I’ve often considered myself a rhythm guitarist, compared to lead. In a basic rock band, one guitarist is lead and the other is rhythm. I got the sense rhythm guitar was like second chair compared to the more epic rock star lead player. However, I also sensed there was something more to it and took a lot of pride in considering myself a rhythm guitar player. Listening to Richie Havens play “Freedom” at Woodstock ’69Continue reading
An exciting night stirring the proverbial pot of rock and roll revelry at the Montrose Saloon, a friendly neighborhood bar with a funky, rockabilly edge (the saloon used to be where folks would gather after horse races, yes horse races, down Montrose Avenue which is a long straight East-West strip of road on the Northwest side of Chicago which must have been a fine racetrack when it was surrounded by more fields than three-flats andContinue reading
The past few years have been full of guitar evolutions, and I want to share some of that with you! Inspired to get into the video studio and track some of my guitar journey, I played a dash of Elizabeth Cotten’s song “Freight Train.” The finger-picking style is new to me; and I saw a video with the guitarist Tommy Emmanuel where he broke it down into some steps, and that got me started. ThisContinue reading
