Released on December 8, 1976. Hotel California is one of the best rock and roll albums to date, becoming an instant hit on release day. With over 16 million copies sold in the US alone, Hotel California topped the billboard charts for eight weeks and hit no.2 in the U.K.. Songs such as “Hotel California”, “New Kid in Town”, “Life in The Fast Lane”, made the album a massive hit and made it stand out from their previous work.
Guitar International magazine’s publisher, Rick Landers, ventured back into performing and songwriting recently. Since his early days playing in a downriver Detroit garage band, to basking in the streets of Georgetown and small D.C. clubs, he’s been writing songs and stashing them away for no other reason than to play them as the spirit moved him.
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.
Brian Johnson: A Life On The Road finds the rocker going above and abroad to catch up with a slate of fellow icons, hearing their priceless stories from their time on tour and taking viewers to the places that helped define their legendary careers. Season One kicks off on September 15 as Johnson visits with Sting in New York
Fresh from releasing his critically acclaimed solo album AMERICAN ROCK ‘N’ ROLL on BMG in April, legendary singer songwriter, guitarist, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Don Felder has announced three European shows this September
Joining Johnny Cash was his lovely and talented wife June Carter Cash of the legendary Carter Family, and who wrote “Ring of Fire” that her husband sang into the hearts of America, and the world. Both Anita and Helen Carter, June’s sister’s shared the stage, building the Cash show into a robust family affair.
The PRS Private Stock Modern Eagle V Limited Edition celebrates the pursuit of tone with its innovative electronics package and the stunning craftsmanship of the PRS Private Stock team.
GRAMMY®-winning musician, composer, author and EMMY®-nominated television personality Paul Shaffer brings his popular SiriusXM® radio show to AXS TV, as the network presents the series premiere of Paul Shaffer Plus One. The weekly 30-minute program kicks off its eight-episode inaugural season on Sunday, September 15 at 8pE/5pP.
Already, The New York Times had credited Bruce Cockburn with having “the hardest-working right thumb in show business,” adding that he “materializes chords and modal filigrees while his thumb provides the music’s pulse and its foundation—at once a deep Celtic drone and the throb of a vigilant conscience.”
Mountain’s high energy bassist, Rev Jones, is a single man mob scene on stage when he’s pushing out bass lines to power songs like “Mississippi Queen”, alongside legends Leslie West and Corky Laing. Rev’s the young pup on stage who honors his bandmates by giving his best during every performance.
