Classic Rock

Music Photogragher Elliott Landy Launches Kickstarter Campaign for The Band Photographs 1968-1969 Vol. 2

Music Photogragher Elliott Landy Launches Kickstarter Campaign for The Band Photographs 1968-1969 Vol. 2

Posted February 7, 2023 at 12:52 pm | No comments

Elliott Landy took some of the most iconic photographs in rock’n’roll history. He was the official photographer at the 1969 Woodstock festival. His portraits of Bob Dylan and Van Morrison are on the covers of Nashville Skyline and Moondance, respectively. His work has been featured in major magazines. exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide for over 50 years.

Posted in: Acoustic News, Classic Rock, Country, Country News, Folk, Folk News, Guitar News, Industry News, Product News

AXS TV Presents The Doors Documentary When You’re Strange Wednesday Feb 1 at 9 P.M. ET/6 P.M. PT

AXS TV Presents The Doors Documentary When You’re Strange Wednesday Feb 1 at 9 P.M. ET/6 P.M. PT

Posted January 25, 2023 at 11:11 am | No comments

The Doors’ arrival on the rock scene in 1967 marked not only the start of a string of hit singles and albums that would become stone classics, but also of something much bigger – a new and deeper relationship between creators and audience. Refusing to be mere entertainers, the Los Angeles quartet relentlessly challenged, confronted, and inspired their fans, leaping headfirst into the heart of darkness

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Rick Landers & Heartland to be Featured at Franklin Park Arts Center October 19th

Rick Landers & Heartland to be Featured at Franklin Park Arts Center October 19th

Posted October 7, 2022 at 7:18 pm | No comments

Guitar International’s publisher and editor, Rick Landers, and his band Heartland, will be featured on stage and on-line in the number one ranked county in the U.S, Loudoun County, Virginia, and at the county’s premier venue, the Franklin Park Arts Center.

Posted in: Blues, Classic Rock, Classical, Country, Fingerstyle, Folk, GI News, Guitar News, Indie Pop Rock News, Singer Songwriter News, Uncategorized

STYX – Their “Live & UnZoomed Tour” with Co-Headliners REO Speedwagon & Loverboy

STYX – Their “Live & UnZoomed Tour” with Co-Headliners REO Speedwagon & Loverboy

Posted July 13, 2022 at 10:28 pm | No comments

Legendary and multi-Platinum rockers STYX–Tommy Shaw (vocals, guitars), James “JY” Young (vocals, guitars), Lawrence Gowan (vocals, keyboards), Todd Sucherman (drums) and Ricky Phillips (bass), along with the occasional surprise appearance by original bassist Chuck Panozzo–are rested, healthy, and ready to hit the road again, but they’ve finally got a new album to promote along the way.

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Dick Wagner – Not Only Woman Bleed Interview

Dick Wagner – Not Only Woman Bleed Interview

Posted May 27, 2022 at 5:24 am | One comment

Dick Wagner’s songs and lead guitar have been featured on more than 200 renowned albums, garnering more than 35 Platinum and Gold records, BMI songwriter awards, Emmys, and numerous prestigious international awards.

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Jesse Colin Young – The Highway Troubadour Tour featuring Jazzie Young in Tacoma and Seattle 2022!

Jesse Colin Young – The Highway Troubadour Tour featuring Jazzie Young in Tacoma and Seattle 2022!

Posted May 5, 2022 at 3:36 pm | No comments

With songs like “Darkness, Darkness”, “Sunlight”, “Sugarbabe”, “Songird and the Youngblood’s version of “Get Together,” Jesse Colin Young has influenced and shaped the character of American music for over 50 years. Jesse will be touring as an acoustic duo with his daughter Jazzie Young in support of his solo acoustic album, Highway Troubadour, filled with stripped-down versions of such hits as “Darkness, Darkness,” from the Youngbloods’ 1969 album, Elephant Mountain…

Posted in: Acoustic News, Classic Rock, Country News, Fingerstyle, Folk News, Guitar News, Singer Songwriter News, Uncategorized

Ann Wilson Launches Her Single “A Moment of Bliss” from Fierce Bliss Album

Ann Wilson Launches Her Single “A Moment of Bliss” from Fierce Bliss Album

Posted March 30, 2022 at 11:38 am | No comments

One of the premier hard rock vocalists of all-time, Ann Wilson smashed boundaries with her band Heart, the 8-times Platinum, 35 million-plus selling Rock and Roll Hall of Fame trailblazers who formed in 1973. During a decades-long career, Wilson rode the roller coaster of fame, fortune and madness, learning both joyous and hard, hard lessons along the way.

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Tom Guerra Talks About His New Album Sentimental Junk, and Getting It All Together

Tom Guerra Talks About His New Album Sentimental Junk, and Getting It All Together

Posted March 30, 2022 at 6:30 am | No comments

We caught up with Tom Guerra recently to talk about Sentimental Junk, the work involved and the creative juice needed to not only craft great songs, but to properly dress them with the right instrumentation, vocals that suit them and a collaboration between musicians, who are also friends, who help supercharge his songs into fun romps that hit on all cylinders, that offer up thoughtful meaningful lyrics, impressing them with his  own personal stamp.

Posted in: '80s Rock, Blues, Classic Rock, Indie Rock Interviews, Interviews, Rock Interviews, Singer Songwriter Interviews, Uncategorized

Ann Wilson Set To Release New Album Fierce Bliss on April 29th!

Ann Wilson Set To Release New Album Fierce Bliss on April 29th!

Posted February 8, 2022 at 5:31 pm | No comments

There is a calm, serene spirituality about Ann Wilson in 2022 which instantly draws you to her. She feels like a warm, wise someone who has seen enough bullshit to know how to avoid it calmly, and someone who is at peace with whatever she needs to be at peace with. Perhaps that is why the soul (and, indeed title) of her latest album, Fierce Bliss

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Hilton Valentine Talks About Skiffle, The Animals and the Music Industry (Eric Burdon on Hilton too!)

Hilton Valentine Talks About Skiffle, The Animals and the Music Industry (Eric Burdon on Hilton too!)

Posted February 7, 2022 at 7:00 am | No comments

Classic GI interview: In 1963 an unknown but persistent bassist by the name of Chas Chandler took notice of Hilton Valentine’s aggressive guitar playing and onstage antics and asked him to join his group called The Alan Price Rhythm and Blues Combo, soon to be rechristened The Animals by their manager, Mike Jeffery. The Animals were quickly rushed into the studio where they recorded their first single “Baby Let Me Take You Home”, which included Hilton’s cool, aggressive guitar intro. A year after forming, the band struck gold with a moody cover of “House of the Rising Sun”. From his haunting, arpeggiated guitar intro on “House”, which became a rite of passage for budding guitarists who came of age in the ‘60s, to his fuzz-through-a-tremolo power chords of ”Don’t Bring Me Down”, Hilton’s knack for musical hooks greatly contributed to The Animals’ string of hits until the breakup of the original band in late 1966…

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