As promised, you can read it here or buy it on the stands…just check it out! 

After the Health or Fire Department shut down Sly Stone’s and George Clinton’s amazing jam session at the Little Temple a few weeks ago, Novena Carmel (Sly’s daughter and booker of the Little Temple and Zanzibar) rescheduled the to last night at the Zanzibar. And it didn’t just happen to be Sly’s B-Day, it was [...]

Shocked to see Miss Shocked? Well you shouldn’t be, because this feature isn’t just about sessions men and shredders (of both sexes), it’s about a singer-songwriter’s connection to his/her guitar; except in this case, the singer-songwriter is picker-poet, Michelle Shocked. Not one to get too into the “geek” talk, we got more out of the [...]

When I interviewed Don Randi a few months ago for our feature on the Wrecking Crew, he talked about one guitar player that blew his mind in the old days. That guy was Lee Ritenour. What a privilege it was to hear Lee take a stroll down memory lane as well as talk about his [...]

We meet again! If this is the first blog of mine that you’re reading, let me bring you up to speed:

                              (MSO set up the interview, but this photo is from Pitchfork Media)  
 
If you passed him on the street you probably would have no idea who he is, yet his likeness has been portrayed in at least two motion pictures and [...]

Hey Kids, 
So if you are a regular Music Connection reader, you know that every year we do a Guitar & Bass roundtable, or “JAM.” It’s where we get some special cats on the phone (or in person!) and geek out on anything with a fretboard (unless you’re talking to Tony Levin). I’ll reveal this year’s [...]

After some technical issues, I’m happy to say the blogging will officially begin. On another note, let us a few seconds to remember the one and only Sid Vicious. It’s been 30 years since the death of “PUNK.” Did he really KILL Nancy or was it an accident, we’ll never know, but Sid couldn’t live [...]

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