Maybe You Should Know Jeff Healey

Danny has a great post on Jeff Healey, one of my favourite players. He says:
‘Jeff Healey was truly one of the gifted guitarists of our time. His talent was not about playing well in spite of an impairment, but rather playing so well that it was possible to miss that he was impaired in any [...]

Happy Birthday, BB King

Danny has an excellent post to mark BB King’s 83rd birthday. AS I said in this post about the Epiphone BB King Lucille, BB is one of my favourite all-time guitar players. I saw him live a couple of times, once in 1989 and once in 1993 and both nights were amazing. Sadly, he’s retired from touring outside the US, but there are plenty of live recordings available from over the years. In particular, Live at the Regal, and Live at San Quentin are very worthwhile checking out.

Bo Diddley 1928 - 2008

The word unique is used far too often, to the point where it has little meaning. But that’s exactly what Bo Diddley was, unique. A true original.

Bo Diddley by Aconcagua licensed under Creative Commons ShareAlike 2.0.

While the Rock ‘n Roll musicians of the mid and late fifties drew their influences from country music and the [...]

Epiphone Amplifiers

Epiphone made valve amps way back in the Sixties, mostly copies of Gibson and Fender tube amps. It quit the market and only re-entered in 2006. Now it has a bunch of valve amps aimed at serious guitar players searching for that tonal warmth that you only get from a great tube amp