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Rory Gallagher Guitar Collection V
Specs Make:FenderModel:Stratocaster, SunburstYear:1958Notes:Maple Neck PHOTO BY SHU TOMIOKA âLikeâ Bmanâs Facebook page (available in over 50 languages). I will not relay senseless nonsense. In this way I can get out the word on new talent, venues and blues…
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Specs Make:FenderModel:EsquireYear:1959 PHOTO BY SHU TOMIOK âLikeâ Bmanâs Facebook page (available in over 50 languages). I will not relay senseless nonsense. In this way I can get out the word on new talent, venues and blues happenings! -…
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PHOTO BY SHU TOMIOKA Instrument Description Specs Make:FenderModel:Telecaster, WhiteYear:1966 PHOTO BY SHU TOMIOKA Donal Gallagher: âRory loved this Telecaster, he played it on many songs mainly for his slide playing, on tracks like âSinnerboyâ or âWhoâs That Comingâ…
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Make:FenderModel:StratocasterYear:1961Notes:Originally Sunburst (See Instrument Description for Details) PHOTO BY SHU TOMIOKA Instrument Description Rory Gallagher on his 1961 Strat: âEarly on, I got the Stratocaster - in fact it was the first one I ever saw. Itâs supposed…
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Specs Make:Unknown Model:Flat Top AcousticYear:1958Notes:Rory's first guitar PHOTO BY SHU TOMIOKA âLikeâ Bmanâs Facebook page (available in over 50 languages). I will not relay senseless nonsense. In this way I can get out the word on new talent,…
Continue Reading »Sony Music in association with Capo Records and Legacy re-issue of Rory Gallagher- Notes From San Francisco - Review
This is one that you don't want to miss! This is a lost Rory Gallagher album from 1978. After some internal distress after the end of his 1977 tour Gallagher shelved this album which he was recording at…
Continue Reading »Carolina Chocolate Drops mentor, Joe Thompson, passes away
Carolina Chocolate Drops mentor, Joe Thompson, passes away Music Maker was sad to learn yesterday of the passing of Joe Thompson of Mebane, N.C. In recent years the revered African-American fiddler mentored the Grammy-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops, who…
Continue Reading »Every Saturday Night - Young's Creole Jazz Band
Bernie Young - cornet Preston Jackson - trombone Philmore Holly - clarinet Lil Hardaway - piano Mike McKendrick - banjo Eddie Temple - drums A Mike McKendrick by any other name would probably have been helpful, at least…
Continue Reading »Saint Louis Blues - Papa John Creach
John Henry Creach was born in Beaver Falls, Pa., on May 28, 1917 into a family of five brothers and four sisters. Members of his musical family played piano, guitar, bass, and drums. His uncle, a merchant seaman,…
Continue Reading »Is It Because I Am Black - Syl Johnson
Syl Johnson (born July 1, 1936) is an American blues and soul singer and record producer. Born Sylvester Thompson in Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States, he migrated with his family to Chicago in 1950; blues guitarist Magic Sam…
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