Monthly Archives: November 2011
Alex Skolnick Trio Sets Tour Dates
The Alex Skolnick Trio will be on the road this December in support of its fourth album, Veritas. The Trio includes Matt Zebroski (drums) and Nathan...
Electro-Harmonix Offers Switchblade+, Analogizer
Electro-Harmonix is offering two new pedals. The Switchblade+ allows a guitarist to switch signal between two amps, two effects chains, or two speaker cabinets. It...
John Scofield and Eddie Henderson
These two new releases showcase guitarist John Scofield in far different ways. The DVD finds Scofield in a quartet setting and is the perfect...
Paul Yandell Passes
Guitarist Paul Yandell passed away this morning. He was 76 and had been battling cancer.
Yandell grew up in Western Kentucky and was an accomplished...
Don Stiernberg with Rusty Holloway and Jeff Jenkins
Many musicians play swing, but few swing with the authenticity of Don Stiernberg, with whom the expression “Dig your well deep” comes to mind.
On...
Freddy Cole
Asked what younger jazz guitarists stood out to him, in his March ’10 VG interview, George Benson listed Norman Brown, Mark Whitfield, Russell Malone,...
Tumbledown
From punk to rockabilly – it feels like a perfectly natural progression for Mike Herrera. Part of the 1990s punk trio MxPx, Herrera has...
DigiTech Intros DG15R/DG15/DB15
DigiTech’s DG15R and DG15 15-watt combo amps have two channels, controls for Gain, Volume, Treble, Middle and Bass, and a Clean/Overdrive switch. Both have...
Duncan Releases Gus G. Fire Blackout Pickups
The Seymour Duncan Gus G. Fire Blackouts pickup system is a matched set of passive humbuckers with a preamp that replaces one of the...
Doyle Bramhall, Sr. Passes
Doyle Bramhall, the acclaimed drummer/singer/songwriter who wrote or co-wrote some of the most recognizable songs for the late Stevie Ray Vaughan, died November 13...