This past Tuesday night, Odair Assad played a solo concert performance at the Belmont Mansion. Odair is very well known in classical guitar circles as a member of the world famous Assad Duo. A solo performance from him is apparently fairly rare, so this was a real treat. Whenever I see a classical guitar concert, an anecdote I heard a number of years ago comes to mind. … [Read more...]
Learn Slide Guitar
How you ever wanted to learn how to play slide guitar? I was searching YouTube a couple of months ago and came across some educational slide guitar videos by John Tuggle, who is a guitar teacher in Athens, GA and owner of Learning Guitar Now. John sells several blues guitar instructional videos on the site, including four that are focused on helping you learn how to play slide … [Read more...]
Million Dollar Les Paul: In Search of the Most Valuable Guitar In The World
For guitar collectors, Gibson Les Paul models made from 1958 through 1960 represent the holy grail of guitars. In the recent past, the value of Les Paul's made during this period have skyrocketed, going for multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars. As of this writing, Gruhn Guitars here in Nashville has three 1959 Les Pauls each of which are in the $250,000 range and a fourth … [Read more...]
Mark Tremonti: The Sound and the Story Instructional DVD
Fret12 has recently released Mark Tremonti: The Sound and the Story, an instructional DVD featuring former Creed and current Alter Bridge guitarist Mark Tremonti. Thanks to Fret12, I've been watching the DVD over the past few weeks and highly recommend it. Overview The DVD is divided into three parts covering three hours of content. The first part is called "The Story" … [Read more...]
Jimmy Herring Lifeboat CD Review and Giveaway
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...]