It’s been a long week. I’m glad that Friday’s finally rolled around. I hope you all have a great weekend!
Artist News
Guitar Wiz Sonny Landreth Teams with Fellow Greats for 9th Album – New album with feature Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Robben Ford, Eric Johnson, Vince Gill, Dr. John and Jimmy Buffet. Album will be released on May 20 (via Rich Murray)
Live Resolution DVD – Andy Timmons has released a DVD featuring a live performance of the complete Resolution CD (via Mark McGuigan)
They’re coming, and they are so COOL! – Joe Satriani has teamed up with Workshop Live’s Dave Martone to record some instructional videos to be released on the Workshop Live Web site starting this month
Rob Zombie Guitarist John 5 to Release ‘Requiem’ in June – The next album from country-metal shredster John 5 to be released on June 3
Guitar-Related News
Solidbodies is a Cool Guitar Film – It looks like the Solidbodies film I mentioned a few months ago is out now. JP gives it two thumbs up
Guitar Instruction
Master That Melody! 02: Steve Vai – For The Love of God – Mark McGuigan releases a new instructional video in his Master that Melody! series.
Guitar Community
Guitarists reminisce on early days – Interesting article by the Branson Daily News about guitarists in Branson. Also, read part 2 of the article (via IG)
EGR’s Great ‘Tele Relic’ Experiment: Our Guinea Pig Arrives – Cary receives the Tele he bought so that he could create his own relic. It should be interesting to see how this experiment progresses
Bass Guitar as a melody instrument – Dr. J points us to a video of the incomparable Victor Wooten