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This week our roundup of new tunes focuses on new releases from: a renewed and mostly instrumental Santana, top-draw and rising blues star super busy Joe Bonamassa who released something like four discs in the past year, and indie blues guitar slinger Albert Cummings puts out another biting, blustery working man’s blues rocker. Read more…

 

New Tunage This Week. We have a spangly new release from gifted guitarist Jimmy Herring, available a week before its iTunes debut from independent label and distributor Abstract Logix. “Subject To Change WIthout Notice” is Herring’s second solo release and is all instrumental like his debut recording. Jazz, rock, blues, fusion and deep jams are all tightly in the pocket for this American guitarist from North Carolina. Read More…

 

Brief Tour of London Guitar Stores…my first spot of tourism was to hightail it over to the guitar stores on Denmark Street, not far from Piccadilly Circus and next to Tin Pan Alley. This unassuming and small street is the analog to our 48th Street in NYC. Read more…

The Aladdincaster… modified in the early 60s by a young lady who inherited a spiral brass Spirit Cylinder from her Father. Spirit Cylinders are containers for “thoughts left behind” by souls who have departed and no longer need them. At least that’s what merchants told her Father in the Moroccan bazaar where he purchased it. He perished a short time later. Read more…

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Davy Knowles, David Grissom @ PRS Experience 2011, Rudy’s Music NYC

Last November, several months ago, I went to Rudy’s Music in Soho to check out the PRS Experience traveling show. They came to the store and took it over for the day. Paul Reed Smith, the designer who turbo charged the electric guitar with his boutique designs and luthier work in the ’70s, came with an entire team of PRS staffers and a demo band with two headliners, Davy Knowles and David Grissom. As well as acoustic maestro Tony McManus.

Tony McManus PRS Experience

Tony McManus at Rudy's Music, NYC

David Grissom & Paul Reed Smith

David Grissom & Paul Reed Smith

I’m a fan of Davy’s music and thought it would be cool to meet him and the man, Paul Reed Smith, himself. Additionally, Rudy’s Music is a great store, love the staff and Rudy.


The group Paul brought was tight, they jammed on two songs allowing Davy Knowles and David Grissom and demo guitarist Mike Ault to open up on long solos. The bass player and drummer laid it down, and the three guitars made for nice comping and great soloing. So glad I happened to go to this event and that my iPhone could capture such nice sounding video while perched on my knee. I’ll post more on this event, as I have a great story to share about guitar modifications and PRS factory.