Regular Guitar Lifestyle reader and commenter (and clearly a man of excellent taste) Chad S. recently let me know that Andy Timmons was interviewed on the Bill Murphy Show, a music interview show based out of South Florida. In the interview, Timmons talks about his new album, Plays Sgt. Pepper, attending the Jazz School at the University of Miami, some of his early concert … [Read more...]
Martin Guitar – History Retrospective
There are few, if any, modern guitar makers with the history of C.F. Martin & Co. Fewer still that remain family owned. Fortunately for those of us that enjoy learning about the history of the guitar and guitar making, the Martin family have maintained a lot of historical information regarding the early days of the company in Nazareth, PA. In the video below, Chris … [Read more...]
Leo Fender
Keith Richards talking about Leo Fender shortly after Fender had passed away in 1992: "He gave us the weapons," Mr. Richards said to the crowd of 950 about the man who invented the Fender electric guitar. Mr. Richards's parting shot to the crowd was what he called the "guitar players' prayer": "Caress it. Don't squeeze it." Leo Fender was born on August 10, 1909. He … [Read more...]
Ben Lapps – Phunkdified
JP Holesworth found this impressive video of young guitarist Ben Lapps playing Justin King's "Phunkified": It looks like a fun tune to play, and Ben did a good job with it. … [Read more...]
Led Zeppelin Channel
Guitarkadia recently posted about the Led Zeppelin channel on YouTube featuring many rare 8mm video clips of Led Zeppelin throughout the years. Here's a great early clip of Zeppelin from 1969 playing Dazed and Confused: … [Read more...]