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Pictures, Players and Interviews

All Hail The Queen, Brian May Is 61 Years Today

There is a lot more to Brian May than being one of the most gifted guitar players ever. Best known as the guitarist for the band “Queen”, Brian is an interesting multi faceted guy with other noteworthy credentials.
I’m not going to preach to you that Brian May or Queen were my favorite, however I am […]

Little Feat Paul Barrere Turns 60 Today

It is no ‘little feat’ that Paul Barrere turns 60 today. No pun intended, if you don’t know who Paul Barrere is, it’s time to find out.
Before I start my verbiage about Paul B. and Little Feat, let me give you some background. “Little Feat” was, in the ’70’s as far as my wife […]

All Hail To Jeff Beck Turning 64 Years Old..

today. Jeff Beck is an original guitar hero. He is the most technically perfect guitar player ever. His beautiful sounds use the suspended scales with a great deal of success.
Realistically speaking I could spend a day on Jeff Beck’s guitar virtues and what he has contributed to the guitar world, and mine. Here is […]

Neil Young Changing The World Again With Electric Car

Neil Young, the great composer and guitarist of Crosby, Stills Nash and Young who changed the world with songs protesting the Viet-Nam war and our current administration, continues to make changes with his car.
Young has teamed with up with Johnathan Goodwin, a Wichita, Kan., mechanic who has developed a national reputation for re-engineering the […]

Bill DeYoung: Remembering rock legend Bo Diddley

ARCHER, Fla. - His given name was Ellas Bates McDaniel — a hand-lettered sign by the long dirt driveway proudly read “McDaniel” — but his friends, neighbors and even his wife always called him Bo.
Bo Diddley, singer, songwriter, guitar legend and rock ā€˜n’ roll pioneer, died of heart failure Monday at home. He was rehabilitating […]

At Jimi Hendrix Museum, an Experience Bold as Love

With more than 8,000 Jimi Hendrix artifacts in its collection, the Experience Music Project could devote acres of gallery space to the Seattle guitar legend who transformed rock ‘n’ roll in the late 1960s.
“It’s an institutional mandate to always have a Hendrix presence,” says Jacob McMurray, curator of “Jimi Hendrix: An Evolution of Sound,” which […]

Alleged Jimi Hendrix Sex Tapes to be Released.

Breaking news this morning. Vivid Entertainment is releasing a sex tape supposedly staring Jimi Hendrix.
The Los Angeles based adult entertainment company has been reported to have got ahold of some footage of the guitar legend photo-shoot in a hotel room close to fourty years ago. Allegeldly from a memorabilia seller.
The footage is supposed to […]

Over The Course of Four Extraordinary Years, Jimi Hendrix..

left an a permanent stamp on the world. His place as the most influential and innovative guitarist of this generation or any era is carved in stone. Literally, Jimi was creating the vocabulary for every guitar player, while redefining the parameters of electric blues.

Jimi Hendrix could not read or write music, still he was the […]

Johnny Copeland Texas Bluesman and Guitar Player

It is not as surprising to me as it is unjust to the man and the blues. Johnny Copeland could be one of the best yet least known blues guitarists to come from Texas.
He began his life on March 27, 1937, in Haynesville, Louisiana. His parents separated
when he was six months old and he […]

Lost Stevie Ray Vaughan Interview

We take a long walk every morning, my dog Red and myself. It takes about an hour and Red who is a Bird Dog (German Shorthaired Pointer) is a riot to walk. He is such a hunter! I get some quality and peaceful thinking done for my blog for the day when there are no […]