5+ hour, 16+ min ago  (74+ words) Vintage Guitar" magazine Stew Cutler's Uptown Licks Just one of the highlights from his new album, "Undercover (Mostly)," Stew Cutler's instrumental cover of the Stylistics' 1972 hit "Betcha By Golly, Wow" is a deft deconstruction that puts his arranging skills on…...

10+ hour, 8+ min ago  (647+ words) While he played different guitars through the course of his career, he is best known for the 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard he acquired in the spring of 1967 from Dan Erlewine by trading a "54 Les Paul goldtop and $100." That iconic "59 "Burst,…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago  (399+ words) You're a Freddie King guy. He's my hero. He's pretty hard to beat in any era, and I get inspired by him all the time. I've seen all the TV shows from the mid '60s. He was an all-around everything " artist,…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (74+ words) Vintage Guitar" magazine Sean Mc Donald's Vintage Blues Sean Mc Donald and his (scrumptious!) '52 Gibson ES-5, plugged into a Fender Deluxe Reverb, show a bit of the jump-blues style that makes his new album, "Have Mercy!" a time-traveling thrill ride....

5+ day, 9+ hour ago  (206+ words) Still Crossing Vintage Guitar" magazine FM anthems are often viewed as sacred works not to be toyed with. Not so fast. Cuban-American jazzer Jorge Garcia released Crossover in 2020 as his first adventure in updating vintage warhorses. On Still Crossing, he's…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago  (117+ words) Before passing away at age 70 in 2023, Henderson and his Bluebloods, Kingsnakes, and Snakes held down Blue Mondays for almost 40 years " playing lowdown blues and rock joyously against the Music City grain. He was a member of the Steel Drivers with…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago  (218+ words) Rodney Crowell Vintage Guitar" magazine More than a half-century ago, Rodney Crowell emerged from Emmylou Harris" Hot Band as a fully formed composer and compelling vocalist who racked up a string of #1 solo country singles in the late "80s. Time has…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (126+ words) On Lou Ann Barton's back-catalog version of "Sugar Coated Love," Vaughan's Strat solo is explosive. Unfortunately, the insertion of spoken introductions by Mr. Antone on many selections is distracting. Guitar highlights on the newly recorded tracks include John Primer's reading…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (85+ words) Armed with his'Guild S-100 Polara plugged into a Way Huge Deep State and Dumble Overdrive Special (both borrowed from Bonamassa), Mc Cray was ready to rumble. In all, Heartbreak City is an awesome record for soul-blues lovers and features guitar performances…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (136+ words) What inspired the magazine's name? At first, I suggested Guitar Gear or Guitar Shop. I settled on the latter, as it alluded both to any funky local guitar store, and to Jeff Beck's wicked 1989 album. I also interviewed golden-age Gibson…...