Great Guitar Solos Michael Schenker – “Only You Can Rock Me” From UFO’s Obsession It’s a little more than symbolic that guitarist Michael Schenker graces the cover of UFO’s 1978 Obsessionalbum. It would be the band’s last studio album with Schenker for more than a decade, and it also signaled the end of a string [...]
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Sammy Hagar rocking with Chickenfoot The Red Rocker is part of a new group called Chickenfoot, composed of guitar wiz Joe Satriani, ex-Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony and Red Hot Chili Peppers’ drummer Chad Smith. According to a Canadian Press story, Hagar said, “We’ve written eight, nine songs. We just got to go in the [...]
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New Brian Wilson album to be released on Capitol this September Beach Boy Brian Wilson is returning “home” to Capitol Records/EMI, which will release his new album That Lucky Old Sun. The album contains 16 songs and features collaborations with Van Dyke Parks. On his Web site, Wilson describes the album as an “interwoven series [...]
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Three-DVD Genesis set to be released in June. In 2007, Genesis members Tony Banks, Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford reunited for their first tour in 15 years. Their final show, at Rome’s Circo Massimo, is the subject of an upcoming triple-DVD set scheduled for release June 10. Check out www.genesis-music.com/news/news.php?uid=353 for complete details about track [...]
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Original Rush drummer John Rutsey dies May 11, 2008 . Rutsey, along with guitarist Alex Lifeson and bassist Jeff Jones, formed Rush in 1968. Jones was replaced by bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee, and the trio of Lifeson, Lee and Rutsey released the band’s first album, Rush , in 1974. The record features one of the band’s [...]
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I recently wrote a feature on the great Irish blues-rocker Rory Gallagher for Goldmine Magazine , with much assistance from Rory’s brother Donal, covering much of his entire career. Get the whole story at Rory Gallagher Tribute .
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MORE THAN A FEELING – AGAIN Guitarist Tom Scholz is taking his band Boston on the road across North America this summer, kicking it off June 6 in Thunder Bay, Ontario’s, Marina Park. It will be the band’s first live shows since the death of original vocalist Brad Delp. To fill the shoes of Delp, [...]
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