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It must be nice to be Tom Petty & Co.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers in OK, so like I said in yesterday's awesome blog post, MOJO, the new album by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, came out Tuesday, June 15. Musically, it's all still...
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Get yer kicks with Aria’s new World Cup guitar
Just in time for the World Cup! As a guy with a guitar blog -- and a big fan of every World Cup since 1994 -- I am happy to present you with this gem: the Aria Gold Rush 2010 FIFA World Cup Electric...
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Justin Hayward uses a Fender Super-Sonic amp
The business end of the Fender Super-Sonic combo. I saw The Moody Blues at the Community Theatre in Morristown last night. These days, the band features three original members -- Justin Hayward...
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In Decmber 2009, Mister Neutron (That's my modern-surf/instro band; we made three albums on Deep Eddy Records, got lots of airplay in the Midwest and performed across the country, including two...
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New Deep Eddy Records comp at cutting edge of modern surf rock
OFF THE DEEP END is the new surf/instro compilation by Deep Eddy Records. Deep Eddy Records in Austin, Texas, has released OFF THE DEEP END, a new compilation CD featuring 24 original surfin' tunes by...
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Ode to my almost-famous namesake from France
French composer Ernest Fanelli -- and his mustache -- in Paris, 1912. Has he written the next modern-surf-rock classic? Here's my latest iTunes bill: Pimsleur French 2, Unit 22 (an audiobook) ... $5.95...
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Squeeze’s ‘Spot the Difference’ is spot on, Part 1
The 2010 version of Squeeze. From left, Stephen Large, Glenn Tilbrook, Chris Difford, John Bentley and Simon Hanson. OK, so, last Tuesday, Aug. 3, two very cool albums came out. To put that in...
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Squeeze’s ‘Spot the Difference’ is spot on, Part 2
Can you spot the difference? I can -- and did. Read this blog! Here's a song-by-song assessment of how Difford, Tilbrook, Bentley & Co. -- aka Squeeze -- did when trying to reproduce 14 of their...
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An ode to RotoSound strings
RotoSound 10's: I love these things. Hi there. This is just a brief note to say that RotoSound 10's (in that attractive yellow cardboard box) are some dynamic, lean, lanky and awesome electric guitar...
View ArticleVideo from this past weekend’s GuitarCon 2010 (featuring Mister Neutron)
Here's a Daily Record video from GuitarCon 2010, a guitar convention at the Parsippany Hilton this past Friday and Saturday, Oct. 22 and 23. The video shows Mister Neutron (That's me on guitar) playing...
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