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Steely Dan – Classic Albums: Steely Dan
The Classic Albums video is a treat for Dan fans too. It features current interviews with Fagen and Becker and some great talk...
Ike Turner & His Kings of Rhythm – Ike’s Instrumentals
If it's true that one's personality is revealed through one's music, then Ike Turner is probably every bit the lowdown, badass motor-scooter his reputation...
Eddie Burns (with Jimmy Burns) – Snake Eyes
The Burns Brothers are a refreshing rediscovery. Like most living legends, Eddie "Snake Eyes" Burns has never stopped performing. The Detroit native...
February 2004
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ON THE ROAD TO ’59
Gibson‘s late-’70s/early-’80s Les Paul “Pre-Reissues” Despite going through a period of great strife, Gibson responded to player demand and produced...
Will Ray
The life and times of country/rock/blues/allstylesinone guitar genius Will Ray are well-documented.
Born in Virginia, raised on the music of Peter, Paul, and Mary, Ian...
Acoustic Amplifiers
I'm not really an amp guy, but I have two early Acoustic catalogs, from early '73 and '74. We might as well document...
Lace California Twister
When most people go shopping for a new guitar, they look for one with a nice, straight neck. But maybe we've been doing...
Kat Dyson
"Patience, perseverance, and purpose. If you've got those three things in anything you choose - whether it's music or anything - it's gonna take...
Kim Simmonds – Blues Like Midnight
While the press release promotes this CD as a departure for Kim Simmonds, to this writer it would seem one more facet of this...
Sacred Steel Convention – Train Don’t Leave Me
When Arhoolie Records' Chris Strachwitz stumbled onto Mance Lipscomb, the amazing 65-year-old Texas bluesman and songster who had never recorded, in 1960, it was...