Monthly Archives: April 2002
Reverend Rumblefish Bass
The Rumblefish is an electric bass model from Reverend Guitars, out of Michigan. This is a striking semi-acoustic in the best tradition of...
Howard Roberts
Webster's Dictionary defines genius as "...a person gifted with extraordinary powers of intellect, imagination or invention."
The definition could as easily be applied to describe...
INXS – Shine Like It Does: The Anthology 1979-1997
A completely beautiful package for a band that really deserves the recognition. In the 1980s and '90s, these Australian rockers made perfect pop/rock...
The Jayhawks – Sound of Lies
Everyone assumed with the departure of Mark Olson the Jayhawks would fold up their tent and go their own ways. Well, this terrific...
Teisco Guitars, Part I
Few non-American guitar brands have meant so much to so many American guitar buffs as Teisco guitars. Indeed, through their mid-'60s connection with...
Otis Rush
All Your Love, I Miss The Lovin'."
The year was 1956, the label was Cobra, and all of Chicago was rocking to the deft little...
The Halibuts/Jon and the Nightriders – Life on the Bottom/Fiberglass Rocket
If you haven't noticed, there's a Surfin' comeback goin' on. We get tons of CDs from bands that play it; some good, some...
Buddy Guy – Heavy Love & Buddy’s Blues 1979-82
Buddy Guy's latest CD, Heavy Love, sounds like he's doing his darndest to wrestle the blues guitarslinger crown back from the late, great Luther...
Jerry Jones Master Electric Sitar
If you've always wanted to learn the sitar, but could never quite scrape up the cash to fly to India and study with the...
Mark Doyle – Guitar Noir
I love this. Doyle has been in the music biz for some time. His first band, Jukin' Bone, made a couple of...