Allman Brothers Band singer, songwriter, and guitarist Dickey Betts passed away on Thursday morning at the age of 80. His band’s signature songs, piercing solos, and hell-raising spirit defined the group and Southern rock in general. The late legend was reportedly suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and two cancers.
As word spread that Betts had died from cancer complications, the music world mourned the loss of a guitar virtuoso and founding member of the iconic Allman Brothers Band. Known for his electrifying guitar skills and distinct Southern rock sound, he leaves a lasting legacy that has influenced future generations of musicians.
Dickey Betts (Image via YouTube/Screenshot) ‘Larger than Life’ Dickey Betts Died at 80
Dickey Betts was raised in Florida and developed an early appreciation for music, learning to play the ukulele at age five and then moving on to the mandolin, banjo, and guitar as his hands got bigger.
As word spread that Betts had died from cancer complications, the music world mourned the loss of a guitar virtuoso and founding member of the iconic Allman Brothers Band. Known for his electrifying guitar skills and distinct Southern rock sound, he leaves a lasting legacy that has influenced future generations of musicians.
Dickey Betts (Image via YouTube/Screenshot) ‘Larger than Life’ Dickey Betts Died at 80
Dickey Betts was raised in Florida and developed an early appreciation for music, learning to play the ukulele at age five and then moving on to the mandolin, banjo, and guitar as his hands got bigger.
- 4/19/2024
- by Siddhika Prajapati
- FandomWire
Slash and Gibson have rolled out a new artist signature model guitar: the “Jessica” Les Paul Standard.
“Jessica” has been Slash’s main stage axe since 1988 and has been used primarily to perform songs from Guns N’ Roses‘ debut Appetite for Destruction. It was also his trusty guitar as a member of Velvet Revolver and remains his choice instrument in Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators.
“This guitar has been with me since 1988,” remarked Slash in a press release. “It’s faded, I fucking dropped a cigarette on it … I named it when I was drunk, but I don’t remember what the catalyst for that was!”
While not an exact replica, the new signature model is based on Slash’s original “Jessica” and features a three-piece plain maple top on a non-weight-relieved mahogany body and a mahogany neck with a ’50s Vintage neck profile.
Electronically, the body houses...
“Jessica” has been Slash’s main stage axe since 1988 and has been used primarily to perform songs from Guns N’ Roses‘ debut Appetite for Destruction. It was also his trusty guitar as a member of Velvet Revolver and remains his choice instrument in Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators.
“This guitar has been with me since 1988,” remarked Slash in a press release. “It’s faded, I fucking dropped a cigarette on it … I named it when I was drunk, but I don’t remember what the catalyst for that was!”
While not an exact replica, the new signature model is based on Slash’s original “Jessica” and features a three-piece plain maple top on a non-weight-relieved mahogany body and a mahogany neck with a ’50s Vintage neck profile.
Electronically, the body houses...
- 4/10/2024
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
The Beatles’ songs from A to Z are a study of how the band changed the course of pop music. The songwriting, melodies, instrumentals, and recording technqiues established the band as among the most influential in music history. But for all their success, The Beatles remained active for a relatively short period of time.
In 10 years, The Beatles released 14 albums in what’s considered their core catalog. It includes just over 200 songs from John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. Some are much more memorable than others, but every Beatles song from A to Z has its own story and interesting facts to keep listeners entertained even when the music stops.
Beatles songs starting with ‘A’ “Across the Universe” The song holds a Guinness World Record that involves outer space. “Act Naturally” It replaced a “weird” Ringo Starr song initially meant for the album. “All I’ve Got...
In 10 years, The Beatles released 14 albums in what’s considered their core catalog. It includes just over 200 songs from John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. Some are much more memorable than others, but every Beatles song from A to Z has its own story and interesting facts to keep listeners entertained even when the music stops.
Beatles songs starting with ‘A’ “Across the Universe” The song holds a Guinness World Record that involves outer space. “Act Naturally” It replaced a “weird” Ringo Starr song initially meant for the album. “All I’ve Got...
