Still Strumming and Rocking After All These Years (New York Times)

5 September 2008, 8:30 pm

The musician Billy Hector realized long ago that sometimes it?s better to put out your own recordings, and sell them yourself to loyal fans.... read more

Fender Presents '50th Anniversary Jazzmaster Concert' On Sept. 12 At New York's Knitting Factory Performances By ... (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

5 September 2008, 12:01 am

To celebrate the rich legacy of the Jazzmaster® guitar, Fender is hosting the 50th Anniversary Jazzmaster Concert on Friday, Sept. 12, 2008, at New York's famous Knitting Factory nightclub.... read more

Guitar Hero (New York Times)

4 September 2008, 10:26 pm

Television ’s Tom Verlaine bought his cheap in the early ’70s because nobody else wanted one. Elvis Costello liked its shape and versatility. Johnny Marr of the Smiths (now of Modest Mouse) was attracted to its machine gun qualities.... read more

U.S. guitar company still plays to its own tune (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

22 August 2008, 4:27 pm

Rickenbacker International has a problem that General Motors would love to have. The company that made the first electric guitar and whose instruments were popularized by the Beatles in the 1960s can't make them fast enough.... read more

The Genius of Jeff Healey (The New York Sun)

17 August 2008, 5:56 pm

Any discussion of blind idols in the movies would probably start with the comic book hero "Daredevil," move to the fictional Frank Slade (portrayed to Oscar-winning effect by Al Pacino) in "Scent of a Woman," and arrive at the very real Ray Charles (Jamie Foxx, also an Oscar winner for the role) in ... read more

Live Review: Tom Petty in Calgary (Jam! Showbiz)

12 August 2008, 2:34 am

CALGARY - Hitting the stage with a full beard and the same shoulder length haircut he's had since... he was born perhaps, Tom Petty wasted little time getting down to the hits at the Saddledome last night, playing several of them right off the bat including Free Fallin' and Listen to Her Heart.... read more

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