Guitarist Jimmy Herring recently released his debut solo album, titled Lifeboat. Although this is Herring's first solo album, he is already well-known in the guitar community. He's played with some great bands, including The Allman Brothers, Col. Bruce Hamptons' Aquarium Rescue Unit, the Dead, and Phil Lesh and Friends, and he is now the lead guitarist for jam-band supergroup … [Read more...]
Buddy Guy Live Set
Yahoo! Music has recently posted a performance by Buddy Guy in their Live Sets series. I finally got a chance to see Guy live a few years ago, and he puts on quite a show. I'm glad to see Yahoo! putting up one of his shows. Guy plays a number of songs from his recently released album Skin Deep, but he also plays some classics. Below is Guy's performance of one of my … [Read more...]
B.B. King Museum
Nashville-based writer and media producer Craig Havighurst (of String Theory Media) has recently written an article for the Washington Post about the opening of the B.B. King Musuem and Delta Interpretive Center in King's hometown of Indianola, MS: The B.B. King Museum took shape over the past five years as a biracial coalition raised private and state money with the aim of … [Read more...]
David Gilmour Live at Gdansk
Last week, I met some friends at a local movie theater for a showing of David Gilmour's Live at Gdansk DVD. I've been on a bit of a David Gilmour kick over the past few weeks, and I've recently watched Gilmour's Remember That Night - Live at Royal Albert Hall and Pink Floyd's Pulse. So, I was pretty pumped to see this new DVD. Much like the Live at Royal Albert Hall DVD, the … [Read more...]
Fender David Gilmour Mini-Site
Fender has launched a mini-site for the release of the NOS and Relic David Gilmour Signature Series Stratocasters. The mini-site has a lot of great features, including a timeline of the guitar, details about the guitars, the story behind the guitars, and media from Gilmour's recent Live at Gdansk DVD. … [Read more...]