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Jay Geils, Duke Robillard, Gerry Beaudoin – New Guitar Summit
The great stuff continues to flow from Duke Robillard. The man makes great solo records, produces records, and makes special appearances, always adding great...
Steve Smith – Hard Road
Not all great pickers and songwriters live in Nashville, L.A., or New York. Some reside in far off places such as Las Cruses, New...
Gurf Morlix – Cut ‘N Shoot
Is Gurf his real name? I don't know. What I do know is he's produced excellent records in the past few years...
Faces – Five Guys Walk Into A Bar…
I ran into a guitarist and fellow Faces fan recently and mentioned the new boxed set, and he marveled, "Isn't Woody amazing on there?"...
Scotty Anderson – Classic Scotty
Alright, here's the deal. I haven't played in a band for about three years. It became a deal of the "day job"...
March 2006
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Holding That Tone
From the moment his band stepped onstage in ’66, he was breaking new ground. Today, his status as an icon is...
Fuchs Overdrive Supreme
Andy Fuchs, a tube audio product builder from Bloomfield, New Jersey, recently sent us one of his Overdrive Supreme amp heads.
Cased in a finger-jointed...
Rory Gallagher – Let’s Go To Work
Rory Gallagher's mention brings a certain vision: denim jeans and a flannel shirt. An old Strat with very little finish left. High-spirited...
Sam Bush and David Grisman – Hold On, We’re Strummin’
When asked to name the two most influential mandolin players of the last twenty years most mandolin aficionados will say Sam Bush and David...
Chet Atkins: Me and My Guitars – Chet Atkins and Russ Cochran
Chet Atkins has a deserved reputation as a great guitar player and all-around nice guy. So it's a pleasure to see a book...