Jas Obrecht: Stevie Ray Vaughan’s “Texas Flood” Sessions
May 19, 2023 Artists, Education, Gear History, Gear Tutorials, Recording
The inside story of the making of the landmark blues album and the gear used by SRV as told by people who were there.
Tags: b.b. king, blues guitar, buddy guy, Double Trouble, Dumble amplifier, electric blues, Fender amplifier, Fender Stratocaster, jackson browne, John Lee Hooker, srv, steel string singer, Texas Flood
Jas Obrecht: Lonnie Johnson – The Most Influential Blues Guitarist Ever
Feb 22, 2022 Artists, Education, Thought Leadership
Veteran author and journalist Jas Obrecht spotlights the seminal yet often overlooked jazz and blues virtuoso in our celebration of Black History Month.
Tags: b.b. king, black history month, blues guitar, buddy guy, charlie christian, chuck berry, duke ellington, jazz guitar, louis armstrong, robert johnson, t-bone walker
Dr. Molly Miller: Pioneering Women of The Guitar
Mar 30, 2021 Artists, Education, Thought Leadership
Dr. Molly Miller spotlights Memphis Minnie, Maybelle Carter, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe in this celebration of Women’s History Month.
Tags: blues guitar, country guitar, country music, maybelle carter, memphis minnie, mother maybelle carter, queen of the country blues, rock and roll, rock guitar, sister rosetta tharpe, the carter family, women guitarists
Chris Gill: Nashville’s Dirty Secret – Country Music’s Founding Forefathers of Fuzz
Apr 8, 2020 Artists, Education, Gear History
Chris Gill recounts that years before and after the Stones recorded “Satisfaction,” fuzz guitar was featured on dozens of country singles.
Tags: blues guitar, country music, distortion, distortion pedal, fuzz, guitar, guitar effect, guitar effects pedal, guitarist, rock guitar, square wave distortion
