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On the strength of the recent interview with Ian Paice, we started digging in the Everyone Loves Guitar back catalogue and discovered a Steve Morse interview originally published in December 2018. This one is over 2 hours long — someone had been doing those long form interviews even before the pandemic! Set some time aside and dig in. Continue Reading »
A new episode of Paicey’s Tales from the Bar. “This episode contains a stripper!” Continue Reading »
If you liked the latest installment of Tales from the Bar, you gonna love this one. Nearly an hour of Paicey telling stories from his illustrious career for the Everyone Loves Guitar podcast:
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Ian Gillan was interviewed by The Guardian. The interesting tidbits (among the old anecdotes previously seen elsewhere) are that he is in touch with Blackmore:
Ritchie has nothing electronic in his house – no computers, no telephones, nothing like that. So he’s completely unreachable. But we do pass messages, and the atmosphere is quite good.
…and how he spends his time after a show these (pre-pandemic) days:
Bed and a book. I realised some years ago I had to radically change my lifestyle, because you can’t sustain it as you get older. When they stopped smoking in bars, that’s what did it for me, because I enjoyed a cigarette with my drink, just calming down and having a chat after the show with the guys. And then suddenly you couldn’t smoke, and I thought, ‘Good time to bin it, really.’ So I stopped going to the pub and I stopped drinking after the shows. Now I carry a kettle, a little mobile kettle, and I come back and have a cup of tea.
Read more in The Guardian.
Thanks to Hein Bierman for the info.
David Coverdale recently spoke to The Cassius Morris Show podcast, and they’ve discussed how fast the bears move, ostrich eggs, box of tissues, changing wallpaper, revolving doors, baking, common sense of Yorkshiremen, Linda Lovelace, bastard children, and, occasionally, music. Continue Reading »
Joe Bonamassa recently appeared on Guitar magazine live podcast showing several axes from his collection. Among them was the American Flag Les Paul that once belonged to Tommy Bolin.
It’s my job not only as a collector, but as a player to keep the legacy going, and make this guitar make music again. It’d been dormant for almost 44 years when I got it, and it’s a working guitar – just played it the other day on stage at the Ryman [Auditorium in Nashville, TN], in front of cardboard cutouts, and the cutouts loved it.
…And the other cool thing about it is — because Tommy was hanging out with a bunch of Brits, [his guitar tech] David painted this American flag on the pickguard. This is the original pickguard, and I rarely play it live with the original pickguard because this is folk art and this is indelibly linked to the guitar.
Thanks to Jim Collins for the info and to Ultimate Guitar for the transcription.
Paicey’s Drumtribe is back after a brief hiatus with the next installment of Tales from the Bar — the early morning edition. Continue Reading »
Eddie Van Halen passed away on Tuesday, October 6, from complications due to cancer.
Ritchie Blackmore paid tribute to the fellow guitar wizard:
Eddie Van Halen was a brilliant guitarist who started a technique of guitar playing which was emulated by a whole generation of guitarists. He was one of the nicest musicians I ever met in the music business. Very shy and not at all conceited about his ability as a guitar player.
Frank Zappa said [Eddie] reinvented the guitar. I agree.
He will be sadly missed but his brilliant legacy will always be remembered. The ultimate guitar hero.
David Coverdale twitted earlier:
Omg…RIP, Edward…Our Thoughts Are Prayers Are With Your Family, Friends & Fans…What An Incredible Loss…Truly An Astonishing Musician…💔💔💔
Eddie Van Halen Dead at 65 from Cancer https://t.co/oA0P9VrnGp— David Coverdale (@davidcoverdale) October 6, 2020
Guitarist, producer, composer, and pilot Steve Morse spoke to Nashville’s WZTV FOX 17 and resulting interview was posted online a few days ago. Continue Reading »
Glenn Hughes spoke to his local radio station 95.5 KLOS. Amidst promoting the new Dead Daisies single and album, he sounds to be pretty open to make another album with Black Country Communion as well.
We are gonna do another record. It’s really hard to say when, but I do speak to Joe about this. We’ve been talking about this. We missed the window this year, of course, so we’re looking — I don’t know — 18 months from now. Whatever window opens for us to make that next record, we’re all looking forward to it.
Listen to the chat here (or at omny.fm):
Thanks to Blabbermouth for the info.
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