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 […]
SADOWSKY GUITARS Roger Sadowsky is one of the most highly respected instrument makers in the world. He gained early acclaim for outstanding repair and restoration work on guitars and basses. In the early 1980s, the heated vintage market increasingly pushed guitars and basses out of reach for working musicians. In response, Roger realized that it […]
BackStage360 took a moment to speak with first time NAMM exhibitor, Daren Pfeifer, of Pfeifer Drum Company, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was debuting his “September Series”, “Imperial Series” and “Generation Series” snare drums. Daren opened his fledgling percussion manufacturing company in 2016. In that short period of time, he has designed, modified, tested […]
Recently we caught up with Dave Friedman the owner of Friedman Amplification to discuss his vision for the line of Friedman Amps. In the world of digital amp modeling amps Dave has stayed true to the old ways. Hand wired tube amps with Tone for days. Dave got his start making custom effects boards for […]
In the world of bass guitar there is not much Marco can’t do or hasn’t done. He has recorded and toured with some of the biggest names in the rock and music such as Blue Murder, John Sykes, David Coverdale, Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy, Ted Nugent, Lynch Mob, Neal Schon, Dolores O’Riordan of the Cranberries, and […]
The 2018 winter, National Association of Music Merchants, kicked off on Tuesday, January 23nd, with the NAMM Foundations’ Day of Service, at the Anaheim Convention Center, in always sunny, southern California. It started to gather speed on Wednesday, with a small series of educational events, a tech summit, several live performances, a special event for […]
On day three of NAMM, team photographer, Bill Towner and I had the joy of sitting down with San Francisco bay area based, professional musician and 3G Guitar designer and manufacturer, Jon Mulvey, to talk about his beautiful instruments and the technology behind them that makes them so unique. Jon’s “Performer” takes design, sound and performance […]
Today, iconic legendary rock musicians Jeff Beck and Paul Rodgers announced they will join forces for the “Stars Align Tour,” their co-headlining summer outing with Ann Wilson ofHeart. Produced by Live Nation, the outing kicks off July 18th in West Valley City, Utah, and will stop in cities across the U.S. and Canada including Los Angeles, Dallas, St. Louis, Chicago, Toronto, […]
England’s most distinctive, multiple award-winning, platinum-selling, hugely entertaining rock gods and international pleasures THE DARKNESS – Justin Hawkins (vocals / guitar), Dan Hawkins (guitar), Frankie Poullain (bass), Rufus Tiger Taylor (drums) – released their fifth album Pinewood Smile on October 6, 2017. The Darkness is set to ignite stages across the land on the North American leg of their Tour de Prance, with special guest Diarrhea Planet, kicking […]
Hot on the heels of announcing his new album BOARDING HOUSE REACH (out March 23 via Third Man/Columbia) and releasing the first single, “Connected by Love,” Jack White has unveiled an extensive run of North American headline tour dates, along with shows in London, Paris, and Amsterdam. These dates, spanning from April to August, also include stops at the […]