Monthly Archives: August 2011
Steve Hillage Band
An icon of Britain’s famed “Canterbury Scene” of the late ’60s and ’70s, Steve Hillage made his mark mixing psychedelia, pop, and Hendrix-fueled guitar...
Guitar Builder, Country Star Billy Grammer Passes Away
Billy Grammer, a renowned country-music guitarist and singer, died August 10. He was 85 and passed from natural causes. A member of the Grand...
James “Blood” Ulmer
Sometimes called a “modern bluesman,” James “Blood” Ulmer covers ground from Hendrix to Ornette Coleman to John Lee Hooker. His music is never dull;...
Charvel Launches Desolation Series Guitars
Charvel 's new Desolation series includes four single-cutaway “DS” models, three double-cutaway “DC” models and three Skatecaster “SK” models loosely based on the Charvel Surfcaster of the early 1990s. All...
Burriss Amps Introduces Boostiest 2.5
Burriss Amps’ Boostiest 2.5 combines two gain pedals in a single enclosure. On the input side, is an adjustable-gain preamp. On the output side...
Dave Gleason
Dave Gleason’s third album, 2007’s Just Fall To Pieces, put the Californian country-rock scene on notice there was a strong new contender in town....
Jefferson Evolution
If there had been a Top 40 of FM/underground radio in the mid/late ’60s (which, of course, would have defeated the whole purpose of...
Original Tennessee Two Bassist Marshall Grant Passes Away
Marshall Grant, original bassist for Johnny Cash's band, the Tennessee Two, died August 7 in Jonesboro, Arkansas. He was 83. A resident of Hernando,...
Dale Watson
Dale Watson is a country-music traditionalist, and while he mines familiar veins on Carryin’ On, he also throws in a dash of the pop/country...
Shel Silverstein
Musical comedian Shel Silverstein wrote many songs; some were the melodic and lyrical equivalents of one-liners, but others were gems, as on Twistable Turnable...