Monthly Archives: January 2015
Furry Lewis’ 1968 Gibson B-25N
Born in the heart of Mississippi’s fabled Delta region – from where Robert Johnson emerged and a blues-music form was born, Walter “Furry” Lewis...
’Bursting with Surprises
Peter Hoarty and his wife, Gail, have been hosting guitar shows in England since 1998, when they rented space to sell a few of...
Robinson Issues Statement on Black Crowes Disbanding
The Black Crowes have disbanded, per an announcement today from founding member Rich Robinson, the group’s guitarist and songwriter who founded the band with his brother, Chris. Their first...
Bruce Pavitt
Before Sub Pop the label there was Sub Pop the music ’zine and later the column in Seattle weekly The Rocket. This expansive anthology...
Jerry Riggs
Jerry Riggs grew up in the ’60s/early ’70s, and though his hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee, wasn’t a mecca like Nashville or Macon, he says,...
James Carothers
It’s no surprise that Tennessee native James Carothers kicks off his debut album with an original titled “New Country Singers,” a witty jab at...
Kay Jazz Special and Value Leader
Kay entered the electric bass market in the mid 1950s with the K162, which later morphed into the similar K5965 (VG, March 2011), and...
Park, EarthQuaker Devices Introduce Park Fuzz Sound
Park Amplifiers and EarthQuaker Devices have teamed to offer the Park Fuzz Sound, a variation of the British-made three-knob fuzz pedals from the ’60s....
1934 Gibson F-7
Prior to Gibson’s innovations, mandolins were bowl-back instruments with a lute-like back usually constructed with rosewood or maple back ribs and a bent...
The Soldano
One of the leaders of what we might call the second wave of high-end high-gain tube amps, Soldano has been making a big noise...