Welcome back to “30 Years Ago”, where I take a close look at the issue of Guitar Player magazine from exactly thirty years prior to discuss what I gleaned from the issue at the time and what I can learn from rereading so many decades later. I also provide a Spotify playlist that includes…
Welcome back to “30 Years Ago”, where I take a close look at the issue of Guitar Player magazine from exactly thirty years prior to discuss what I gleaned from the issue at the time and what I can learn from rereading so many decades later. I also provide a Spotify playlist…
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Welcome back to “30 Years Ago…” My personal collection of Guitar Player magazines goes back to the fall of 1986, which is around the time I started playing. Each month I write a new post looking at the issue that was published exactly 30 years ago; the goal is to try to remember what I…
Welcome back to the newest series here on the blog. I was incredibly gratified to receive so many positive comments about the first installment back in March on the guitar related blogs and message boards I frequent. To recap, I have been playing guitar since 1986, and I have a collection of Guitar Player magazines…
Welcome to a new series here on the blog. As you might know from previous posts, I have been playing guitar since 1986, and I have a collection of Guitar Player magazines that stretches back to the fall of that year. I am missing a small number of issues, but in the main I have carried…
After what seemed like a four-year campaign, originally featuring over a score of prospective candidates from the two major parties, the Presidential election of 2016 came down to Donald Trump, a New York real estate mogul and professional portrayer of “Donald Trump” and Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State, two-term Senator from New…
After putting it off for months, I finally listened to the soundtrack to “Hamilton: An American Musical” a few weeks ago and I was transfixed from the start. I’ve listened to it a lot more since then, and I can say that the awards and nominations are well deserved. For years I told…
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