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Fret-King Guitar Endorsee - Paul Kappa
Posted by jhspublicity 603 days ago in Endorsements
Paul combines virtuosity with a unique vocal, original songs and specially arranged covers, with electrifying showmanship, which has to be seen. In 1994, he won the Liverpool Echo Arts Award for be... [Read More]
 
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Fret-King® Endorser Gregory Brock releases new single - 'She'
Posted by jhspublicity 212 days ago in Performances
New Vintage Music Group recording artist Gregory Brock has announced details of the official release single off of his upcoming album, set for an October 10th release. "She" will be available for purc... [Read More]
 
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Jimi’s Woodstock Setup | Jas Obrecht Music Blog
Posted by Stratoblogster 613 days ago in People News
With all the hype surrounding the Hendrix 40th Anniversary event, Jas Obrecht offers some real substance with the scoop on Jimi's Woodstock Strat & gear set-up! Coming from Obrecht, you can count ... [Read More]
 
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Young Duane Allman: The Jim Shepley Interview
Posted by Stratoblogster 617 days ago in People News
Check out this never before published Duane Allman feature, just posted this morning at Jas Obrecht's blog! [Read More]
 
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Ronnie Wood: Slide Guitar with the Rolling Stones and Faces
Posted by jaso 598 days ago in Player News
Ronnie Wood gained his initial acclaim as the bassist in the first lineup of the Jeff Beck Group. Then in the early 1970s he distinguished himself as the lead, slide, and pedal steel guitarist for The... [Read More]
 
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Jas Obrecht's 1985 Jerry Garcia Interview
Posted by Stratoblogster 628 days ago in Guitar
"...Ten minutes into our interview, Garcia nonchalantly chopped a large rock of cocaine into about twenty lines and consumed all of it during the next hour..." (full interview)As Jas Obrecht contin... [Read More]
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Mississippi John Hurt: His Life and Music
Posted by jaso 591 days ago in Player News
John Hurt spent nearly all of his life in the whistle-stop farming community of Avalon, Mississippi. With his gentle, soothing voice and a beautifully syncopated fingerpicking guitar style, he created... [Read More]
 
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Young Duane Allman: The Bob Greenlee Interview
Posted by jaso 610 days ago in Player News
Duane Allman’s initial love of music came from his father, Willis Allman, who was murdered when Duane was three years old. In a previous blog, Jim Shepley, Duane’s closest friend during his teen years... [Read More]
 
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Jimi Hendrix: From Toronto to Woodstock | Jas Obrecht Music Blog
Posted by Stratoblogster 613 days ago in People News
Amidst the current flood of Hendrix stories online you'd better check out what Jas Obrecht is featuring! Jas has a couple items in observance of the Hendrix 40th Anniversary thing. MUST READING!!! [Read More]
 
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Carol Kaye: The First Lady of Rock Guitar and Bass
Posted by jaso 449 days ago in Player News
When it comes to the bible of women in rock and roll, chapter one, verse one should read: “In the beginning, there was Carol Kaye.” Unlike groundbreakers who found fortune and fame as headliners, Ca..... [Read More]
 
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John Hammond Remembers His Friend Duane Allman
Posted by jaso 454 days ago in Player News
During my 1981 interview with Gregg Allman, I asked him to name his brother Duane’s best friends toward the end of his life. The first person Gregg mentioned?  “John Hammond. He’s a beautiful man.” Du... [Read More]
 
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Jeff Beck: The Fusion Years
Posted by jaso 565 days ago in Player News
For blues-rock guitar playing during the late 1960s, England’s “big three” were Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, and Jeff Beck. All three had come to prominence with the Yardbirds, with Beck making his first... [Read More]
 
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John Lee Hooker: The Living Blues Interviews
Posted by jaso 586 days ago in Player News
For sixty years, John Lee Hooker ruled as the world’s baddest boogieman and one of the most idiosyncratic performers in blues history. While he cut more than a hundred albums with some of the finest b... [Read More]
 
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Jimi Hendrix: The Complete January 1967 Interview With Steve Barker
Posted by jaso 439 days ago in Player News
The Archive’s first outside contributor, Steve Barker has generously offered to share his two 1967 interviews with Jimi Hendrix. Below is the first of these. A heavily edited version, sans Steve’s que... [Read More]
 
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Tommy Tedesco and Friends on the Golden Age of Studio Guitar
Posted by jaso 443 days ago in Player News
Tommy Tedesco, the most recorded guitarist in history, was also one of the most beloved characters to ever work the Los Angeles music scene. And work it he did: After arriving from Niagara Falls in 19... [Read More]
 
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Ry Cooder: The Ali Farka Touré Interview
Posted by jaso 487 days ago in Player News
Ry Cooder and Ali Farka Touré first crossed trails in London in 1992. As a token of his admiration, the legendary African musician presented Cooder the one-string lute he’d played as a child. The musi... [Read More]
 
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Big Brother and the Holding Company: The 1978 James Gurley Interview
Posted by jaso 496 days ago in Player News
Following their stunning performance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, Big Brother and the Holding Company hit the top of the album charts with Cheap Thrills. This psychedelic masterwork featured the... [Read More]
 
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Big Brother and the Holding Company: The 1978 Sam Andrew and James Gurley Interview, Part 1
Posted by jaso 496 days ago in Player News
In its earliest incarnation, Big Brother and the Holding Company specialized in emotionally charged, anything-goes instrumentals. After Janis Joplin joined the band, they hit their commercial peak wit... [Read More]
 
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Gregg Allman Interview: My Brother Duane
Posted by jaso 578 days ago in Player News
For most of his life, Duane Allman was inseparable from his brother Gregg. Raised by their widowed mom in Nashville and Daytona Beach, they learned music together and played side-by-side in bands. Aft... [Read More]
 
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Eric Johnson & Jas Obrecht - INTERVIEW!
Posted by Stratoblogster 594 days ago in Guitar
October 2010 Up Close Feature! Just posted at the Jas Obrecht Music Blog is a comprehensive interview of Eric Johnson from Oct. 4, 2010 as we prepare for the Nov. 9 release of EJ's long awaited "Up... [Read More]