Posted in Guitar Players, News, Videos on Nov 28th, 2007 2 Comments »
Quiet Riot singer Kevin Dubrow was found dead in his Las Vegas home on Sunday, November 25th. It’s uncertain yet how he died, or even when. He may have been dead up to six days before his body was discovered. Kevin was the colorful frontman of Quiet Riot, who are probably best known for bringing [...]
Posted in Fun Stuff, Guitar Players, Videos on Nov 26th, 2007 1 Comment »
Until earlier this year, Marty Friedman (Cacophony, Megadeth) co-hosted a Japanese rock/variety show called ‘Rock Fujiyama‘. Marty’s good friend Paul Gilbert (Racer X, Mr Big) also made an appearance on the show. Both guitarists are very popular in Japan, especially Marty, who lives in Japan and is a fixture on Japanese music television. Both also [...]
Posted in Fun Stuff, Guitar Players, Videos on Nov 25th, 2007 3 Comments »
The Brian Setzer Orchestra has begun their 6th Annual Christmas Extravaganza Tour. The show features Brian and his 17-piece swing band playing rockabilly/swing versions of Christmas songs, as well as Stray Cats tunes, classical music and some other classic rock songs. I have heard from those who have seen it, that the show is fantastic. [...]
Posted in Guitar Lessons, Guitar Players, Videos on Nov 18th, 2007 3 Comments »
Rodrigo y Gabriela are Rodrigo Sanchez (lead guitar) and Gabriela Quintero (rhythm guitar, percussion), an acoustic guitar duo from Mexico City, Mexico, now living in Ireland. They play a unique style of guitar that contains elements of folk, flamenco and thrash metal. Their self-titled album ‘Rodrigo y Gabriela‘ was released in 2006, and contains some [...]
Posted in Guitar Lessons, Guitar Players, Songs, Videos on Nov 9th, 2007 1 Comment »
Edgar Cruz is a classical solo guitar player and National Guitar Fingerpicking Champion who has 10 solo CD’s, and a very popular, award-winning instructional DVD called ‘Arranging for Solo Guitar: The Queen Titles’. In this DVD, Edgar shows how he plays hit songs by Queen on classical guitar, including his popular version of Bohemian Rhapsody. [...]
Posted in Guitar Players, Videos on Nov 3rd, 2007 4 Comments »
I recently became familiar with the works of Australian guitarist John Butler. Although he is not yet widely known in the US, he is tremendously popular in Australia. He’s a very talented musician, who’s style is eclectic, but often is described as acoustic world music. In addition to the acoustic guitar, John also plays the [...]
Posted in Guitar Players, News, Videos on Oct 22nd, 2007 8 Comments »
Guitar Jam Daily has posted a recent interview they did with Michael Angelo Batio. If you’re not familiar with MAB, he played in the 80′s metal band Nitro, and is known for his amazing shredding abilities. He was crowned “Fastest Guitar Shredder of All Time” by Guitar One Magazine. He currently performs as a solo [...]
Posted in Guitar Players, Videos on Jul 1st, 2007 1 Comment »
Some of you may be familiar with Andy McKee. If not, he is an acoustic guitar player, who like his influence the Guitar-Harp Andy playing his about his influences For more videos featuring Andy on guitar, check out the his official web site.