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Ryan McGarvey Stands At The Crossroads, Avoids Sophomore Album Blues On 'Redefined'
Posted by Nightwatcher 27 days ago in Industry News
Ryan McGarvey Redefined Forward In Reverse Music Review by Keith Langerman for Nightwatcher's House Of Rock © 2012 "I met Ryan in 2006 and was very impressed at the depth of his influence and his..... [Read More]
 
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Leslie West on Mountain, Woodstock, West Bruce & Laing, Guitars, and Soloing
Posted by jaso 57 days ago in Player News
Even if Leslie West had never sang or played another note after the summer of 1970, his place in rock history would have been assured. The summer before, he’d stunned everyone who saw or heard him wit... [Read More]
 
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Band To Keep An Eye On : UK Hard Blues Rockers Federal Charm
Posted by Nightwatcher 95 days ago in Industry News
The impressive U.K success of blues rock guitar titan Joe Bonamassa seems to have rekindled a renewed interest in the genre by young musicians throughout the British Isles. Whether that be in an att..... [Read More]
 
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Vintage Guitar Endorser - Lachlan Horne
Posted by jhspublicity 194 days ago in Endorsements
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"Horne can play. Oh yes he can really play.” Powerplay “Riffs and solos pour from Lachlan's fingers with an ease that should make the competition weep … a name to catch for true rockers everywhere.... [Read More]
 
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Dunlop introduce a range of Johnny Cash and Jimi Hendrix-themed picks and tins
Posted by jhspublicity 195 days ago in Accessories
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Dunlop has introduced two cool new ranges of picks and pick tins. These include four stark monochrome Johnny Cash designs and four brightly coloured efforts – including two of Jimi Hendrix - from fame... [Read More]
 
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A Vintage 'Summer Of Love' with guitar superstar Thomas Blug
Posted by jhspublicity 298 days ago in Guitar
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Legendary axe-slinger Thomas Blug has once again joined forces with Vintage® guitars to produce an epic new signature model influenced by the man many people think of as the greatest guitarist of all ... [Read More]
 
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Jimi Hendrix’s Personal Record Collection
Posted by jaso 341 days ago in Player News
Jimi Hendrix never took formal lessons, learned to read music, or cracked open a guitar instruction book. Yet in the course of a few years beginning in 1966, he established himself as rock’s greatest ... [Read More]
 
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Jimi Hendrix: An Unpublished November 1967 Interview With Steve Barker
Posted by jaso 419 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]
 
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Jimi Hendrix: The Complete January 1967 Interview With Steve Barker
Posted by jaso 438 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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More Jimi Hendrix Catalog Project Releases Due In April
Posted by Nightwatcher 440 days ago in Industry News
Following the Valley Of Neptune and the West Coast Seattle Boy anthology releases last year, Experience Hendrix and Sony's Legacy Recordings have announced a new wave of titles from the Jimi Hendrix C... [Read More]
 
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Archival Interview With Blues Guitar Great Albert King Available Online
Posted by Nightwatcher 460 days ago in Industry News
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]
 
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Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood Talks Being Evicted With Hendrix
Posted by Nightwatcher 490 days ago in Industry News
Ronnie Wood and Jimi Hendrix were once kicked out of the flat they shared because they failed to housetrain the Rolling Stones rocker's dog. The Rolling Stones rocker shared a flat with the legendary... [Read More]
 
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Alice Cooper Has Jimi Hendrix To Thank For Longtime Manager
Posted by Nightwatcher 523 days ago in Industry News
According to Contactmusic.com, Alice Cooper owes Jimi Hendrix his career - because the guitar legend introduced the shock rocker to his longtime manager. The shock rock legend has been represented by... [Read More]
 
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U.K. Vote Eric Clapton No. 1 Guitar Hero
Posted by Nightwatcher 541 days ago in Industry News
Gibson.com is reporting that visitors to this week’s London guitar show Guitar Nation Live voted Eric Clapton as their #1 Guitar Hero. The poll was taken at the booth of instrument insurance company A... [Read More]
 
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Eddie Van Halen, Slash, Buddy Guy Among Those Featured in Upcoming 'Cry Baby' Documentary
Posted by Nightwatcher 545 days ago in Industry News
Guard House Pictures is proud to announce the trailer release of Cry Baby: The Pedal That Rocks the World, a definitive documentary that tells the story of the #1-selling effects pedal of all time, fr... [Read More]
 
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Hendrix Royal Albert Hall Documentary Due In 2011
Posted by Nightwatcher 547 days ago in Industry News
Classic Rock magazine is reporting that a documentary based around Jimi Hendrix’s legendary gigs at the Royal Albert Hall is to be released next year. There’s footage from those shows, in February 19... [Read More]
 
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Band You Should Know : UK Classic Power Trio The Brew
Posted by Nightwatcher 558 days ago in Industry News
Hailing from Grimsby, England power trio The Brew have been electrifying audiences throughout Europe in recent years with their heavy blues inspired classic rock. Influenced by such 60's/70's heavyw... [Read More]
 
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Rare Hendrix Song Involved In Legal Dispute
Posted by Nightwatcher 584 days ago in Industry News
Billboard.biz is reporting that The Jimi Hendrix estate, Martin Scorsese and an old saxophone player named Lonnie Youngblood are among those battling over a 40-year-old song entitled "Georgia Blues" t... [Read More]
 
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Robert Plant Slags Off Black Sabbath In New Interview
Posted by Nightwatcher 586 days ago in Industry News
Rock Radio UK is reporting that former Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin icon Robert Plant has compared Black Sabbath to 60s pop star Bobby Goldsboro in a light-hearted ribbing. Zep and Sabbath used to rehea... [Read More]
 
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ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons Recalls Opening For Hendrix
Posted by Nightwatcher 604 days ago in Industry News
Spinner Canada is reporting that decades after opening for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons clearly remembers his favorite live Hendrix tune. "They did the coolest version ... [Read More]