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Fret-King Guitar Endorsee - Paul Kappa
Posted by jhspublicity 601 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 210 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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Ronnie Wood: Slide Guitar with the Rolling Stones and Faces
Posted by jaso 596 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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Mississippi John Hurt: His Life and Music
Posted by jaso 589 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 608 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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Carol Kaye: The First Lady of Rock Guitar and Bass
Posted by jaso 448 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 452 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 563 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 585 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 437 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 441 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 486 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 495 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 495 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 576 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 Up Close: The 2010 Interview
Posted by jaso 593 days ago in Player News
Exciting times for Eric Johnson fans! One of America’s finest guitarists, Johnson is currently on the road with the Acoustic Guitar Masters tour. Later in October and November, he’ll switch to electri... [Read More]
 
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Vintage® Guitar Endorser – Elvis Shmelvis
Posted by jhspublicity 223 days ago in Endorsements
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"A fantastic voice!"........Lord Andrew Lloyd-Webber "I'm just the warm up for Elvis Shmelvis!"........Boris Johnson, Mayor of London "I thought I heard Elvis Presley singing, then I walked arou... [Read More]
 
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Bob Marley’s Early Years: From Nine Miles To London
Posted by jaso 404 days ago in Player News
Bob Marley’s music transcends politics, language, and cultures. His songs resound on every continent and are especially embraced by the oppressed and those seeking spiritual fulfillment. As esteemed a... [Read More]
 
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Johnny Shines: The Complete Living Blues Interview
Posted by jaso 415 days ago in Player News
Long before becoming a force in Chicago blues, Johnny Shines hoboed with Robert Johnson through Depression-era America. They hopped freights, played on street corners, shared rooms and whiskey, and ma... [Read More]
 
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Jimi Hendrix: An Unpublished November 1967 Interview With Steve Barker
Posted by jaso 418 days ago in Player News
Earlier this month, we published Steve Barker’s January 1967 interview with Jimi Hendrix, who was then recording “Purple Haze.” Steve interviewed Jimi a second time on November 8, 1967, following a co... [Read More]