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It may seem strange and unfair to describe guitarist Roy Buchanan (1939-1988) as an underachiever. An uncommon master of the Fender Telecaster, Buchanan bonded gospel, blues and country dialects in a lashing-treble lightning-speed attack, with a melodic concentration that almost sounded like wild-animal singing. But Buchanan — a legendary sideman (he played on Dale Hawkins‘ [...]  

Some musicians become synonymous with their instruments: John Coltrane owns the tenor sax; Eddie Van Halen has his Frankenstrat; and it's hard to picture John Popper, lead singer of Blues Traveler, without a harmonica pressed to his lips.Yet Hohner, one of the world's foremost harmonica manu...  

Coco Montoya (b. Henry Montoya, January 1, 1951 in Santa Monica, California) is a blues guitarist and former member of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers - his career began in the mid-70s with Albert Collins as a drummer. Some good staples on this albumThe Essential Coco MontoyaThe Essential Coco Montoya  

Westchester, NY - Fresh from their sold-out September concert featuring guitarist John Scofield, the Westchester Jazz Orchestra will perform "Sax Masters: The Music of Coltrane, Cannonball, Bird and More" at 8 PM on Sat., Dec. 5 at the Irvington Town Hall Theater, 85 Main Street, Irvington, NY. (Snow date Sun., Dec.6, 7 PM.)...  

I just read a review of Blues Guitar Spotlight from the makers of Learn and Master Guitar, and decided to write a post about it since I know from experience that Legacy Systems (the makers of the courses) always brings out very high quality educational material. They just released a new DVD based lesson package [...]  

Personnel ← Previous revision Revision as of 19:37, 24 October 2009 Line 38: Line 38: *Hugh McKenna - Electric piano *Hugh McKenna - Electric piano *[[Chris Glen]] - Bass guitar *[[Chris Glen]] - Bass guitar - *Eddie McKenna - Drums + *[[Ted McKenna|Eddie McKenna]] - Drums *Phil Kenzie - Tenor saxophone *Phil Kenzie - Tenor saxophone *Big Bud's...  

King, Freddie King, Buddy Guy, Elmore James and singers like Ray Charles, Wilson Pickett and James Brown. By his late 20s, Castro ... Tommy Castro Band served as the house band for three seasons on NBC Television's "Comedy Showcase," airing right ...  

Current use ← Previous revision Revision as of 01:52, 10 October 2009 Line 76: Line 76: In more recent years there has been an upsurge of interest in the tenor guitar and luthiers such as Joel Eckhaus of Earnest Instruments now commonly adapt or build them. Tenors are now even being manufactured in small numbers again with models offered by Gold Tone Instruments...