Reuters is reporting that Guitar Center has recently been purchased by Bain Company Partners for approximately $2 billion. According to the report, analyst Gary Balter has indicated that Guitar Center subsidiary Music & Arts will likely be sold after the Guitar Center deal is closed. (via Strat-O-Blogster) … [Read more...]
Skydog: The Duane Allman Story
Skydog: The Duane Allman Story tells the story of Duane Allman's rise from guitar-playing kid to guitar hero, which happens within the span of Duane's 24 short years. It's hard to believe that Duane Allman's impact came in such a short time. Furthermore, it's hard to believe that Duane Allman's tenure in the Allman Brothers Band lasted less than three years before his untimely … [Read more...]
Marc Rizzo
Marc Rizzo is a solo guitarist as well as the guitarist for heavy metal group Soulfly. I recently "discovered" Rizzo via the Shrapnel Records Web site, who is the publisher of his first solo album, Colossal Myopia. In addition to being a great heavy metal guitarist, Rizzo is quite a proficient flamenco guitarist. Guitar One recently highlighted his flamenco skills and recorded … [Read more...]
Brad Paisley – 5th Gear
Country guitarist Brad Paisley has released a new album today, 5th Gear. Additionally, his new single, "Ticks", went to number 1 this week on the country singles' chart, so Brad's had a pretty good week so far. Although I live near the Country Music capital of the world, I'm not a big fan of country music, so until a few years ago, I wasn't aware of how good a guitarist Brad … [Read more...]
Andy McKee
Andy McKee is an amazing fingerstyle acoustic guitarist who is not only a great peformer, but a very good songwriter, as well. I'd never heard of Andy before, but I was browsing through some YouTube videos, and one of his videos popped up. I started watching the video and quickly started watching the rest of his videos that are posted on YouTube. Andy has won many awards, … [Read more...]