Jimi’s Woodstock Setup | Jas Obrecht Music Blog
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]
 
Young Duane Allman: The Jim Shepley Interview
Check out this never before published Duane Allman feature, just posted this morning at Jas Obrecht's blog! [Read More]
 
Jimi Hendrix: From Toronto to Woodstock | Jas Obrecht Music Blog
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]
 
Strat-o-Sisters Directory ~ Strat-O-Blogster Guitar Gear Blog Site
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More and more ladies are burning up the fretboard! Stratoblogster has the largest archive of female guitar players. We featured Orianthi all the way back in 2007!!! Discover Joanne Shaw Taylor, Lor... [Read More]
 
YES Legends Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman To Undertake Fall U.S. Tour
Music legends and former YES members Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman will be playing a select number of engagements this coming Fall 2011. The legendary duo performed a series of successful concerts i..... [Read More]
 
Archival Interview With Blues Guitar Great Albert King Available Online
A historic archival interview with late blues guitar legend Albert King, conducted by Senior Writer Alan Paul of Guitar World magazine, is now available online. The interview done in Cleveland Ohio i... [Read More]
 
Michael Schenker Group, Jethro Tull, Black Country Communion Confirmed For High Voltage 2011
Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles is reporting that following the exciting announcement that heavy metal legends Judas Priest will play their farewell festival performance as High Voltage headliners a... [Read More]
 
Joe Bonamassa To Release New Studio Album 'Dust Bowl' In March
Hard rockin' blues guitarist Joe Bonamassa will release his 12th full-length solo album 'Dust Bowl' in the UK on Monday March 21st 2011 (US release is March 22nd). The album will coincide with Bonamas... [Read More]
 
Rock Legend Chuck Berry Collapses During Show In Chicago
The Chicago Tribune is reporting that about an hour into a rapidly-deteriorating concert at the Congress Theater Saturday night, Chuck Berry slumped over an accompanist's keyboard before being helped ... [Read More]
 
Allman Bothers Band To Re Release Classic 1971 Live Show In January
A classic archival 1971 Allman Brothers double live album is to be re released on January 18, 2011. S.U.N.Y. at Stonybrook 9/19/71 was recorded, as the title suggests, on September 19, 1971 and it fe... [Read More]
 
Roger Waters : Pink Floyd Reunion May Happen
Classic Rock magazine is reporting Roger Waters has revealed that there may yet be a Pink Floyd reunion. The bassist/vocalist got together in July with guitarist David Gilmour recently for a charity ... [Read More]
 
Buffalo Springfield To Reunite After 42 Years
Gibson.com is reporting that Neil Young, Stephen Stills and Richie Furay are reforming as Buffalo Springfield for a concert this fall. The three original members of the ’60s folk-rock group will be re... [Read More]
 
Eric Gales Releases "Relentless" ~ Strat-O-Blogster Guitar Gear Blog Site
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Eric Gales' new Relentless album is relentless. As you would expect. Gales is on the up & up these days and plans for a tour are being worked out. [Read More]
 
Michael Schenker To Visit the 'Temple Of Rock' in July Featuring Performances By Slash, Myles Kennedy, Carmine Appice, Pete Way, Don Airey And Others
According to HMV Japan and Amazon Japan, legendary guitarist Michael Schenker will release a new album titled "Temple Of Rock" on July 27 in Japan. The CD will reportedly feature guest appearances by... [Read More]
 
Blues Rockers To Come Together For New York Rory Gallagher Tribute In May
On May 23, 2011, at the renowned Iridum club in New York City, Eagle Rock Entertainment will present a special tribute to the late great Irish guitar legend Rory Gallagher. Entitled "One More Rory : A... [Read More]
 
Blues Rock Soulstress Dana Fuchs Will 'Love To Beg' on April 12th
Ruf Records announces the signing of dynamic rock/blues singer Dana Fuchs and the release of her label debut CD, Love To Beg, on April 12. Ruf Records is distributed in the U.S. by the Allegro Corpora... [Read More]
 
Phil Collins Announces Retirement From Music : "I Don't Think Anyone's Going To Miss Me"
Prefix Magazine is reporting that after four decades in the music industry, starting with influential English prog-rock band Genesis and continuing with his own long solo career, Phil Collins is now d... [Read More]
 
Blues Guitar Legend B. B. King To Play Glastonbury Festival
The UK's Telegraph is reporting that  85 year old blues guitar legend B.B. King, will be one of the stars of the 2011 Glastonbury Festival. King is the last of the great bluesmen – the sole surv... [Read More]
 
Blues Guitar Legend Eddie Kirkland Killed In Florida Car Crash
The Atlanta Journal -Constitution is reporting that blues guitar legend  Eddie Kirkland, "The Gypsy Of The Blues", was killed Sunday morning in a Florida wreck. The Jamaican-born Kirkland, 88, w... [Read More]
 
Trailer For Upcoming Gary Moore Documentary Posted Online
A preview trailer for the upcoming documentary on late Irish blues-rock guitar legend Gary Moore 'White Knuckles And Blue Moods', -  due out later in 2011 - has been posted online. The documenta... [Read More]