Rusty Paul: The Les Paul Interview Part III. :: By: Rick Landers In the third and final segment of our three-part interview with Les Paul’s son, Rusty Paul, Rusty delves into how he plans on perpetuating Les Paul’s legacy, the early days of Fender, competition between the guitar makers, Joe Satriani, and the magic that inherently came along with Les wherever he went. ****** Rick: I was talking to a mutual friend, George Dassinger, who mentioned you got a couple of phone calls recently from a couple of guys who invited you to their concerts. You want to talk about those guys a little bit
The Two Memorable Guitarists. :: Guitarist is the people who mastering in guitars and he or she is one of the musician who give contribution in the music world. In spite of he or she is not famous or popular and even his or her creations too. To be a famous guitars artist is not simple and the way to [...]
Report: Google’s Les Paul Doodle Cost Businesses $268.4 Million. :: A report by Extreme Tech estimated that last week’s Google “doodle,” featuring a playable stringed logo in honor of the late Les Paul, cost businesses £166 million ($268.4 million) in lost productivity. The doodle was released on what would have been the guitar great’s 96 th birthday, June 9. It proved so popular that the search engine site left the doodle up on its landing page for a second day
Metallica and Lou Reed Join Forces for New Album. :: Metallica confirmed last night (June 15) that they’ve recorded a full length album with Lou Reed. On their official website, the band writes: "Ever since we had the pleasure of performing with Lou at the 25th Anniversary of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at Madison Square Garden in October of 2009, we have been kicking around the idea of making a record together. We have been working at our home studio at HQ on and off over the last few months. In what would be lightning speed for a Metallica related project, we recorded ten songs during this time and while at this moment we're not exactly sure when you'll hear it, we're beyond excited to share with you that the recording sessions wrapped up last week." In a just-published interview with Rollingstone.com , Reed described the project as "a marriage made in heaven." "I knew it from the first day we played together," he said. "'Oh, man, this is perfection, right in front of me.' " No release date has been set for the album, which has yet to be titled
The Memorial Spot of Jimi Hendrix Grave to Remember the Blues Rock Guitarist. :: When an idol is death, his spirit live forever toward his work, such as songs and music. No matter the controversial case and cause of his death, many fans will always commemorate the date annually. The commemoration may take the action as putting bouquet of flowers on his graveyard or memorial site. It may take [...]
This Day in Music: June 17th. :: Brought to you by ThisDayinMusic.com Born on this day: 1930, Cliff Gallup, guitarist, Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps 1946, Barry Manilow, singer, songwriter 1947, Glenn Buxton, guitar, Alice Cooper Band 1947, Paul Young, singer, Sad Cafe 1954, guitarist Danny Cedrone died following a freak accident after he had recorded the lead guitar break on “Rock Around The Clock” with Bill Haley and His Comets. For more on this story, see This Day in Music Spotlight . 1955, after a month of booking gigs in larger venues in Dallas and Houston, Colonel Tom Parker arranged a meeting with Elvis Presley's manager, Bob Neal, resulting in an agreement that saw the Colonel handle Presley's gigs and career strategy from now on.
The Best Jazz Guitarist All Time We Should Know. :: According to many independent music sources, jazz guitarists mostly come from the United States. That greatly supports the fact that the jazz music was born in the country few decades ago. No wonder if in the list of the best jazz guitarist all time, there are many names of American guitar players in it. In [...]
Top 10 Stories of the Week in Music News. :: It’s been another crazy and exciting week in the world of rock and roll. Former Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy announced a new band, Metallica and Lou Reed teamed up for a record and Pete Townshend’s Quadrophenia Les Paul guitar sold at auction for a cool $50,000
Best Band of The Century. :: Everyone loves music and you might be the greatest fan of a famous band. So, who is your favorite musician and what is your favorite band? There are lots of best bands in this world such as the Beatles, Rolling Stone, the Bee Gees, Metallica, Guns n Roses, and many more. As the best bands [...]
