Robert Plant – Then and Now

Good Old Robert:

Making his mark as the fresh-faced singer and master of ceremonies for the revolutionary band Led Zeppelin, as seen in the photo on the left, Plant along with guitarist Jimmy Page, drummer John Bonham and bassist John Paul Jones truly set the bar that ...
The old poser himself

President Obama sings Sweet Home Chicago

Now we've ALL got the Blues!:

President Obama sang a few lines from “Sweet Home Chicago” with blues greats BB King and Buddy Guy Tuesday night during a performance at the White House. Post music critic Chris Richards asked, “Had the White House ever felt more like a roadhouse” and ...
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Bit more gear to check out - Okko Coca comp Compressor

You can NEVER have too many pedals...until your wife chucks 'em out!

Walter Trout comes to Sutton

Get along to this one - I certainly will:

Walter Trout; the former lead player with John Mayall and the Blues Breakers, Canned Heat and John Lee Hooker, recently celebrated his 20th year as a solo recording artist. His practical schooling in blues started when he arrived in Los Angeles in 1973 ...
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B.B. King back on the Road

Some information here about BB King's spring tour:

Prolific bluesman BB King has carved out a North American tour this spring, visiting casinos and theaters just a few months after celebrating his 86th birthday. Beginning with a March 17 show in Lake Charles, LA, the iconic musician will take to the ... See all stories on this topic »

SoundSpike

Fender Looks to Rock the Public Markets

Get yer Fender shares:

Over the last several decades, the company's guitars, banjos, ukuleles and mandolins have struck a chord with a broad range of musicians in rock, pop and blues. Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix and Buddy Guy, recognized as some of the world's best guitarists ... See all stories on this topic »

New York Time

Guitar Circuit Tricks

now you can wreck that Les Paul:

From the moment guitarists first plugged into amplifiers, they began looking for ways to customize their sound. Really, the first effect was not a primitive tremolo or reverb. It was the suite of controls on board guitars themselves. See all stories on this topic »

Gibson

Jimmy Page £495 autobiography sells out

Think I'll Read the Paperback version:

'Jimmy Page By Jimmy Page' – which cost £495 – is 512 pages long and features over 650 images of Page from throughout his career. It sold out through ...
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Harvey Goldsmith Article

Harvey at the White House:

Last month he was in the 200-strong audience in the East Wing of the White House for the most intimate and exclusive of gigs, starring Mick Jagger, Jeff Beck (whom he manages) and of course Barack Obama, who sang Sweet Home Chicago with B B King. See all stories on this topic »

Evening Standard

Martin Guitar Fest

Martin Fest:

The Martin Guitar Museum in Nazareth, Northampton Co., is showing off tons of guitars as part of the Rock Through the Valley exhibits. "We have the distinction here of having a tremendous collection of more than 1000 guitars, many of which are artist ...
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Martin Guitar rocks museum with exhibit of legendary instruments

Martin Fest:

The Martin Guitar Museum in Nazareth, Northampton Co., is showing off tons of guitars as part of the Rock Through the Valley exhibits. "We have the distinction here of having a tremendous collection of more than 1000 guitars, many of which are artist ...
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John Mayall - Gig of the Week

The Old Man of the Blues is Back:

Liverpool's King's Dock on July 19th 2003 was the venue for a long awaited and much anticipated reunion between Eric Clapton and John Mayall & The ...
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Ted Nugent picks the 11 greatest guitarists of all time

MusicRadar.com wrote:

Recently, we checked in with Uncle Ted again, but this time we posed to him a far weightier question: Who are the 10 greatest guitarists of all time? As you would expect, the Nuge didn't disappoint - he went to 11. But Nugent is quick to stress that ... See all stories on this topic »

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