the song is absolutely influenced by my growing up in the Sixties, inspired by some of my favorite elements of the repertoire that defined that indelible era. And, Ringo Starr, what can I say. It is an honor to have his contribution captured on a song of mine, much less his gracious presence in the video.
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Posted August 18, 2020 at 5:17 pm | No comments
The 35th Anniversary PRS SE Custom 24 was introduced back in October 2019. Only 3,500 of this limited edition guitar, offered in Black Gold Wrap Burst, were made. Now, PRS has a second color offering – Faded Blue Burst
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Posted August 18, 2020 at 6:51 am | No comments
By: Rick Landers Isaac Holmes is a masterful young guitarist of a new generation of musicians that is emerging with much of their mastery of their instruments in full bloom. Older guitarists recall days of reading through Mel Bay guitar books and dropping styluses on their 45 rpm records repeatedly, working their way through songs […]
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Posted August 12, 2020 at 2:23 pm | No comments
Nick Perri & The Underground Thieves, a Philadelphia-based rock band led by artist/songwriter/producer Nick Perri, released an accompanying music video to their first single “Feeling Good” today. The song which has been climbing the rock radio charts all month, is an upbeat, fuzz-guitar-driven summer anthem with a message very important to the band.
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Posted August 9, 2020 at 9:16 am | No comments
GWS Auctions, the world recording breaking royal auction house specializing in entertainment and music memorabilia sold a rare, historical guitar played by Jimi Hendrix for $216,000 at the Artifacts of Hollywood & Music Auction.
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Posted July 31, 2020 at 2:24 pm | No comments
“I would hate to come out with something that’s not startling” Mick Jagger stated about the launch of the 1989/90 Steel Wheels Tour. The Rolling Stones delivered on that promise in this Atlantic City Convention Center tour stop in December ‘89.
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Posted July 30, 2020 at 12:28 pm | No comments
A longtime fan of the Spanish guitar, David Broza has incorporated many styles of flamenco, jazz, classical into his performance repertoire. Over the years, fans and friends have repeatedly requested a guitar instrumental album. “After 43 years as a singer-songwriter, composing music without lyrics was a challenging task,” shares Broza.
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Posted July 28, 2020 at 1:46 pm | No comments
“While Experience PRS 2020 was unable to happen at the PRS Factory this year, it is important to us to still release the products we had planned to the guitar community. These Modern Eagle guitars are very sophisticated pieces of gear both electronically and mechanically. They are highly musical instruments.” Paul Reed Smith
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