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    Ally Venable

    Connection

    On Money & Power, Ally Venable wields the power of wisdom and emotional connection. It’s an album about empowerment and comeuppance, but there’s plenty of playtime with guest stars Shemekia Copeland and Christone “Kingfish” Ingram. An audio bluesfest, it’s songwriting brings substance carried by guitarists swinging for the fences. What does the albums title represent?What

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In Memoriam: Len Chandler

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A Retrospective

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Keith Urban

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Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater

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Gwenifer Raymond

Fierce Fingerstyle

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Monster Magnet

Dave Wyndorf, Ed Mundell, and Phil

Just when you were losing faith in hard rock; just when the charts are choking on post-grunge whiners, along comes a band not afraid to rock. Enter Monster Magnet –…

Dave Wyndorf

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Jim Campilongo & Steve Cardenas

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Shane Speal

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Bakersfield twang from Nashville Honeymoon

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Dave Mason

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Tracii Guns

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John Sebastian’s ’59 Gibson Les Paul Standard

Vintage Guitar magazine Presents Greg Martin's Head Shop

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Tab of God

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Eddie Cochran’s Gretsch 6120

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Allen Hinds

Flowing

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The Tale of Bobby Whitlock’s D-35

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The Tale of Bobby Whitlock’s D-35

Plenty of musicians personalize instruments with their names or initials. So, it’s easy to assume that Robert “Bobby” Whitlock commissioned someone to inlay the “RW” in the fingerboard of his…

1937 Martin 0-21

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