Feature Articles
Boppin’ the Blues — Little Charlie Baty
by Adam St. James
They was pushed! I’m talkin’ ‘bout those rippin’ hot bop-blues lines some witnesses might say fell from the stage last night, wherever it was that Little Charlie and the Nightcats were playin’. I’m sayin’ they was pushed, and I know who done it too: It was those shady characters always hangin’ ‘round [...]
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Feature Articles
Lonnie Brooks — Born to the Blues
by Adam St. James [Editor's note: I wrote this article when I was the music editor for a newspaper in Miami, ...
Muriel Anderson: Classic Americana
by Adam St. James Nylon and steel present two different tonalities, two different modes of expression to the fingerstyle guitarist. Many ...
Johnny Hiland: Rippin’ Pickin’
by Adam St. James Shred just got a dose of Nashville: Johnny Hiland – maybe the hottest honky-tonk picker ever – ...
Johnny A. “Good”
Chord melodies are some of the most intriguing and confounding beasts any guitarist will ever attempt to play. But with ...
By Adam St. James Stevie Ray Vaughan and Carlos Santana are just two of the guitar greats who have hired Rene ...
Artist News
Joe Bonamassa Releases Live DVDOfficial Pre-Release DVD Trailer Available Now on YouTube
Guitar Industry Has a New Superstar Propelling Sales for Many Major Manufacturers
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — On March 27, 2012, internationally renowned guitar superstar Joe Bonamassa will release the highly anticipated JOE BONAMASSA: BEACON THEATRE – LIVE FROM NEW YORK on DVD and Blu-ray, showcasing the [...]
Feature Articles
Lonnie Brooks — Born to the Bluesby Adam St. James
[Editor's note: I wrote this article when I was the music editor for a newspaper in Miami, before I moved to Chicago.]
Dr. Ivan Petrovich Pavlov could have easily predicted how the tune broadcast from an ice cream truck would affect most people. Let a few bars of that familiar melody resonate [...]
Guitar Industry News
Wood protection law creates splintering in guitar industryGeoffrey Mohan, Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES _ Veteran guitar repairman Bob Wirtz faced a wall of pricey custom-built electric guitars, and he had the ear of Gibson Guitar Corp.’s resident expert on the instruments. But what Wirtz wanted to talk about was international law.
Like many who attended the National Association of Music Merchants convention in [...]
Guitar Lessons
Pent Patterns: Do You Know All 5?http://www.GuitarLifeMag.com Learn this easy guitar exercise and start flying up and down your fretboard!
Resources & Links
Musical Associations: The Definitive ListAFTRA (American Federation of TV and Radio Artists)
AFTRA represents actors and other professional performers in television, radio, sound recordings, and new technologies. AFTRA negotiates pay scales and contractual payments for over 80,000 performers. AFTRA also offers health insurance and retirement benefits for active members.
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Contact: Sidney White
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Reviews
Essential Jazz Guitar Lesson DVDs and Book/CD PackagesI’ve been getting a lot of email and blog comment questions about Jazz guitar lately.
There are definitely some great books and DVDs available that I would recommend for building your jazz rhythm and lead chops.
Check out some of these:
50 Licks Jazz Style will give you some great soloing ideas, and after you learn a bunch [...]
