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Goodbye to an old friend...
Published on 2011-05-19 07:31:00
Well, today I say goodbye to an old friend. She's a 1967 Gibson SG Special. This guitar came into my life back in July 1972 in Ridgefield, Connecticut. Prior to us coming together, I was nuts over music. This was the time of Grand Funk Railroad, Jimi > read more
Published on 2011-04-19 17:26:00
Order Name ArtistSet 1.01 No Matter What - Badfinger Set 1.02 Working For > read more
Saturday, in the park! I think it was the fourth of July!
Published on 2011-04-10 12:40:00
Here's a video of my favorite Chicago song. I remember this charting when I was going to school at the University of Bridgeport (CT) back in 1972. I always loved the rockin' piano beginning and the trade-off singing between Bob Lamm and Peter Cetera. > read more
Born to be Wild!
Published on 2011-04-08 12:35:00
Just thinking about "Born to be Wild" by Steppenwolf. Here was a great band who were influential back in the mid to late 60's into the mid 70's.The first album I bought came from a Capitol Records membership I had back then. I forgot to send the card > read more
Published on 2011-04-06 09:44:00
Hey now! Just signed up with three different guitar blog sites you might be interested in.The first is tube freaks guitar forum. This site is reborn from about a year ago. Problems then with spam and such. Go over and check it out. It's all about gu > read more
Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin', into the future!
Published on 2011-03-22 06:49:00
Man, time to get my ass in gear! Only two posts last year? Well the latest update on the band... Rick, the original bass player left last summer. Too busy chasing skirts. We had a succession of bass players, keyboardists and vocalists since then. Not > read more
Peter Frampton killed rock and roll!
Published on 2010-06-06 20:11:00
New SKB Pedalboard!
Published on 2010-03-23 18:35:00
Wow! Has it been almost six months since I last posted? Damn! Anyway, got a new pedal board a couple of weeks ago. It's a SKB-45. Won it on eBay for about $160. Looks like it has never been used! New condition, all the cables and velcro. This thing i > read more
Guitar god - Gary Richrath, REO Speedwagon!
Published on 2009-09-28 19:00:00
If you ask my cousin Alan who was the greatest guitarist of the 1970's in one of the "rocking-est" bands, he will tell you Gary Richrath. Who? Yeah that's what I hear nowadays. Richrath was one of the preeminent rock and roll guitarists of the era. H > read more
Journey with Night Ranger - Orlando, FL Amway Arena
Published on 2009-09-24 19:25:00
Last night Cindy and I went to see Night Ranger and Journey at the Amway Arena in Orlando, Fl. The kids bought the tickets for Mother's Day/Birthday. The seats weren't bad. We sat slightly to the left in front of the stage. I figured the sound would > read more
The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get!
Published on 2009-09-16 19:48:00
I was coming home from yoga last night and I plugged in a CD I made a few weeks back. After listening to Ten Years After, Toto and Queen, one of my favorite tracks came on from one of my favorite bands. "Stop" by the James Gang. For some reason, this > read more
Robin Trower, blues-rock guitarist extraordinaire!
Published on 2009-09-15 14:41:00
I have loved Robin Trower's guitar sound since the early seventies.The shimmering, ethereal, sad minor notes! Stereo chorus and phase shifted, heavy feedback sound coming from his Stratocaster through stacks of Marshall's! Sweet!He's a British guitar > read more
Published on 2009-09-13 17:22:00
Ah yes, our group has been together for around six months now. Me on guitar, Scott on drums and Rick on bass. Our set includes "Wheel in the Sky" by Journey, "No Matter What" and "Baby Blue" by Badfinger, "Fool for the City" by Foghat, "Closer to Hom > read more
I'm goin' home! See my baby! Goin' home! See my wife!
Published on 2009-08-31 20:29:00
Another mind altering guitarist from the late sixties, may I present Alvin Lee of Ten Years After. Alvin is a blues guitarist from England who rocked my world when I bought their album Ssssh... An amazing work from "Bad Scene"to "Two Time Mama". But > read more
Sir Lord Baltimore! Check them out, now!
Published on 2009-08-15 19:28:00
One of the baddest ass guitarist of the early 1970's. Louis Dambra set a new standard of playing long before Frank Marino, Robin Trower, Eddie Van Halen and a host of other shredders going back to the '80's. Check out his phenomenal chops on their de > read more
Sticker shock!
Published on 2009-08-07 14:06:00
OK, it's been awhile since I bought picks or a guitar strap. I went to the local Guitar Center today just to kill time at lunch. I needed a strap of my Messenger guitar which I want to play some Grand Funk songs in the band. I checked out what I thou > read more