Regular Guitar Lifestyle reader and commenter (and clearly a man of excellent taste) Chad S. recently let me know that Andy Timmons was interviewed on the Bill Murphy Show, a music interview show based out of South Florida. In the interview, Timmons talks about his new album, Plays Sgt. Pepper, attending the Jazz School at the University of Miami, some of his early concert … [Read more...]
Kenny Wayne Shepherd “Never Looking Back” Lesson
Kenny Wayne Shepherd recently recorded a few videos for Total Guitar magazine. In one of the videos, Shepherd gave a lesson about how to play the intro and main riff to "Never Looking Back" from his latest album How I Go: … [Read more...]
Sean Kochel – Antique and Cigar-box Guitars
Dylan Higginbotham, who along with his wife Leah creates videos for inthegarage.tv, recently e-mailed me in response to my post about cigar-box guitar builder Dr. Kirk Withrow. Higginbotham let me know that one of their recent videos featured Sean Kochel, who creates guitars using antique woods and cigar boxes. Kochel's guitars are unique in that he uses reclaimed wood from old … [Read more...]
Inc. Magazine Profile of Hartley Peavey
Hartley Peavey, in a recent discussion with Inc. Magazine about how he has made it all these years in the musical instrument business: I had to look in the mirror and be totally honest with myself. I said, "OK, you're not going to be a rock star. So what are you going to do with the rest of your life?" I realized I love music. I'm not so great at guitar, but I am pretty … [Read more...]
The Cult of Jazz III
Nice find by Jon at GuitarNoize.com: Dunlop have created a couple of ads for their Jazz III pick featuring Joe Bonamassa and Eric Johnson. I've embedded the Joe Bonamassa ad below; check out Guitar Noize for the Eric Johnson ad. … [Read more...]