Tag: features
Check This Action: Duane Eddy, My Hero
On December 3, 1983, I approached Eric Clapton backstage at the star-stuffed Action into Research for Multiple Sclerosis (ARMS) concert in San Francisco. The...
George Ducas
Nashville singer/songwriter George Ducas emerged in the Garth Brooks era of the ’90s with two albums produced by guitar ace Richard Bennett that harkened...
Arlen Roth
Arlen Roth is known as a professor of the instrument, with his Hot Licks instructional video series serving as the blueprint for guitar education...
Paul Benjaman
Paul Benjaman is a bad, bad guitar man. The Tulsa twanger serves up a mean, funky stew on My Bad Side Wants a Good...
Scott Sharrard
It’s ain’t easy to fill the shoes of guitar legends like Lowell George and Paul Barrere, but that’s Scott Sharrard’s mission with Little Feat....
Ross Valory
After 50-plus years as a professional musician, bassist Ross Valory has released his first solo album, All of the Above. The San Francisco native...
Molly Miller
The Molly Miller Trio fits into that hip niche of Americana jazz, but also touches on surf/instro, spaghetti western, blues, and film-soundtrack textures. Like...
George Ducas and Pete Anderson
On two major-label albums in the ’90s, Nashville traditionalist George Ducas projected a honky-tonk sound with help from producer (and ace guitarist) Richard Bennett....
Gibson 1953 GA-40 Les Paul Model
Gibson landing Les Paul’s name on the headstock of its debut solidbody electric in 1952 was the biggest guitar-star endorsement of its time. And,...
Beatles’ Framus Hootenanny Rediscovered in England
In certain circles (eh hem...), the Beatles’ array of instruments is as celebrated as their music, the lore originating with The Cavern and weaving...