Hot on the heels of his impressive No. 13 ranking on Gibson.com’s Top Guitarists of All Time Readers Poll, the legendary Dickey Betts has agreed to field a number of questions from Gibson.com readers.
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Got a Question for Dickey Betts?
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June 22 2010, 12:57pm
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Vince Neil: Tattoos, Tequila and Mötley Crüe
Vince Neil, who’s busy with new solo covers album, solo shows and an upcoming Mötley Crüe tour, also has an explosive autobiography, Tattoos and Tequila coming soon. Vince took time out of his busy schedule to sit down with Gibson.com in Los Angeles to talk about the old days, his new album, keeping fit and healthy and the special magic of Mötley Crüe.
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June 22 2010, 8:13am
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Gibson.com’s Top 50 Beatles Songs – 40-31
Gibson.com continues the Herculean task of ranking the Top 50 Beatles Songs, revealing another 10 of the Fab Four’s greatest works. Yesterday (back when love was such an easy game to play), we unveiled #50-41 on the countdown. Today, we reveal songs #40-31, including a bit of car driving, some paperback writing and plenty of twisting and shouting.
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June 22 2010, 5:01am
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The Daily Throwdown: The Beatles vs. The Rutles
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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June 22 2010, 5:00am
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The Daily Throwdown: Robert Johnson vs. Son House
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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June 21 2010, 5:00am
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Gibson.com’s Top 50 Beatles Songs – 50 to 41
Legendary Liverpudlians, sonic superstars and ingenious innovators – The Beatles did more for popular music than any group before or since. But if you had to narrow all of that down to just one song, what would it be? What is the best Beatles song ever?
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June 21 2010, 4:00am
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Sunday Morning Coming Down – James Taylor, Sweet Baby James
Beatles discovery James Taylor made his mark as singer-songwriter with the release of his second album, Sweet Baby James in 1970. A musically talented rich kid from Boston with a troubling drug habit and history of depression, he had moved to swinging London in 1968. A demo found its way to Peter Asher at the fledgling Beatles boutique record label, Apple.
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June 20 2010, 5:00am
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Top 10 Summer Songs (without summer in the title)
Summer’s here (it officially starts on Monday) and the time is right for dancing in the street … and making a list of the Top 10 Summer Songs.
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June 19 2010, 5:00am
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The Daily Throwdown: Black Sabbath vs. Rainbow… doing freakin’ “Smoke on the Water”!
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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June 19 2010, 3:59am
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The Ultimate Paul McCartney Album Guide
Paul McCartney is all over the news these days, with his Up and Coming Tour hitting exotic and rare ports of call (like Gibson.com’s hometown of Nashville!), rumors abounding over a massive CD re-release program and that almost Lennon-like controversy at the White House. With all the hoopla, it almost goes unnoticed how good Sir Paul still is. His touring band, which has been with McCartney since the Driving Rain sessions in 2001, is arguably his rockingest outfit since the Fab Four. And his last few albums have produced some of Macca’s most noteworthy material in decades.
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June 18 2010, 5:01am
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10 Children of Famous Musician Fathers
This Sunday is The Day of Heinous Neckties And Obligatory Sentiment (otherwise known as Father’s Day). But while you’re taking your ‘Pop’ out for a steak dinner and forking over a greeting card, there are others out there who are watching their father from the side stage, bathed in spotlight and adulation. These are the children of famous musicians and many have felt compelled to venture down that same career path.
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June 18 2010, 5:00am
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The Daily Throwdown: Eddie Cochran vs. The Who
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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June 18 2010, 4:58am
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The Gibson Video Interview: Gene Cornish of The Rascals
Between 1965 and 1972, The Rascals charted a mind-boggling 19 singles (including three Number Ones) and eight albums. It’s the kind of winning streak bands can only dream about. In April of this year, nearly 40 years after the group’s break-up, they reformed at the behest of Steven Van Zandt, for a benefit show. Now, on the precipice of a full-blown reunion, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Gene Cornish sits down in Gibson’s New York City Showroom and discusses the band…and his axes. Now, on the precipice of a full-blown reunion, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Gene Cornish sits down in Gibson’s New York City Showroom and discusses the band…and his axes.
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June 17 2010, 3:53pm
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Top 10 Stories of the Week in Music News
Festival season started in earnest, especially around Gibson Towers where we breezed through country music’s annual CMA Music Festival and sweltered in a big field for Bonnaroo. In music news, Slash was attacked on stage but survived unharmed with his Les Paul intact. Paul McCartney played the Isle of Wight Festival in the U.K. and paid special tribute to Jimi Hendrix, while Led Zeppelin old boys, Plant and Page both talked about their new projects. Oh, and last but certainly not least, Whitesnake will soon have their own Zinfandel in the stores, which might come in handy when watching Sebastian Bach on SpongeBob SquarePants. Rock and Roll!
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June 17 2010, 2:40pm
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B.B King, Muddy Waters, T-Bone Walker, Chuck Berry, Fred McDowell, Big Bill Broonzy – legendary artists who helped define the sound of blues. They’re all featured in Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music, an exceptional just-released DVD that explores the inception, development and influence of the blues in American culture.
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June 17 2010, 5:00am
