Robben Ford has just released a NEW LIVE ALBUM titled “Soul on Ten”.
Jazzuality.com posted an exclusive interview where they asked Robben about the blues, the saxophone, fusion and the new release.
You can read the introduction here, then follow the link for the entire interview.
From Jazzuality:
40 years in business is remarkable, especially when one fills it with colorful experience. Robben Ford is widely known to have a diverse career. Mainly he’s a brilliant blues guitarist with virtuosic skill, but he has marked his path at jazz and rock as well. This has placed him as one of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of the 20th Century” by Musician Magazine plus five Grammy Award nominations. He’s been working with many other big names in different fields, and all these experiences has shaped him into who he is today. Blues is not the same in his hand, because just like a canvas he paints it with many colors and shapes.
Those of you who visit this blog often know that The GuitarDaddy is a huge fan of Joe Bonamassa. It is hard for me to go more than a couple of weeks without posting something about Joe and his amazing guitar skills.
This video appeared on YouTube two weeks ago and the quality is so stunning that I have to share it with The Guitar BUZZ readers. Be patient as it will take a while to download… once it does, click full-screen HQ then sit back and enjoy.
This is almost as good as seeing Joe live! FROM THE FRONT ROW!
We are all driven and inspired to play like our favorite guitar heroes. We listen to their music and we practice their licks. We spend hours working on our “Layla” and “Europa” imitations and and perturbed and frustrated when we can’t pull them off note-for-note.
Because of the amazing story of Mark Goffeney, I will not allow that to happen to me — ever again. I will forever look at the guitar — and my ability to “master” playing it — completely different.
I read Mark’s story when a friend emailed me a link to “Ability Magazine”. I immediately went to YouTube look for a video of Mark in action. All I can say is that this in one of the most inspirational videos I have ever seen.
Mark was born without arms and learned to play the guitar with his feet. He has played and performed as far back as he can remember. He chuckles about being the poster child for “The Easter Seals” and “March of Dimes” telethons.
Mark started singing and playing guitar in a band in the 9th grade. Today, he is the lead guitarist and vocalist for the “Big Toe” band from San Diego.
Take a look at one of the most inspirational videos you will ever see:
There’s a really cool slide show on the AskMen.com web site (I understand that women can visit the site as long as they don’t ask any questions…!)
The slides depict 10 famous guitarists along with their equally famous guitars.
The idea behind the slide show goes like this:
“These iconic guitarists have owned hundreds of different instruments over the years, but the one thing all these men have in common is a deep love for that one special ax. Whether it’s a well-aged acoustic or a banged-up electric, certain guitars have the uncanny ability to become just as famous as their owners.
From the international theft of George Harrison’s “Lucy” to the raging inferno that gave birth to B.B. King’s “Lucille,” these are the stories behind the most celebrated six-strings in the music industry.”
Everybody has to start somewhere, even if that somewhere is sitting Indian-style on the floor in your bedroom, plucking out an awkward first chord and feeling like a dork. In fact that’s what stops most wannabe guitarists before they’ve even begun: The initial agony of knowing nothing just doesn’t match up with the imagined ecstasy of ripping into a guitar right off the bat.
But the fact that even Frank Zappa got his start fooling with chord books and that John Mayer was subjected to a year of guitar store lessons is somewhat heartening, right? This collection of quotes imply that not only does their love of music bind these amazing guitarists but also their complete and utter dedication to learning guitar. As Judas Priest’s Glenn Tipton said, “I gave dedication a completely new meaning.”
Stroll on over to Gibson Lifestyle to read the rest of this superb post by clicking HERE.
Rolling Stone’s list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists was published several years ago… but is worth re-visiting. Especially since there are many NEW guitarists who picked up an axe for the first time AFTER this list was published.
Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Duane Allman, Chuck Berry, SRV, Warren Haynes, Buddy Guy, Kurt Cobain – find out where your favorite six-string legend ranks on the list. Kirk Hammett, Keith Richards, Jimmy Page and more. Many more.
A new documentary film takes a close look at 3 guitar players from different generations. The tag line is: “A Documentary on the Electric Guitar From the Point of View of Three Rock Legends”.
Who are the 3 players? The Edge, Jimmy Page and Jack White!
“It Might Get Loud” covers how each of the guitarists first got started playing guitar, who their influences were and how they got together with their respective bands
From the official web site… “It Might Get Loud” isn’t like any other rock n roll documentary. Filmed through the eyes of three virtuosos from three different generations, audiences get up close and personal, discovering how a furniture upholsterer from Detroit, a studio musician and painter from London and a seventeen-year-old Dublin schoolboy, each used the electric guitar to develop their unique sound and rise to the pantheon of superstar. Rare discussions are provoked as we travel with Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White to influential locations of their pasts.”
The film’s Official Web Site has limited information, but I promise to keep the blog updated as new news becomes available! The film is set to release on August 21, 2009.
The Chop Shop is the first radio show dedicated totally…100%…to the guitar. The Chop Shop also publishes a great web site, and a guitarist “Hall of Fame” with beautiful high-resolution renditions of legendary guitar players that you can download for free.
I downloaded all of them and rotate them as background images on my computer. Just call me a six-string geek!
The Chop Shop show invites listeners to hear the songs they know and love from different perspectives, while occasionally introducing them to some gems they may have missed.
This weeks show will feature Metallica, Judas Priest, AC/DC, Whitesnake and many other bands and single artists. Check out the web site more more information…including an affiliate schedule of where and when you can tune in to listen.
While you are on the web site, be sure to check out the “Hall of Fame” and download your favorite guitarist images. Clapton, SRV, Gilmore, May, Van Halen, Vai, Beck, Page, Hendrix, Slash, Blackmore, Satriani, Dimebag, Perry, Zappa and Townsend…they are all there. Best of all…it’s totally cool and totally free!
Introducing the new “King Of The Blues”… Joe Bonamassa!
Direct from Planet Rock’s web site:
“Joe’s prodigious talents shone in 2008 when his star began to rise significantly in the UK. With a fantastic live album and some excellent live shows during the year, Joe then signed up to present a regular show on Planet Rock and has already announced, and sold out, a show at the Royal Albert Hall in May 2009.
Joe managed to beat competition from some true guitar icons to take this category, and he did it reasonably comfortably. 30% of your votes confirmed Joe as a new guitar legend, and your Guitar Hero Of 2008″.
Here’s the rest of the top five:
2. David Gilmour
3. Slash
4. Gary Moore
5. Jeff Beck
That’s some amazing company to keep…
Joe’s upcoming studio album, “The Ballad Of John Henry” is scheduled for release in February 2009 via J&R Adventures world wide.
From Jazzuality:
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I downloaded all of them and rotate them as background images on my computer. Just call me a six-string geek!
