For better or worse, Stevie Ray Vaughan is a dominating figure in the blues world. So much so that anyone who picks up a Stratocaster and plays notes from the pentatonic scale is automatically labeled an SRV clone. Anthony Stauffer, who runs StevieSnacks, which is a site that teaches how to play in the style of SRV, knows this all to well. In a recent post titled Blues is More … [Read more...]
Warren Haynes Q&A
Last month, Billboard.com featured a nice Q&A session with non-stop guitarist Warren Haynes. In the interview, he discusses recording the new Gov't Mule album and touring with Mule, the Allman Brothers, and the Dead: We did a few Mule shows prior to the Beacon with the Allman Brothers (in March), and that started out a busy year. We went straight from the Beacon to Dead … [Read more...]
Music as a Hobby
Anthony Stauffer has posted an interesting article about how he has arrived at playing music for a hobby instead of as a career. After trying to become a rock star for over 10 years, he had to be honest with himself: This simple truth created a situation where I resented having to do the very things that were necessary to put me in a position to do what I though I loved. I … [Read more...]
Recording Adam Jones
I've been a fan of Tool's Adam Jones since hearing their album Undertow in 1993. Jones seems to make his Les Paul sound larger than life on all of their recordings. In 2006, Mix magazine interviewed Joe Barresi and Bob Ludwig, who were responsible for recording Tool's most recent album 10,000 Days. They discuss how they recorded the album. Of particular interest to me was the … [Read more...]
Derek Trucks and Joe Bonamassa Trading Licks
Two of my favorite guitarists trading licks at the Hot August Blues festival in Maryland this past weekend. … [Read more...]