Monthly Archives: April 2013
Mike Powers, Instrument Designer, Passes
Mike Powers, a veteran designer for Peavey stringed instruments, passed away April 29. A longtime Peavey employee, he was involved in the creation of...
Jon Kammerer Guitars Adds Pegasus Line
Jon Kammerer’s Pegasus series guitars have an elongated sound hole that isolates the top plate of the instrument and does not bind it to...
Warner Preps ZZ Top Box With Original Mixes
Warner Brothers Records is set to release a CD boxed set that includes the original mixes for the band’s first 10 albums. ZZ Top:...
Kaukonen Opens Psylodelic Gallery
Noted guitarist Jorma Kaukonen and his wife, Vanessa, are set to open the doors to their Psylodelic Gallery, at the Fur Peace Ranch Center...
Levy’s Offers Hemp and Denim Guitar Straps
Levy's new hemp and denim guitar straps are printed with colorful ’70s-stripe designs and finished with suede-leather backing.
Braxton Schuffert, Guitarist with Hank Williams’ Driftin’ Cowboys, Passes
Braxton Schuffert, the other guitarist with Hank Williams in the original lineup of the Driftin' Cowboys in the late 1930s, has died at the...
Satriani Sets U.S. Tour Dates
Joe Satriani has slated U.S. tour dates in support of his latest album, Unstoppable Momentum. The tour will launch August 29 in San Diego...
Country Music Legend George Jones Passes
Country Music Hall of Famer, Grand Ole Opry member, and Kennedy Center Honoree George Glenn Jones died today at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in...
Noted Resonator Master/Dobroist Bob Brozman Passes
Bob Brozman, a renowned guitarist who focused on the resonator and other instruments used to make Hawaiian, Indian, African, Japanese/Okinawan, Caribbean, and American roots...
Texas Thunder Festival Organizers to Help West, Texas
Organizers of the Texas Thunder Music Festival have announced they will donate 100 percent of net proceeds from this year's event to benefit schools...