Another week of dramatic news, anticipation and rock and roll craziness in the mad, mad world of music. First off, Ringo received a surprise visitor at his birthday concert. That’s right, it was Paul McCartney, who rocked through “Birthday” for his old chum. The always non-conformist Prince announced that the Internet was dead and Ray Davies talked about The Kinks getting back together as a tribute to their original bass player, Pate Quaife, who died recently.
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Top 10 Stories of the Week in Music News
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July 13 2010, 11:16am
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The Gibson Video Interview: Randy Bachman
Randy Bachman is one of the all-time signature Les Paul players, whether haranguing an “American Woman” for the Guess Who or working overtime with Bachman-Turner Overdrive. Now, he has reunited with former Overdrive partner Fred Turner for the rocking new combo, Bachman & Turner. He recently sat down at Gibson’s Toronto Showroom to discuss his latest project.
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July 13 2010, 5:00am
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HED: New DVD Focuses on Gibson Les Paul Legend Mick Taylor’s Rolling Stones Years
If the recent tricked-out reissue of Exile On Main St. didn’t make the point, the new DVD The Rolling Stones 1969 — 1974: The Mick Taylor Years puts a spotlight on Gibson Les Paul Standard virtuoso Taylor’s contributions to the band’s so-called “Golden Era.”
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July 12 2010, 10:26am
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The Gibson Facebook Fan Interview: George Thorogood
The Gibson Facebook page is a community of guitar lovers and music addicts trading tips, tunes and ideas. It’s also a unique portal into the world of Gibson Guitar, with giveaways, sneak peeks and other perks — like the chance to ask the questions you’ve always wanted to ask of some of your favorite stars. A couple of weeks ago, our Facebook fans submitted a barrage of questions for the Delaware Destroyer himself, George Thorogood, who was good enough to oblige. Who says George is bad to the bone…?
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July 12 2010, 5:00am
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Sunday Morning Coming Down: Paul Simon, Graceland
Watching the glorious collage of multicultural diversity being beamed from South Africa during this year’s World Cup shindig it’s easy to forget that, twenty-five years ago, South Africa was a very different place. Nelson Mandela was still serving his 27 years in prison and the country still lived under apartheid, the intuition of legalized racism that governed South Africa from 1948 to 1994.
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July 11 2010, 5:00am
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The Daily Throwdown: Brian Jones-Era Stones vs. Mick Taylor-Era Stones
Welcome back to our regular feature on Gibson.com, “The Daily Throwdown,” where we give you two videos and you battle it out in the comments section to determine the winner.
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July 10 2010, 5:00am
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The 5 Best Rock Concerts of All Time
A great concert experience isn’t very different from a great first date. Even just retrieving your car from the parking garage afterwards, you feel more alive than you did before. Later, lying in bed, ears still ringing, you trace over every detail, and in the sober light of the next day it doesn’t even seem real.
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July 9 2010, 5:00am
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Arlen Roth Students — Assignment #2 Is Here!
For those who may not have heard, Gibson.com presented a groundbreaking new program this month, “The Arlen Roth Degree Program,” where players from all walks of life can receive a personal grade and critique from the world’s most famous guitar teacher, Arlen Roth.
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July 8 2010, 10:26am
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Flashback 1970: Guitar God Jimi Hendrix’s Last Summer
Sensationalistic accounts of the final months of Jimi Hendrix’s life portray him as a drug-ravaged shell of his pyrotechnic self, but the music Hendrix made as fate’s clock ticked tells another story – one of a profoundly talented musician who remained at the height of his creative powers.
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July 8 2010, 9:56am
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The Daily Throwdown: Zakk Wylde with Ozzy vs. Zakk Wylde with Black Label Society
Welcome back to our regular feature on Gibson.com, “The Daily Throwdown,” where we give you two videos and you battle it out in the comments section to determine the winner.
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July 8 2010, 5:00am
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As Zakk Wylde gears up for a new tour and the release of Black Label Society’s new album, Order of the Black, Metal Hammer’s newly anointed “Golden God” and Revolver’s “Best Guitarist” has been chatting about the new record, the split with Ozzy, quitting the drink and Justin Bieber.
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July 7 2010, 1:20pm
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A great guitar outro can serve as the sonic equivalent of an exclamation point, something to drive home the power of a song in an emphatic way. Some outros exude subtlety and ambiance, while others bite and sting like an angry hornet. Below are 10 of the very best.
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July 7 2010, 9:03am
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The Gibson Interview: Denny Laine (Part Two)
When Denny Laine left The Moody Blues, London was as good a place as any for a talented young musician with good credentials to find like-minded creative folk. Over the next five years, he made records under various monikers with members of The Move and, later, Ginger Baker. Eventually, Laine received an invitation from an old friend, who was looking to create a new band. The old friend was, of course, Paul McCartney. And his new band, Wings, would go on to be one of the biggest bands in the world over the coming decade.
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July 7 2010, 5:00am
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Summer showed no signs of cooling off this week, at least not in the music world. Re-masters and re-issues were announced for such musical titans as John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen and David Bowie. Guided By Voices announced plans to reunite for a Matador Records celebration, and Rush kicked off a massive tour, hot on the heels of a hit DVD release. Anglo music haven BBC 6 lived to see another day, and Black Sabbath’s Bill Ward looked back on a career well rocked. And that was just the beginning ...
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July 6 2010, 1:15pm
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The Gibson Video Interview: Jay Jay French of Twisted Sister
The one thing Twisted Sister has never been accused of is being boring. And guitarist Jay Jay French certainly lives up to expectations, whether he’s expounding on his singer’s resemblance to a certain Sex and the City star, recalling the shame of being “whored out” to British Embassy security or bemoaning the dangers of “middle-age transvestite metal.” We caught up with one of rock’s finest raconteurs recently at the New York City Gibson Showroom.
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July 6 2010, 5:00am
