Whole Lotta Led is an interesting website detailing the guitars, amps, and effects that Jimmy Page used during his Led Zeppelin days. The site appears to be fairly well researched and also includes a number of great pictures of Page with Zeppelin. … [Read more...]
Eric Johnson at the Iridium Jazz Club
Eric Johnson will be playing with the Les Paul Trio and Anton Fig at the Iridium Jazz Club on June 5th, 6th, and 7th. He will play two shows each night. They will mostly play Johnson's material but in a jazz trio format, according to Johnson's website. I hope they record some of these shows. I won't be able to catch the shows in NYC, and I think this format would be really … [Read more...]
Austin Peay State University Summer Guitar Workshop
Christopher Davis, who runs the Classical Guitar Blog and who is a graduate student at Austin Peay State University (APSU), let me know that APSU is hosting a Summer Guitar Workshop this summer from June 28-July 2. The workshop will offer classes in both classical and fingerstyle guitar styles. The faculty of the workshop will be: Stanley Yates, Director Stephen Aron, … [Read more...]
Music Connects Trucks Family
File this under "I did not know that." Derek Trucks is the great-nephew of baseball pitcher Virgil Trucks, who pitched two no-hitters for the Detroit Tigers in the 1950s. Derek and his family are actually big baseball fans, and he even kept a Virgil Trucks baseball card on one of his guitars for years. MLB.com columnist Peter Gammons has written an article about a recent … [Read more...]
Tommy Emmanuel Berklee Clinic
Last year, Tommy Emmanuel put on a clinic at Berklee. If you've never seen Emmanuel live, I highly recommend it. He puts on one of the best shows I've ever seen. Here's some footage from his Berklee clinic: … [Read more...]