The Devil Is In It
The Devil Is In It is a must read for anyone with a passion for music and the acoustic guitar. …
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” A simple scale on an old guitar, and a punk rock sense of honesty. I cannot fail, I’ve got this far with no knowledge of mid-west geography”
I’d spent the whole of yesterday with George Gruhn, the go-to guitar man of Nashville, so before I had to …
“That’s my rattlesnakin’ daddy, Wants to rattle all night long”
As I start my climb up into the Appalachia mountains the weather looks hauntingly grim…. But half-way along the winding …
Born to Ride with ‘Willie G’ Davidson
I’d worked as a consultant to Harley-Davidson for a number of years and during that time had never felt the …
“No guru, no method, no teacher, Just you and I and nature and the Father…. In the garden wet with rain”
It’s been continuing to rain in biblical proportions here, so my drive further up the mountain to see Paul Heumiller …
“If I was on some foggy mountain top, I’d sail away to the west. I’d sail around this whole wide world, To the girl I love the best”
Well on this foggy mountain top, not 40 miles from where The Carter Family first heard, learnt and played ‘Foggy …
“If I could save time in a bottle”
Dick Boak joined Martin Guitars in 1973 while in his late ’20’s, having lived the life of a boho artist …
“I pulled into Nazareth, was feelin’ about half past dead, I just need a place where I can lay my head”
I eventually pulled into Nazareth at about half-past 4 in the afternoon. The drive from New York took about 2 …
“Fog’s rolling off the East River Bank, Like a shroud it covers Bleecker Street”
The main reason for including New York on this trip was to visit two iconic guitar stores – one in …
From The Big Apple…
It’s late September 2015 and I’m off on my US Roadtrip – starting out tomorrow in Greenwich Village, New York …
