Amazon.com publishes a daily deal each day featuring MP3 albums that are on sale for $2.99. Today's MP3 Daily Deal is Sonny Landreth's From the Reach, which features Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Robben Ford, Vince Gill, and others. For various reasons, I don't typically buy anything from Amazon, but this is a great deal on a great album. If you haven't yet purchased From the … [Read more...]
John Mayer Shows Off
One of the most interesting things about John Mayer is that he changes things up every now and then. Early in his career, he was categorized as a pop artist, and then he switched things up by touring with Pino Palledino and Steve Jordan as the John Mayer Trio playing mostly blues-oriented music. On his current tour, he seems to be merging his pop tastes with his blues … [Read more...]
The First Gig
"What the hell am I doing?" I thought as I looked down at the bass. I didn't even own a bass, yet here I was in front of an audience about to play the bass in my first paying gig. How this happened is, in my opinion, a fairly interesting story. A week earlier, my friend's band had a falling out with their singer and bass player. Like many singers, this one had come down with … [Read more...]
And The Winner Is…
Congratulations to Ed Pauley, who has won the first-ever Guitar Lifestyle Trivia Contest! He correctly identified Page Hamilton as the guitar player who has fronted a hard-rock/metal band in the 90s that reunited in 2004, has an ESP Signature guitar, has played guitar with David Bowie, and has studied jazz guitar in New York. Congratulations, Ed! As the winner, Ed will be … [Read more...]
Stevie Ray Vaughan on Rosewood Fretboards
Stevie Ray Vaughan, in an October 1984 interview with Guitar Player Magazine, responding to the question "Do any of your guitars have maple necks?": Lenny does. It has a real clear tone, and the pickups are microphonic-you can hear it when you hit the pickguard. But when you play it soft, it sounds great. When I first got the guitar, it had a rosewood fretboard, but it was … [Read more...]