- 2/26/2024
- by Matt Moore
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Metallica’s Kirk Hammett and Gibson have announced the 1989 Les Paul Custom signature model.
It’s the latest signature model axe in Hammett’s ongoing partnership with Gibson. This time, they’re going back to the …And Justice for All and “Black Album” era for a faithful recreation of Hammett’s original Les Paul Custom in its appropriate “blacked-out” Ebony finish.
The signature model retains that look and was Murphy Lab-aged by Gibson’s luthiers to replicate the wear and feel of the original. The hardware is also all-black.
Per Kirk’s wishes, the guitar comes equipped with uncovered-Type pickups, along with a Fishman Powerbridge piezo bridge pickup system with a Fishman Powership preamp and volume control that boasts simulated full-bodied acoustic tone — the latter element being one of the original appeals of the instrument when Hammett first acquired it.
“This black 1989 Les Paul Custom is actually the first Les...
It’s the latest signature model axe in Hammett’s ongoing partnership with Gibson. This time, they’re going back to the …And Justice for All and “Black Album” era for a faithful recreation of Hammett’s original Les Paul Custom in its appropriate “blacked-out” Ebony finish.
The signature model retains that look and was Murphy Lab-aged by Gibson’s luthiers to replicate the wear and feel of the original. The hardware is also all-black.
Per Kirk’s wishes, the guitar comes equipped with uncovered-Type pickups, along with a Fishman Powerbridge piezo bridge pickup system with a Fishman Powership preamp and volume control that boasts simulated full-bodied acoustic tone — the latter element being one of the original appeals of the instrument when Hammett first acquired it.
“This black 1989 Les Paul Custom is actually the first Les...
- 1/24/2024
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
"Bones" fans will surely recall that "Angela Montenegro" was not the birth name of the character played by actress Michaela Conlin. The origin of her true full birth name was one of the show's longest-running mysteries, and showrunner Hart Hanson and the "Bones" writers held onto that secret until the 10th season's 21st episode, "The Life in the Light," where it was revealed that "Angela" was actually born with a far more ... unusual name: Pookie Noodlin Pearly-Gates Gibbons.
That delightfully unconventional name makes a little more sense when you remember that Billy F. Gibbons, the guitarist and lead singer of rock band Zz Top, played Angela's father on the show, and he was essentially playing a heightened version of himself. But the writers took things a step further and embedded a hidden reference into the relationship between Gibbons and Angela that only hardcore Zz Top fans would know.
The "Pearly Gates...
That delightfully unconventional name makes a little more sense when you remember that Billy F. Gibbons, the guitarist and lead singer of rock band Zz Top, played Angela's father on the show, and he was essentially playing a heightened version of himself. But the writers took things a step further and embedded a hidden reference into the relationship between Gibbons and Angela that only hardcore Zz Top fans would know.
The "Pearly Gates...
- 1/21/2024
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
George Harrison let another rock star use the guitar that Eric Clapton played on The Beatles’ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” What an honor! That rock star used the guitar on another classic song. “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” is a beloved tune but it was never a hit in the United States.
The guitar from The Beatles’ ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ was used in a soul song
Peter Frampton is a rock star who was part of the bands The Herd and Humble Pie. He also had a number of solo hits, including “Do You Feel Like We Do,” “Baby, I Love Your Way,” “Show Me the Way,” and “I’m in You.” In a 2022 Loudersound interview, Frampton recalled what it was like getting to work with George and company. “It was: ‘Nice to meet you, man … Do you want to play?’ I said: ‘You mean now?’
“They...
The guitar from The Beatles’ ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ was used in a soul song
Peter Frampton is a rock star who was part of the bands The Herd and Humble Pie. He also had a number of solo hits, including “Do You Feel Like We Do,” “Baby, I Love Your Way,” “Show Me the Way,” and “I’m in You.” In a 2022 Loudersound interview, Frampton recalled what it was like getting to work with George and company. “It was: ‘Nice to meet you, man … Do you want to play?’ I said: ‘You mean now?’
“They...
- 1/18/2024
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Elton John said Elvis Presley’s “Hound Dog” was one of the two records that completely changed his life. The other was by another 1950s rock ‘n’ roll singer. John also revealed what he thought about Elvis’ looks. He had a similar reaction to Elvis that he had to Marilyn Monroe.
