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Ultimate Jam Honoring Slayer
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The Whisky a Go-Go in Hollywood, California is the place to be every Tuesday Night because of one thing; Ultimate Jam Night! The event brings together the world’s greatest musicians into a live unrehearsed performance of cover tunes and is organized by bassist Chuck Wright (Quiet Riot), drummer Matt Starr (Mr. Big, Ace Frehley) and […]
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Montrose Music Remembered All-Star Jamm
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What happens when you bring together Ronnie Montrose’s Iconic Music and the people who have played with the man and adored him throughout his career. You get the most talked about show at NAMM 2018, which took place on January 27th 2018 at The Observatory in Santa Ana, CA. Let the party start! This celebration […]
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Artist Interviews at NAMM 2018: Billie Stevens - Lane Steel - Yolanda Johnston & Bob Jaffe (Tsunami Cables)
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BILLIE STEVENS For those that don’t know who Billie Stevens is; here is a little information to get you up to date taken from the www.billiestevens.com website: “Billie Stevens is an American singer/songwriter. He is best known as guitarist and singer in the Southern California bands WANK (Maverick Records) and Handsome Devil (RCA Records), and […]
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namm, Ukulele Ray’s Box-A-Leles
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One of the funniest and most creative booths this year at NAMM was Ukulele Ray’s. It was both colorful and interesting and had some very cool and all unique instruments. I don’t believe I could do this man justice in a write up but we all know that when you look up Ukulele ray in […]
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bc audio
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Long live the Tube amp! If you want a real tube amp don’t look any further than the BC Audio system. According to their website which states: “I build amps for people who appreciate things that aren’t meant to be something for everyone, but everything to someone.” Over a decade, Bruce Clement (BC audio Founder, […]
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Stevie Salas at the Framus Guitar, Stevie Salas Signature Framus Idolmaker Guitar
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We spotted Stevie Salas at the Framus Guitar Booth and grabbed him for a short look into his signature model Idolmaker guitar and some interesting insights into his guitars growing up in SoCal. But first a short segment from their website: “The Framus Idolmaker came to fruition through a closer partnership between Stevie Salas and […]
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omb
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One of the coolest things for me this year was a company called “OMB Guitars” and we had to stop by and see the product for ourselves. The OMB is a MIDI-compatible, app-connected attachment for your guitar that allows guitarists to make our guitars sound like any instrument we choose. It also has a backing track […]
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Visiting Bobby Fernandez (Bassist for Symbolic) at the Dingwall guitar booth with some very fine examples of their Bass line. The Basses are both beautiful, seductive and mesmerizing. Dingwall does have a simple goal: “They want to make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up every time you play a Dingwall.” Here […]
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Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Ghosts of Christmas Eve
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Trans-Siberian Orchestra sold out two shows of their arena-rock opera, “Ghosts of Christmas Eve” in Dallas, Texas on December 22nd, 2017 and I was lucky enough to witness the show with some of my family. The tour is dedicated to the memory of Paul O’Neill, the founder of TSO, who recently died from an unexpected reaction […]
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Pat Travers (Here to Kick your Ass)
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Beautiful evening for a concert and Pat Travers proved tonight that he is “here to kick your ass.” The band whose songs were a large part of my life growing up would be performing tonight as a three piece band. Last time I saw Pat as a three piece band he was playing keyboards, guitar […]