Guitar Gurus

03/07/2023

Afro Rock Classic

08/06/2023

Stream Ket the new song from Fadabasi Conscious Dreamer. Album: Beginning of the End. Release Date: June 8, 2023.

25/04/2023

Gary Moore an outstanding composer, guitarist, and singer of blues and rock. He is known mainly for his unique emotional style of playing the guitar.

19/04/2023

14/04/2023

Happy birthday RITCHIE BLACKMORE!
Richard Hugh Blackmore
(April 14, 1945)
Founder, guitarist for Deep Purple ('68-'74, '84-'93), Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, Rainbow ('75-'84, '94-'97), Blackmore's Night ('97-present)

10/04/2023

01/04/2023

Happy 78th birthday to Eric Clapton, born 30 Mar 1945, guitarist, singer, songwriter who has been a member of The Roosters, Casey Jones and the Engineers, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Yardbirds and Cream who had the 1967 UK No.11 single 'I Feel Free'. He was a member of Blind Faith, and later formed Derek and the Dominoes who had the 1972 UK No.7 single 'Layla'. As a solo artist Clapton scored the 1974 US No.1 single 'I Shot The Sheriff' and the 1992 UK No.5 & US No.25 single 'Tears in Heaven'.

18/03/2023

George Benson, with Quincy Jones and Stevie Wonder

17/03/2023

Afrofussion Rock music

15/03/2023

Joni Mitchell: I used to call them, not knowing what a sus chord was myself, I called them chords of inquiry. They have a question mark in them. They’re sustained. Men don’t like them because they like resolution, just like they do in life.

Wayne Shorter said to me, “What are these chords? These are not guitar chords and these are not piano chords. What are these chords?” And then he said, “You realize some of them are sus chords.” And he went, “They create suspense. They’re suspensions. They’re unresolved, like a major is a positive statement. A minor is a tragic chord, right? The seventh is a kind of a bluesy chord. But a sus chord has a question mark in it. It lacks resolution.”

So the law, according to Wayne Shorter, who studied music and had a degree from Berklee College of Music, he said, “We were taught to never stay on a sus chord too long. Never ever go from a sus chord to a sus chord.”

I stay on sus chords a long time and go from sus chord to sus chord, and then by building that, because it builds tension, when you drop into a major chord, it’s like the major chord was never more major. It’s like a complementary colour — the sky just opens up.

I don’t really know the neck comprehensively, but as far as composing and finding unusual chordal colours and combinations, my system works for me very well. Except that when it comes to sitting down and playing with someone else and following their music, I’m handicapped in communicating with other musicians. I have to just play it, and they’ll say, “Oh yeah, now she’s going to a C. Here’s she’s going to a such and such.”

Joni Mitchell In Her Own Words by Malka Marom

Photography © Norman Seeff

07/03/2023

Chuck Berry in New York City, 1971. Photo by Bob Gruen.

14/01/2023

13/01/2023

Jeff Beck was a genius, a stunning original. He was an astounding guitar player with more ways to make you go, “WTF was that?” than anybody else. He was profoundly talented, and never stopped innovating on the instrument.

He had an enormous impact on my guitar playing, my musicianship and my soul. When I was a beginner, I would spend hours trying to jam along with his solo albums. I found his approach to the instrument so inspiring. I was fascinated with his unusual arrangements and his aggressive guitar tones. He always stood out as a unique player: He was always, purely “Jeff Beck”.

His solo albums were all groundbreaking, “ahead of their time”, and paved the way for me and so many other guitarists around the world. And they were fun to listen to, over and over again.

I had the pleasure of saying hello to Jeff a few times, once when Chickenfoot went to see him play at the Fox Theater in Oakland, and a second time when we were all playing at the BosPop Festival in The Netherlands. We all had a fun jam backstage that day.

Unfortunately, I didn’t ever get to really know him. I hope he knew how much I admired, revered and respected him. When I finish writing this I will go and listen to Jeff’s “Where Were You” a few times and thank him for giving us so much beautiful music.

My deepest condolences to his family and close friends. R.I.P. Jeff

12/01/2023

Beck's representatives said the guitar great passed away after contracting bacterial meningitis

04/01/2023

02/01/2023

Afrobeat soul

02/01/2023

https://youtu.be/4RC0Y2I-2KQ

Always remember that THERE IS NOTHING WE OWN

Afrobeat soul

02/01/2023

If you can't find happiness when you are poor
You won't find happiness when you become rich

18/12/2022

Acoustic guitar cover

26/11/2022

11/10/2022

released this guitar today, its the American vintage ii 57' start and a host of other vintages and it's amaaaazing!!! Such a gorgeous instrument, I've spent soooo much time playing it and love it!!
Had MAJOR technical difficulties today, Video out tomorrow!! ❤️❤️❤️

03/10/2022

Song to celebrate the greatness in us all

24/09/2022

26/08/2022