Guitars
Having the best blues guitar is a step in the right direction toward becoming the next B.B. King, Jimi Hendrix or Eric…
“That thing will never sell.”, were Fred Gretsch’s first words upon laying eyes on the Fender Telecaster in 1950. Nearly seventy years…
The best travel acoustic guitar can do wonders for your musical career, especially if you earn a living as a performing musician…
It can be hard to choose the best bass guitar for beginners, what with so many options out there. But finding the…
Revisiting the doomed New Year’s run of 1952-53: the driver, the hotel stop, the rumored last words, and what’s fact vs legend.
Led Zeppelin’s final US show happened at Oakland’s Day On The Green in 1977 with Judas Priest and Rick Derringer. Here’s why it still matters.
Remembering Mark Volman of The Turtles and Flo & Eddie: the hits, the Zappa years, the rights battles, and the hard truths about legacy.
Jamey Johnson and Alison Krauss sang “Seven Spanish Angels” in Washington, D.C. with Willie watching. Here’s why his reaction mattered.
Barry Stock mistook a heart attack for heartburn mid-set. Here’s what happened, why it matters, and what every gigging musician should learn.
The music industry transforms in ways that affect how music is produced, distributed and discovered.…
From Mississippi to Detroit, John Lee Hooker kept the same bottom beat for decades. Here’s how his one-man boogie rewired modern music.
Long before Taylor Swift, Debbie Gibson was a teenage composer-producer turning garage demos into platinum hits and rewriting the rules of 80s pop.
Do you ever remember going into a Kenny Rogers Roasters back in the day? In…
From Bronx kid to rock’s elastic-lung ringleader: Steven Tyler’s rise, crashes, comebacks, and what he’s been up to lately.




























