I missed this when it was originally posted last December, but last year Paul Gilbert was a featured Guitar Center Sessions artist. During part of the session, he gave an interesting rhythm lesson in which he talks about taking familiar rhythms (like "Smoke on the Water" and "Purple Haze") and using different notes with that same rhythm pattern: During the session, he … [Read more...]
SRV 20th Anniversary Tribute Show
As I mentioned last week, this past Friday marked the 20th anniversary of Stevie Ray Vaughan's tragic and untimely death. To pay tribute to SRV, the members of Double Trouble (Reese Wynans, Chris Layton, and Tommy Shannon) got together at a small club here in Nashville with a number of guitarists and played much of Stevie's recorded catalog of music. I was able to attend the … [Read more...]
Remembering Stevie
This Friday, August 27, marks 20 years since Stevie Ray Vaughan's tragic death. Fender has posted a nice retrospective about SRV with quotes about Stevie from his family and friends, including this quote from Double Trouble drummer Chris "Whipper" Layton: "I didn't meet him that night, but the first time I heard him play was at a place called Soap Creek Saloon in Austin, … [Read more...]
Free Joe Bonamassa Download
I'm excited to welcome Joe Bonamassa as a new sponsor of Guitar Lifestyle. They are offering Guitar Lifestyle readers a free download of "Blue and Evil" from Joe's Black Rock album. To receive the free download, all you have to do is click here or click the ad in the sidebar and then select "Free MP3 Music". … [Read more...]
20 Years of Tall Tales
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Shake Your Money Maker, the Black Crowes' debut album. To celebrate, the Crowes have arranged and recorded many of their classic songs as acoustic tracks and have released the tracks as part of the double album Croweology. As part of the 20th anniversary celebration, Chris Robinson is participating in a web series they're calling "20 … [Read more...]