Michael Russell2 days ago“When I heard Sonic Youth, I was like, ‘I need a Jazzmaster, and I’m gonna put duct tape on it!’”: Bartees Strange on working with superstar producer Jack Antonoff, his vintage guitar collection, and emulating Neil Young’s “spluttery” guitar soundsguitarworld.com - Cheri AmourBartees Strange is in the 4AD basement studio where he created his breakthrough second record, Farm To Table. But it’s not exactly home-away-from-home …
Michael Russell“His songs are timeless, you can’t tell if they were written in the 1400s or now”: Michael Hurley, guitarist and singer/songwriter known as the ‘Godfather of freak folk,’ dies at 83guitarworld.com - Jackson MaxwellMichael Hurley, a unique guitarist and songwriter known as the ‘Godfather of freak folk,’ died last week at the age of 83. His death was confirmed in …
Michael Russell“I thought, ‘This is boring. I play these songs all the time! Where’s the audience to cheer me up?’” Richard Thompson’s battle against barking dogs, overhead planes and leaf blowers to make Acoustic Classicsloudersound.com - Grant MoonIn 2014, Fairport Convention co-founder Richard Thompson released Acoustic Classics, his first solo album in three decades. That year he admitted to Prog …
Michael Russell“Freddie King would ask me why I never tried using thumbpicks – I just couldn't play with one”: He took Jimi Hendrix's place in Little Richard's band, was idolized by Stevie Ray Vaughan, and is one of the most overlooked Telecaster slingers of all timeguitarworld.com - Bill MilkowskiIt's a sweaty, booty-shakin', chick-chasin', money-wastin' Saturday night at Tramps, a Manhattan R&B/zydeco club that comes about as close to a …
Michael Russell“It was like standing next to a hurricane.” Eric Johnson on the night he and Stevie Ray Vaughan jammed Jimi Hendrix. Fortunately, someone was running tapeGuitar Player - Jonathan GrahamTexas has a rich history of producing guitar greats, and when two of its finest share the stage for a rare collaboration, you know something special …
Michael Russell“I’m sitting on the couch with a guitar, and Jeff is standing over me. He pulled out a notebook with lyrics and doodles, started singing, and that was Grace”: How Gary Lucas made guitar magic with Jeff Buckley, Captain Beefheart and Chris Cornellguitarworld.com - Andrew DalyGary Lucas has been called the “thinking man’s guitar hero” – but based on his work with Captain Beefheart, Jeff Buckley and Chris Cornell, perhaps …
