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Recent Posts
- NEW ALBUM: Joe Bonamassa “Driving Towards The Daylight”
- Slow Jam The News with Barack Obama & The Roots: Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
- Guitarist Magazine Launches Deluxe Edition iPad App
- Bert Weedon, Play In A Day Author, Dies Aged 91 RIP – 1920-2012
- Tom Petty’s Guitars Stolen From Tour Rehearsal
- Axl Rose Publicly Declines His Induction Into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame In Open Letter To All
- RIP Jim Marshall OBE ~ 1923-2012
- MonkeyFest 2012 Cancelled
- Rockschool Launches Version 4 Guitar Syllabus on May 1st!
- Introducing: Phoenix Pro – The Guitar Plugin That Turns Hacks into Shredders
- SONISPHERE CANCELLED!
- 2012 G3 European Tour feat. Steve Vai, Joe Satriani & Steve Morse
- Slash performs the Allman Brothers classic ‘Jessica’ on BBC’s Top Gear show
- John Mayer forced to take “indefinite hiatus” and cancel US tour
- Eric Johnson announces first ever UK tour!
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- Just been working from the @Rockschool grade 5 book with @iisBigD for his exam later this year. Alka Sezter, All Funked Up and Bust Up. 8 hours ago
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- @NOWBath - I'll be teaching guitar to little rockers at @KESBath Pre-Prep today. Rock N' Roll! \m/. .\m/ 16 hours ago
- Happy Birthday, Paul Weller! The modster turns 54 today. Check out 1993's 'Wild Wood'from the album of the same title: youtu.be/A9_ffgwLVCs 16 hours ago
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- "Without deviations from the norm, progress is not possible." - Frank Zappa 12 hours ago
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- I met this wonderful orphaned sea otter pup called Cayucos at the @shedd_aquarium when I was in Chicago in February: youtu.be/Xb3KqtOBcLw 1 day ago
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RIP Jim Marshall OBE ~ 1923-2012
Jim Marshall, the founder of Marshall Amplification, has died aged 88. Official words from Marshall on the http://www.jimmarshall.co.uk/ website: “It is with profound sorrow that we announce the passing of our beloved founder and leader for the past 50 years, Jim Marshall. … Continue reading
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Tagged Dave Mustaine, Jim Marshall, Joe Bonamassa, Joe Perry, Leo Fender, Les Paul, Marshall Amplification, Nikki Sixx, OBE, Rest in Peace, RIP, Seth Lover, Slash, Steve Lukather, Tom Morello, Yngwie, Zakk Wylde
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Gary Moore – One year on
It was one year ago to this day that the news filtered through via social networking sites that the great blues guitarist Gary Moore had passed away while on holiday in Spain. Gary’s sad passing shocked the whole guitar community, … Continue reading
Posted in Music, News, RIP, Video, Website
Tagged Gary Moore, Lord of the Strings, Rest in Peace, RIP, The Messiah Will Come Again, White Knuckles and Blue Moods
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RIP Bert Jansch ~ 1943-2011
The legendary Scottish acoustic guitar maestro, Bert Jansch, has died today aged 67. Jansch was known as a shy performer but still managed to capture his audiences attention with mesmorising live performances that crossed way beyond the folk genre into mainstream pop … Continue reading
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Tagged Acoustic Guitar, Bernard Butler, Bert Jansch, Donovan, Folk, Glasgow, Herbert Jansch, Jimmy Page, Johnny Marr, Led Zeppelin, Mike Harding, Neil Young, Pentangle, Rest in Peace, RIP, Scottish, The Smiths
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RIP Eric Roche ~ 1967–2005
September 6th, 2011 marks the sixth anniversary of the sad passing of Eric Roche who died after a battle with throat cancer in 2005. I first saw Eric perform during a music trade show clinic, circa 2003, but had known … Continue reading
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Tagged Acoustic Guitar, Anniversary, Benjamin Guitars, DADGAD, Eric Roche, Fine Young Cannibals, Guitar Techniques, Nirvana, Rest in Peace, RIP, She Drives Me Crazy, Smells Like Teen Spirit, The Beatles, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, YouTube
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RIP David “Honey-Boy” Edwards ~ 1915-2011
The last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen David “Honey-Boy” Edwards has died of congestive heart failure at his home in Chicago aged 96. The Grammy award winning blues guitarist and singer had still been performing well into his 90s … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago Blues, David Honey-Boy Edwards, Delta Blues, Mississippi Blues, Rest in Peace, RIP, Robert Johnson
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RIP Jerry Leiber ~ 1933-2011
‘Hound Dog’ and ‘Stand By Me’ songwriter Jerry Leiber passes away aged 78 The legendary songwriter, Jerry Leiber, has died of cardiopulmonary failure in Los Angeles. The songsmith wrote hits for The Drifters, The Coasters and Ben E. Kin, and also … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben E. King, Elvis Presley, Hound Dog, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Rest in Peace, RIP, Stand By Me, The Coasters, The Drifters, Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton
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Amy Winehouse found dead, aged 27
Amy Winehouse, 27, was found dead at her home in Camden, north London today, Saturday, 23rd July 2011. A police spokesperson confirmed that a 27-year-old woman had died in Camden and that the cause of death was as yet unexplained. … Continue reading
Rockin’ All Over The Web – Google pay tribute to Les Paul with interactive doodle
Yesterday Google commemorated the 96th birthday of the legendary guitarist, inventor and musical pioneer, Les Paul with a quirky Google Doodle on the homepage of their http://www.google.com website. News of the doodle spread quickly and blog posts popped up from … Continue reading
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Tagged 96th Birthday, Anniversary, Blues, Chords, Country, Google, Google Doodle, Google Guitar, Happy Birthday, Interactive Doodle, Joy to the World, Led Zeppelin, Les Paul, Lullaby, Pop, RIP, Rock 'n' Roll, Stairway to Heaven, Twinkle Twinkle
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Honorary Google Doodle Marks Les Paul’s 96th Birthday
Google have long been known for their quirky search engine doodles to commemorate historic dates or people – see this video montage of the best of them here, incl. Leonardo Da Vinci, Sherlock Holmes and aliens to name just a … Continue reading
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Tagged 96th Birthday, Anniversary, Blues, Chords, Country, Google, Google Doodle, Google Guitar, Interactive Doodle, Les Paul, Pop, RIP, Rock 'n' Roll
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Robert Johnson, The Blues Legend at 100!
Imagine, just for one moment, that arguably the most influential blues guitarist of all time didn’t die at the infamous age of 27 but rather is alive and well today celebrating his 100th birthday with us right now – Now … Continue reading
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Tagged Cream, Crossroads, Dispelling the Myths, Eric Clapton, GuitarSquid, Rest in Peace, RIP, Robert Johnson, The Search For Robert Johnson
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