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AX FACTS & STATS Vol. 23: TRAIN’s Jimmy Stafford An Exclusive Interview/questionnaire by Dave Roberts for Extremeguitars.com! Welcome once again! This month ExtremeGuitars.com is privileged to welcome Grammy award winning TRAIN guitarist Jimmy Stafford as we once again ask your guitar heroes the only questions that matter in a modest segment we like to label […]
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RATT’s AIDS TRAGEDY Ratt guitarist Robbin Crosby has admitted to having AIDS. Crosby went on KNAC radio and confirmed the long rumoured story that he has been fighting the virus for 7 years now. Crosby says he got into heroin early in the Ratt career and that is how he acquired AIDS. KNAC report that
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AL PETTEWAY – CELTIC FINGERSTYLE GUITAR by Mike Fred I am not one to rush out and buy an instructional video. For the most part, instructional videos are shallow and offer little of how to actually improve your technique and enhance one’s abilities on an instrument. They are generally nothing more than a means to
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INTERVIEW WITH SISTER HAZEL’S RYAN NEWELL Sister Hazel emerged onto the rock scene in the mid 1990s, a period I like to refer to as the “southeastern invasion”; a time when Seattle was no longer the main focus of the music industry. Hootie, Ben Folds and several other bands brought focus to the southeastern musical
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Tony Iommi posted on his Facebook Page about his recovery process from Lymphoma. You may recall that back in January it was announced that Tony, who is Black Sabbath’s guitarist, had been diagnosed with a form of cancer known as lymphoma. Lymphoma can be deadly, however the survival rates are higher than they are for
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Stuart Smith Interview By Mike Fred There is a new guitar slinger in town and you all should be aware of this guy! His name is Stuart Smith. No cheap licks or tricks, just great music by a group of seasoned musicians with notable backgrounds in the music business! Names like Richie Sambora, Glenn Hughes
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Jimmy Page said, “At one point, I was absolutely obsessed with Bert Jansch”. [Click to Enlarge Image by Chris Barber] Bert Jansch died in London on Wednesday the 5th of October 2011, from lung cancer, aged 67. He may not have been a house-hold name, but he had a successful career recording over 30 albums
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No politics… Just Rock and Roll – oh wait, this is political! The Tea Party, the Canadian rock band who’s lead singer could be mistaken for a reincarnated Jim Morrison, may be on the verge of a $1 Million deal to sell their domain name teaparty.com. When the band formed back in 1990 they chose
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Chet Atkins Born: Jun 20, 1924 in Luttrell, TN Died: Jun 30, 2001 in Nashville, TN Style: Country, Nashville Sound, Boogie Instruments: Fiddle, Guitar, Vocals CDs | TAB | Bio | Links | www.misterguitar.com Without Chet Atkins, country music may never have crossed over into the pop charts in the ’50s and ’60s. Although he
Normally we don’t usually talk about album releases here on GuitarSite.com – but there are a select few guitarists who’s ability is so great that we can’t go without mentioning them – and Tommy Emmanuel is on that short list of virtuoso guitarists! I haven’t had a chance to listen to the album yet so
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