Local Nashville band Throwing Gravity, who were formerly known as The Rust, had quite a 2009. They played their first live show, they embarked on their first US tour, and they signed with a major label. They are now in the studio recording their album, which is set to be released in the middle of 2010. It's being produced by Jon King and Josh Abraham; King produced their first … [Read more...]
Warren Haynes Q&A
Last month, Billboard.com featured a nice Q&A session with non-stop guitarist Warren Haynes. In the interview, he discusses recording the new Gov't Mule album and touring with Mule, the Allman Brothers, and the Dead: We did a few Mule shows prior to the Beacon with the Allman Brothers (in March), and that started out a busy year. We went straight from the Beacon to Dead … [Read more...]
Sean Costello Retrospective Album to be Released in September
Landslide Records is going to be releasing a Sean Costello retrospective album on September 29. Unfortunately, I didn't get into Sean Costello's music until after he passed away tragically last year, so I never had a chance to see him play live. Sean's early albums were released by Landslide Records, and they are assembling some of the best studio recordings as well as a bunch … [Read more...]
Joe Bonamassa with Ryan McGarvey
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...]
Krantz Carlock Lefebvre
Rich Murray of The Guitar Channel recently posted a review of Wayne Krantz's new album Krantz Carlock Lefebvre: One of the trademarks of Krantz's live performances is the amount of group improvising that takes place. In a wise move, Krantz decided to bring that strength to the studio for Krantz Carlock Lefebvre, and the results are fantastic. I first heard about Krantz … [Read more...]