Monthly Archives: January 2015
Jerry Lee Lewis and Rick Bragg
Jerry Lee Lewis is a piano player. Make that, the piano player. But as such, he was not only the sole rock and roller...
Electro-Harmonix Launches Octavix
The Electro-Harmonix Octavix is an octave-up/fuzztone pedal that recalls similar boxes from the late ’60s. Housed in EHX’s Nano package, it has controls for...
Neil LeVang
Neil LeVang was about to get a lecture.
Days earlier, the A-list studio guitarist’s new boss, Lawrence Welk, had golfed with a couple well-known...
Gretsch Country Gent #1
The Gretsch Country Gentleman 6122 was the third of four Chet Atkins signature guitar models created for the legendary guitarist in the ’50s. The...
Wilco
Tough to believe it’s been two decades since Jeff Tweedy reluctantly took the remains of the critically adored but ultimately doomed alt-country standard-bearers Uncle...
Noted Guitarist Neil LeVang Passes
Neil LeVang, the noted studio guitarist whose list of credits includes dozens of television and film soundtracks as well as a 23-year stint with...
Van Halen to Speak at Smithsonian
Eddie Van Halen will speak at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History on February 12, as part of the “What It Means to...
Todd Rundgren
Todd Rundgren gets the BBC archival treatment, and the results are fantastic. This three-disc, single-DVD set of radio and TV performances is a perfect...