Rewind The ’80s Music Festival, the world’s first and biggest ’80s music festival, returns with three amazing UK festivals for summer 2020. Tickets for all festivals go on sale at 10am on Thursday 30th January 2020 via the official festival website HERE.
Don Felder’s storied life followed a road that pulled him into the world of the blues, rockabilly and rock music. He studied the licks, the riffs and the styles of the pioneers of rock, R&B and the blues, including Elvis, Carl Perkins, B.B. King and Little Richard. And a young Don Felder would find himself buying mail order “race records”, that couldn’t be found in local shops.
When a person turns 50, they usually spend that entire year celebrating in as large of a way as possible to make it their biggest and most memorable birthday yet. Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Richie Kotzen is taking the concept literally, as he gears up for the release of his most ambitious album to date
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) today announced Servco Pacific Inc. (Servco) and TPG Growth have entered into a sale and purchase agreement in which Servco will acquire TPG’s shares in the company. The acquisition is targeted to close in February 2020, subject to certain closing conditions.
ZZ Top’s big, brazen blues-rock, combined with a surrealist charisma that continues to intrigue fans, catapulted the band into worldwide stardom. Their history is deeply explored in ZZ Top: That Little Ol’ Band From Texas, which will be released via Eagle Rock Entertainment on Blu-ray+DVD set and digitally on February 28, 2020.
The Jersey City music scene is booming–and local rock musician Debra Devi loves spreading the news. Having produced two smash “JC Rocks” concerts at White Eagle Hall that brought nearly 1500 people out to see local bands, Devi kicks off her monthly “Debra Devi & Friends” showcase at Headroom Bar & Social in downtown Jersey City with two of her faves
Leave it to author and guitar aficianado, Tony Bacon, to come up with a very cool book on vintage guitars with a 3D-ish orange and turquoise cover textured with a guitar sound hole and six string that readers can strum. One nice add would have been to embed some electronics so they were also a tuner, but then anyone who wants more from Tony’s tome might be considered greedy.
Acclaimed guitarist Johnny A. announces that he will be returning to the West Coast for a series of tour dates beginning on January 9, 2020. “Most of these venues will be a first for me and I’m excited to be bringing the ‘Just Me…And My Guitars’ show to them,” says Johnny A. “As I usually only get to the West Coast once a year, I’m counting on all my friends and fans to please help me get the word out.”
Catawiki, the most-visited curated marketplace in Europe is thrilled to offer this excellently maintained Manuel Ramirez guitar. It was commissioned by a young Andrés Segovia in 1914 and given by Andrés Segovia to the seller’s grandfather and friend of Segovia: Enrique Anaya Padilla.
The Immediate Family is a rock and roll band composed of five of the most recorded, respected and sought-after players in modern music: Danny Kortchmar, Waddy Wachtel, Leland Sklar, Russ Kunkel and Steve Postell. They are the modern iteration of a legendary studio ensemble known as “The Section”
