The Dobro™ is a beautiful, lyrical, and haunting instrument. Invented in the 1920's, the Dobro™ was originally produced by only one company: the Dobro Manufacturing Company. As the instrument slowly gathered a following, several other …
20 Questions With Tommy Emmanuel (Interview)
The legendary acoustic guitar player talks guitars, gear, practice, advice for young players, and some great stories from the road. I recently had a chance to interview Tommy Emmanuel while he was in the L.A. area to play a series of concerts …
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20 Questions With Guitarist David Henriksson
David Henriksson is a Swedish guitarist who moved to Nashville to pursue his dreams as a guitarist. He fell in quickly as the lead guitarist for country music legend, Tracy Lawrence, playing the Grand Ole Opry House, Ryman Auditorium, and a ton more. …
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How To Play Guitar Like Woody Mann
Woody Mann is a masterful American blues guitarist. He was born in New York and learned his early acoustic guitar chops under blues guitarist Reverend Gary Davis. From there, he has become a tour de force in acoustic guitar music, incorporating jazz, …
How To Play Acoustic Guitar Like Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945), is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist and separately as a member of the Yardbirds …
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How To Play Like Tony Rice
Tony Rice (born David Anthony Rice, June 8, 1951) is an American guitarist. He is one of bluegrass' most inventive and influential flatpicking guitar players. Here are some helpful resources, especially if you're wondering how to play like Tony …
Top 25 Classical Guitarists
The challenge of listing the top 25 classical guitarists is that there is such a deep history in classical guitar, how far back do you go? Do you limit it to the current players? But then that doesn't work - I mean, how could you leave Segovia …
How To Play Like Keb’ Mo’
Kevin Roosevelt Moore (born October 3, 1951), known as Keb' Mo', is an American blues musician. He's a singer, guitarist, songwriter, and four-time Grammy Award winner. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee. Keb' Mo' has been described as : "a …
How To Play Like Seasick Steve
Steven Gene Wold (born 1940/1941), commonly known as Seasick Steve, is an American blues musician. Wold has lived all over the world while composing, playing, and recording blues music. He tends to play very unique, modified guitars (see a few of the …
How To Play Guitar Like Chris Smither
William Christopher Smither (born November 11, 1944) is an American folk/blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter. His music draws deeply from the blues, American folk music, as well as modern poets and philosophers. Chris Smither's …
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Top 5 Acoustic Guitar Jazz Albums
Most of the greatest jazz albums have been recorded with hollow body or semi-hollow body guitars. However, do we consider these kind of guitars as acoustic guitars? Technically, they are acoustic guitars amplified by a magnetic pickup. Jazz and …
Chet Atkins
Chester Burton "Chet" Atkins (June 20, 1924 – June 30, 2001). Chet Atkins was known around the world as as "Mr. Guitar" and "The Country Gentleman". He was not only a guitar player, but an occasional vocalist, songwriter, and a record producer. …
Alex de Grassi
Alex de Grassi (born February 13, 1952 in Yokosuka, Japan) is an American Grammy Award-nominated fingerstyle guitarist. Though born in Yokosuka, Japan, de Grassi grew up in San Francisco, California, where his grandfather played violin for the San …
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Rodrigo y Gabriela (Rodrigo and Gabriela) are a Mexican acoustic guitar duo whose music is influenced by a number of genres including nuevo flamenco, rock, and heavy metal. The duo's recordings consist largely of instrumental duets on the flamenco …
