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Willie Nile at the Stanhope House this Saturday
Willie Nile is coming to the Stanhope House this Saturday. Musical guest Marc Jonson will be joining Willie. The Crossfire lounge will feature the Ladies Acoustic series. MusicXplorer will be giving away concert tickets and promoting the Johnny Pisano article.. Get your Willie Nile tickets here.
Sheryl Crow has a new album with big names
Sheryl Crow released her new album, “Threads†last month, it is packed with a lot of heavy hitters including Joe Walsh, Stevie Nicks, Chuck D, Sting, Eric Clapton, to name a few. Sheryl has said this will be her last album, because she couldn’t possibly make anything better than this. Check out the article here.
Jason Bonham and Led Zeppelin
Jason Bonham knew that Led Zeppelin were never going to do anything after the one off reunion concert, because Robert Plant told him so. What hurt him more, was that the dream collaboration between himself, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones, just fizzled out. Read more here.
THE ARTISTS
Meet the People Behind the Music
Rod talks about when the Dregs ended in 1983 and hooking up with the Winger band.
Legendary Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington passes away.
After the breakup of Raven, Gary was on a quest to find Van Morrison in 1970. We discuss the making of the Moondance album.
An in-demand artist whose credits include Diana Ross, Billy Joel, Tower of Power, and the Billy Joel Musical-Movin Out.
EQUIPMENT/GEAR
What's That Sound?
Comparing these two fine instruments
The story of this famous console, now located at Audio Garden Studio
The MusicXplorer review of this Killer Tube Module Guitar Amp
(Actually, it's 150) A drummer's desire for Paiste Cymbals...
BEHIND THE SCENES
Other People You Should Know
He got his start as a guitar road tech for Joe Jackson and owns Alello Guitars.
A guitarist, studio carpenter, and owner of CGS Guitars (Pictured with Kingfish, who he built a guitar for).
We talk more about Johnny Depp, Kurt Cobain, Mario Andretti, and Boak's Bash, which features Steve Miller, David Bromberg, John Mayer, and more.
Author of the book "Tom Petty and Me" Jon helped to launch Tom Petty and John Mellencamp's careers.
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®MusicXplorer is an online music magazine founded by Dan Glenn. The magazine features interesting stories from a variety of signed and unsigned artists across genres discussing their lives and music; including technicians and music enthusiasts who will share their insights and knowledge.
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