Editors note: This is a guest post written by Ava Corrothers, one of the administrators of the Jemsite guitar blog. Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, Joan Jett, Susanna Hoffs...so yesterday! Yes, these are the names of amazing female guitarists who some might consider modern day female rockers, but when I say modern, I mean MODERN-like in the last two decades. This is the time … [Read more...]
Primal Twang: The Legacy of the Guitar
Primal Twang: The Legacy of the Guitar is a DVD of performances from September 2006 in San Diego featuring some great guitarists. From the Primal Twang Web site: The story of the “instrument of the gods” was told through a combination of onstage narration, video projections of rare historical footage and electrifying live performances by world music legend, Dan Crary and an … [Read more...]
Eric Johnson Song For George
I was browsing YouTube the other day and noticed this early performance of Eric Johnson playing Song for George. You may be familiar with the version that appears on Johnson's album Ah Via Musicom. However, in early performances, he played the song on a Dobro, as shown in the following video. I like the Dobro version even better than the recorded version! … [Read more...]
Gilmourish
Speaking of David Gilmour, I recently found a site called Gilmourish.com, which is a fan site written by Bjorn Riis and is devoted to all things David Gilmour. Bjorn claims that Glimourish is "the largest David Gilmour gear resource on the net" and I think he's probably right. There is a ton of information about David's gear throughout the years, including a description of his … [Read more...]
Pink Floyd: The Black Strat
Last September, I posted about Phil Taylor's book Pink Floyd: The Black Strat: A History of David Gilmour's Black Fender Stratocaster about David Gilmour's famous black Fender Stratocaster. Since that post, I have picked up a copy of the book, and it's a very interesting look at Gilmour's Strat through the years. The guitar has gone through several neck and pickup changes … [Read more...]