Joe Bonamassa recently invited guitarist Ryan McGarvey on stage to play "Further on Up the Road" with him, but McGarvey's amp failed during the song. Bonamassa kindly unplugs and lets McGarvey have his rig for the duration of the song. McGarvey then proceeded to rip it up. … [Read more...]
Guitar Center Sessions with Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Earlier this year, Kenny Wayne Shepherd was featured during one of the Guitar Center Sessions events. They recorded the session and have provide the videos on YouTube. Below is Shepherd and singer Noah Hunt playing "Shotgun Blues": The other available videos from the session include: Introduction and "King Bee" Shepherd discussing his history Shepherd discussing his … [Read more...]
Entire Song Recorded on iPhone
The 88 have recently recorded an entire song titled "Love is the Thing" using the FourTrack iPhone application by Sonoma Wire Works. They describe a bit of the process and reasoning behind recording a song using the iPhone on their site. This Spring, we were on tour opening up for the B-52s, with shows all around the East Coast. One day while we were driving, Keith was … [Read more...]
The Peter Green Story
An interesting 12-part documentary of Peter Green has been posted to YouTube. I've embedded part 1 below, but parts 2-12 can be found at the following locations: part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US-q1oIZ-ZU part 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KJT4DEzX44 part 4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCsCWJB8dBo part 5 - … [Read more...]
Jason Vieaux – Tiny Desk Concert
Classical guitarist Jason Vieaux was recently a featured performer on NPR as part of their Tiny Desk concert series. The concert included three performances, the first a prelude by Bach, then a real interesting piece by composer Maximo Diego Pujol titled "Candombe en mi," followed by "Capricho Arabe" by Francisco Tarrega. There's also a sidebar on NPR's site about how Vieaux … [Read more...]