John Scofield and his Trio!
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Fusion Legend Offers Sample From Latest Album, “Uncle John’s Band”
John Scofield and his trio, bassist Vicente Archer and drummer Bill Stewart, jammed this...
Carl Verheyen’s Passionate, Ebullient virtuosity!
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It’s about the song!
Enjoy as Carl Verheyen and his ’58 Fender Strat glide through pieces of “Dragonfly,” “Electric Chair,” and the title track...
Ghalia Volt’s Stompin’ slide!
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Belgium Born, Delta Fostered
Brussels native Ghalia Volt moved to the U.S. in 2013 to busk in music-rich cities like Chicago, St. Louis, Memphis,...
Fretprints: Kim Simmonds
Leader and guiding spirit of Savoy Brown, Kim Simmonds was an architect of the ’60s British Blues movement. A powerful influence on countless guitarists,...
Kansas’ Leftoverture
Progressive rock emerged from the British psychedelic scene in the late ’60s with bands like the Nice, Procol Harum, Moody Blues, King Crimson, Yes,...
VG Q&A: A Gilded ’63 Jazz Bass
I am the third owner of a 1963 Jazz Bass with a neck stamp “7Jan63A,” pots dated that May, and serial number from that...
Marty Stuart
Marty Stuart’s life is the stuff of movies. Just nine years old when he started singing and playing guitar in his own band, while...
Steve West
Steve West, lead guitarist on Paul Revere & the Raiders’ classic 1963 version of “Louie, Louie,” died of pneumonia on December 28. He was...
Freddie Roulette
Freddie Roulette, noted blues lap-steel guitarist and singer, died at his home in Vallejo, California, on December 24. He was 83.
Roulette was born and...
Larry Rivera
Larry Rivera, a guitarist/ukuleleist who for seven decades performed at Kauai’s famed Coco Palms Resort and other Hawaii venues, passed away January 30. He...