Monthly Archives: August 2011
Lace Intros Stonewashed Alumitone Humbucker
The Lace Stonewashed Alumitone humbucker has a worn satin-black finisih with well worn edges. See it lacemusic.com.
David “Honeyboy” Edwards Passes
David "Honeyboy"Edwards passed away at his home in Chicago on August 29. He was 96. Often cited as the "last link" between post-war blues...
Merle Haggard
Haggard’s first album for Vanguard recalls the folk music featured on that label in the 1950s and ’60s. Marked by minimal percussion, resonator guitar,...
Gretsch Sponsors Chet Atkins Exhibit
On August 12, the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum unveiled an exhibit titled Chet Atkin: Certified Guitar Player, which pays tribute to the...
Lava Cable Offers Color-Coded Caps
Lava Cable’s solder-free plugs are now being offered with caps available in four colors - black, white, red, and green, intended to help set up...
A Comfortable Crossroads?
Robert Johnson’s “Cross Roads Blues” is more than just a song and artist that inspired and haunted Eric Clapton; it symbolized the conflicts in...
Chely Wright
Singer/songwriter Chely Wright’s seventh album is different in tone – less solicitous and more emotionally purgative. To enhance her already well-crafted material, Wright has...
John Prine
John Prine almost single-handedly defined the term “Americana,” but he’s really a country-music artist – a bastard son of Merle Haggard in a genre...
Harvey Dalton Arnold Blues Band
Named for its founder, this band is steeped in the blues and modern interpretations of classics. An album of covers? Not inasmuch as the...
Eric Brace & Peter Cooper
Eric Brace and Peter Cooper’s label, Red Beet Records, has been busy lately with not one, but two newly released CDs. The first is...