Posted February 21, 2013 at 3:00 pm | No comments
Any list of seminal 1960s electric blues albums is incomplete without Albert King’s Born Under a Bad Sign positioned near the top. The Indianola, Mississippi-born “King of the Blues Guitar,” who cut his professional teeth as a resident of the St. Louis suburb of Lovejoy, Ill., cemented his legacy with his Stax Records debut album.
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Posted February 12, 2013 at 9:11 am | No comments
Joe Bonamassa – An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House, will be released in the U.K. on 2-CD, 2-LP, 2-DVD & Blu-ray formats by Provogue Records on Monday 25th March (followed by U.S. release on Tuesday 26th March). The release dovetails Bonamassa’s run of four exclusive London concerts which kicks off on March 26th at The Borderline.
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Posted February 10, 2013 at 10:02 am | No comments
If you Google the question “Is there a 14-string guitar?”, you are apt to get confused. Wiki.answers.com states emphatically, “there are no instruments that have 14 strings”.
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Posted February 8, 2013 at 2:17 pm | No comments
Guitar Center, the world’s largest musical instrument retailer, in partnership with Eric Clapton, proudly announces the launch of the Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Collection. The limited-edition collection will feature five Eric Clapton tribute, replica and signature guitars to be sold in North America exclusively at Guitar Center locations and online at GuitarCenter.com beginning March 21, 2013.
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Posted February 4, 2013 at 3:13 am | One comment
We’re pleased to announce that for the first time in digital format, veteran rock author Steven Rosen presents his exciting book, Free at Last: The Story of Free and Bad Company, that covers the legendary blues and rock artists, when Free rocked the airwaves with their blues-drenched rock, followed by the genesis of Bad Company.
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Posted January 29, 2013 at 5:38 am | No comments
Even if he’d never formed the Allman Brothers Band, Duane Allman would be a major figure in American popular music.
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Posted January 25, 2013 at 3:00 am | No comments
Mike Oldfield
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Posted January 24, 2013 at 1:24 pm | No comments
Paul Reed Smith Guitars is bringing newly designed custom electric guitar trophies back to the prestigious GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series for 2013.
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Posted January 24, 2013 at 8:05 am | No comments
On Monday 4th March, world-renowned Australian “fingerstyle” acoustic guitarist Tommy Emmanuel, CGP, and Britain’s Martin Taylor, MBE, will release their highly anticipated collaboration album “The Colonel & The Governor”on Mesa/Bluemoon Recordings.
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Posted January 23, 2013 at 12:28 pm | No comments
The constant quest for tone has now been fulfilled with Pickup Pocket Putty. A revolutionary new product that will help you get ultimate performance and tone from your guitar or bass without modifying your instrument.
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