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Archives for April 2010

Robben Ford

April 28, 2010 by Brian 1 Comment

Robben Ford

If you took blues and jazz and put them in a blender you'd end up with something that resembles Robben Ford. Robben is one of my all time favorite guitar players (and singers), and for whatever reason he's relatively obscure. He actually has quite an impressive resume playing with Joni Mitchell, Miles Davis, George Harrison, Bonnie Raitt, and Michael McDonald to name a few. On top of being a great backup / session artist he has an equally impressive solo career. If you're interested in picking … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Inspirational Guitar Players Tagged With: blue line, nothin but the blues, robben ford

Any Bill Kirchen Fans In The House?

April 20, 2010 by Brian 6 Comments

Bill Kirchen

Back in the mid / late nineties I was living in Memphis and being a big fan of blues guitar you can imagine the Euphoria I was experiencing regarding the local music scene. Great music, great food, although not necessarily a great place to live... at least not the area I was living in. Any way, I went out on a mission to find a decent band to listen to and stumbled into Young Avenue Deli (great place for music) and Bill Kirchen happened to be playing that night. At that time, I hadn't heard of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Inspirational Guitar Players Tagged With: bill kirchen, dieselbilly, hot rod lincoln

For Lack of a Better Title, I’ll Just Call This One “Perseverance”

April 16, 2010 by Brian 8 Comments

No Arms Guitar Player

Wow, and to think some people give up on playing guitar because their fingers get too sore. You've got to wonder how many times he's dropped that pick into the sound hole. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Interesting Finds Tagged With: guitar player, no arms

Mark Knopfler – Brothers In Arms

April 5, 2010 by Brian 2 Comments

Mark Knopfler - Brothers in Arms

In preparing the Mark Knopfler guitar lesson that I just launched the other day, I was looking through a few clips on YouTube for inspiration and I came across Mark Knopfler playing "Brothers In Arms" at the Montserrat concert in London back in the mid to late 90s. I remember buying this DVD when it came out and being blown away when he plays Brothers In Arms (this sounds incredible in surround sound by the way) - so I was happy to see that some generous soul out there posted this. I've always … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Inspirational Guitar Players Tagged With: brothers in arms, dire straits, mark knopfler

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