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The Daily Throwdown: The Swedish Chops Edition
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June 4 2010, 5:00am
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The Gibson Video Interview: James Williamson of Iggy & The Stooges
After The Stooges imploded the first time around, Iggy Pop and guitarist James Williamson headed to London to re-group and work with David Bowie. The album they produced, along with the quickly recalled Asheton brothers, became a rock and roll milestone – Raw Power. One of the most influential records of all time, Raw Power has influenced generations of guitar heroes form Steve Jones and Kurt Cobain to Johnny Marr and Jack White.
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June 3 2010, 4:09pm
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Top 10 Stories of the Week in Music News
It was a big week in the world of music, particularly on Gibson.com, as we not only launched a program for Arlen Roth fans to have their chops graded by the King of All Guitar Teachers himself, but also we introduced the follow-up to the enormously successful Top 50 Guitarists of All Time poll. This time around, we’re asking fans to help us determine the Greatest Beatles Song (the brawling has already begun in the editorial pool). Lots of heavyweights were in the news, as well, including Slash, Keef, Rush, Aerosmith and others.
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June 3 2010, 10:46am
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5 Jeff Buckley Songs That Rock
He was a dazzling singer, exceptional songwriter and unparalleled live performer. But what people often forget is Jeff Buckley was also a transcendent guitar player who could easily channel Jimmy Page or Al Di Meola, play note-for-note covers of songs by Robert Johnson or The Smiths, and blow through head-spinning solos and changes in his own songs. While he might be best remembered for his haunting fingerpicked version of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” the five tunes below are the ones where Buckley really cuts loose.
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June 3 2010, 10:08am
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The Daily Throwdown: The Michael Schenker Group (with The Scorpions) vs. UFO
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 3 2010, 5:00am
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From Hendrix to The Who: 10 Essential Concert Films
Ask anyone to name the greatest concert he or she ever attended, and invariably that person’s eyes will light up. For every rock fan, there’s one show that was especially memorable. Relatively few concerts are captured for posterity, of course, but below we’ve compiled a list of 10 great ones that were captured on film. Please share with us your most memorable concert experience, and tell us which worthy concert films we may have missed, in the comments section.
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June 2 2010, 4:57pm
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How “Mahavishnu” John McLaughlin Built a Trailblazing Legacy with Gibson Guitars
Jimmy Page immortalized the Gibson EDS-1275 double-neck guitar with his live performances of “Stairway To Heaven,” but jazz giant John McLaughlin was the first player to put the big, bad tone machine on the map.
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June 2 2010, 10:01am
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The Daily Throwdown: The Jeff Beck Group vs. Led Zeppelin
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 2 2010, 5:00am
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From Hendrix to The Who: 10 Essential Concert Films
Ask anyone to name the greatest concert he or she ever attended, and invariably that person’s eyes will light up. For every rock fan, there’s one show that was especially memorable. Relatively few concerts are captured for posterity, of course, but below we’ve compiled a list of 10 great ones that were captured on film. Please share with us your most memorable concert experience, and tell us which worthy concert films we may have missed, in the comments section.
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June 1 2010, 11:44am
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From Gibson Lifestyle - Features, gibson.com
6 Country Superstars & their Gibson Acoustic Guitars
You’re used to seeing iconic rock guitarists playing Gibson electrics, but as top country acts like Lady Antebellum and Keith Urban invade the popular music charts, they’re bringing with them the sound of Gibson Acoustic. Following in the footsteps of early Gibson twangers Roy Rogers and Johnny Cash, artists like Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker, Sugarland and Keith Urban are proving that the most authentic country sound is achieved with a Gibson Acoustic.
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June 1 2010, 10:43am
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The Daily Throwdown: The Flaming Lips vs. Cat Stevens
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June 1 2010, 5:00am
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The Gibson Interview: Tak Matsumoto
East is meeting west on a new album. Hugely famous Japanese guitarist Tak Matsumoto collaborated with American virtuoso Larry Carlton on a new album, Take Your Pick, due June 10 in the U.S. and June 2 in Japan. The release isn’t just a mix of cultures, but a mix of styles. Carlton is best-known for his work as a jazz-fusion musician and Matsumoto’s claim to fame is his role in hard-rocking Japanese sensation B’z. However, both are Gibson players, each with his own signature model (an ES-335 for Carlton, a Les Paul for Matsumoto).
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May 31 2010, 5:00am
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Sunday Morning Coming Down: Missing…Presumed Having a Good Time, The Notting Hillbillies
Less a supergroup, The Notting Hillbillies were more a reunion of old music mates who happened to have one of their gang rise to super-status while the others remained in the clubs playing their musical passions: country, blues and rock and roll.
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May 30 2010, 5:00am
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Saturday Night Special: Motörhead, No Sleep ’til Hammersmith
Saturday night should be loud and fast. Fast cars, fast company of the opposite sex, fast… well, you fill in the blanks (this is a family website). And never was a band louder or faster or more menacing than Motörhead. Singer/bassist Ian Fraser Kilmister, better known as Lemmy, famously described the band as “so dirty that if we move in next door to you, your lawn will die.”
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May 29 2010, 5:00am
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The Daily Throwdown: Comedy Bass Battle
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May 29 2010, 4:00am
