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GSTV Featured Artist : Vintage Trouble – Artist Showcase
Vintage Trouble describes its sounds as “live-wired, straight-shootin, dirty-mouth’d, pelvis-pushing juke music.” Indeed. This band rocks. Truly. They are also extremely soulful, consistently delivering a very big sound and exciting stage performances. In the current Los Angeles musical milieu of over-hyped, indie bands with hipster haircuts and limited musical abilities, Vintage Trouble are truly a breath of fresh air. A charismatic and musically potent quartet, Vintage Trouble take the classic soul sound and breathe new life… Read More
Great Venues: The Bone – Dallas
The Deep Ellum neighborhood of downtown Dallas, TX has been tied up with music for over 75 years. Originally a center for industry, this then mostly-black part of East Dallas gained nationwide acclaim as a hotspot for Southern Blues in the 1930s. Later, Deep Ellum would become home to artists and musicians from many different styles and backgrounds, including a lively Punk scene in the 1980s. But if you want to recapture the Read More
Guitar Shop TV Episode 1: Rock Guitarist Ted Nugent
The Premiere Episode of Guitar Shop TV has now been released online. Check it out! New Episodes will be released every week…
Episode One: Guitar Shop TV’s exclusive interview with legendary rocker Ted Nugent aka “The Motor City Madman,” a look at Bluesman Vintage Guitars, and a survey of some cool Rickenbackers.
As a Special Premiere Bonus Gift, the first 2,000 visitors to sign up for our newsletter will receive a FREE copy of our 38-page illustrated guide : “Ten Things… Read More
Promotional Clip: Guitar Shop TV -WREG Memphis Interview
Executive Producer Brian Lippey discusses Guitar Shop TV with CBS affiliate WREG Memphis Channel 3 “Live at Nine”
NYC Venues: B.B Kings Blues Club and Grille
When the big blues acts come through town, they head for the big blues club–B.B. King Blues Club and Grille in Times Square. The Robert Cray Band, Dr. John, Shemekia Copeland and Hubert Sumlin are just some of the internationally renowned blues and R&B stars who play B.B. King’s regularly.
B.B. King has also hosted big mainstream pop and rock artists like Erykah Badu, Better Than Ezra, Macy Gray and The Roots, as well as nostalgic favorites such as… Read More
Great Venues: Rosa’s Lounge – Chicago
According to its website “Rosa’s Lounge operates in the hallowed tradition of Chicago blues lounges, family owned and operated by an Italian immigrant who came to Chicago in 1978 after meeting Junior Wells in Milan. Tony Mangiullo found the true spirit of the blues at legendary South Side lounges like Theresa’s, and he opened Rosa’s (1984) as a tribute to those cradles of blues tradition, and named it after his mother, Rosa, who had followed him here to help.”
According… Read More
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