This is an incredible story from the Fretboard Journal about Bill Frisell being reunited with a unique ES-175 after almost 40 years: Whether due to financial shortcomings, boredom, space constraints or restlessness, every guitarist has a tale of the “one that got away,” an instrument that we should have held onto, but, somehow, didn’t. In the case of Bill Frisell, the one … [Read more...]
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
B.B. King: The Life of Riley, a documentary about the life of B.B. King, is set to hit select theaters later this month: Narrated by Morgan Freeman, B.B. King: The Life of Riley is the untold true American story of an orphan boy from the heart of the Mississippi Delta who rose to music stardom around the world and inspired a generation of fans against all odds. The documentary … [Read more...]
Music Collecting
Is music collecting over? Bobby Owsinski, in his article Taking the Collecting Out of Music for Forbes, seems to think so: In today’s streaming world of Spotify, YouTube and Pandora, the spirit of the music collector has been effectively killed. You might say that playlists are collections, but when there’s little in the way of a financial or physical expenditure in the … [Read more...]
Summer NAMM 2014 Music Industry Day
Summer NAMM 2014 is just a few months away and is going to run from July 17-July 19. They are once again opening the show to everyone on Music Industry Day, July 19. Music Industry Day offers musicians, pro-audio and staging professionals and music lovers access to the exclusive NAMM Show in Nashville. Try out next generation gear from hundreds of the biggest brand names in … [Read more...]
David Grissom TrueFire Course and A1 Blues Interview
TrueFire has released a new course featuring one of my favorite guitarists, David Grissom. The course is titled Open Road Guitar and features 60 videos and 222 minutes of content. From the description: David organized Open Road Guitar into two sections. In the first section, he presents the 25 key concepts and techniques that comprise his signature style: Hand Position, … [Read more...]