Elvis Presley’s ‘Hound Dog’ was 1 of the 1st songs Elton John’s mom bought that he loved
During a 1973 interview with Rolling Stone, John was asked if his musical career began with his band Bluesology. “Actually it all started when I became old enough to listen to records, because my mother and father collected records and the first records I ever heard were Kay Starr and Billy May and Tennessee Ernie Ford and Les Paul and Mary Ford and Guy Mitchell,” he said. I grew up in that era. I was three or four when I first started listening to records like that.
Elvis Presley’s ‘Hound Dog’ was 1 of the 1st songs Elton John’s mom bought that he loved
During a 1973 interview with Rolling Stone, John was asked if his musical career began with his band Bluesology. “Actually it all started when I became old enough to listen to records, because my mother and father collected records and the first records I ever heard were Kay Starr and Billy May and Tennessee Ernie Ford and Les Paul and Mary Ford and Guy Mitchell,” he said. I grew up in that era. I was three or four when I first started listening to records like that.
- 11/14/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Jason Isbell was sitting backstage in Memphis in September, watching the Georgia/South Carolina football game on his laptop when a rock song with a killer riff started playing as CBS went to commercial. “At first I thought, ‘That sounds great, what is that?’” says the four-time Grammy winner. “And then it occurred to me, ‘That’s me! That’s the old band.’ ” The song in question: 2004’s “Where the Devil Don’t Stay” by Drive-By Truckers, Isbell’s former band.
Isbell’s Truckers era is just one period of...
Isbell’s Truckers era is just one period of...
- 11/8/2023
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett and Epiphone have joined forces for the 1979 Flying V signature model guitar.
Described as a “painstaking recreation” of Hammett’s prized original ’79 Flying V, the new replica pays homage to one of the most recognizable guitar silhouettes of all-time. Of course, Hammett and his bandmate James Hetfield — along with countless other thrashers — played a large part in elevating the V-shaped guitar to its iconic status, making the instrument synonymous with heavy metal in the process.
“I am extremely honored to be able to put out an Epiphone Flying V today,” remarked Hammett in a press release. “Epiphone represents great sounding guitars at accessible prices, which is fundamentally important for up-and-coming musicians. I’m beyond pleased that I can offer the ’79 Flying V in this capacity. It means so much to me to be able to put good guitars in the hands of young players.”
The new...
Described as a “painstaking recreation” of Hammett’s prized original ’79 Flying V, the new replica pays homage to one of the most recognizable guitar silhouettes of all-time. Of course, Hammett and his bandmate James Hetfield — along with countless other thrashers — played a large part in elevating the V-shaped guitar to its iconic status, making the instrument synonymous with heavy metal in the process.
“I am extremely honored to be able to put out an Epiphone Flying V today,” remarked Hammett in a press release. “Epiphone represents great sounding guitars at accessible prices, which is fundamentally important for up-and-coming musicians. I’m beyond pleased that I can offer the ’79 Flying V in this capacity. It means so much to me to be able to put good guitars in the hands of young players.”
The new...
- 10/31/2023
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
George Harrison was less interested in guitars and more interested in another instrument when he wrote The Beatles’ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” He revealed another rock star helped him create the song. Prince gifted the world with an awe-inspiring cover of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.”
Why people love The Beatles’ ‘Why My Guitar Gently Weeps’
“While My Guitar Gently Weeps” has interesting lyrics. However, it’s most beloved for its guitar riffs. That’s ironic, given George’s mindset at the time.
The book George Harrison on George Harrison: Interviews and Encounters includes an interview from 1977. In that interview, George discussed the composition of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” “Well, for eight studio dates, and then I’d get the guitar out and just play, you know, learn a part and play for the record.” he said. “But I’d really lost a lot of interest in the guitar.
Why people love The Beatles’ ‘Why My Guitar Gently Weeps’
“While My Guitar Gently Weeps” has interesting lyrics. However, it’s most beloved for its guitar riffs. That’s ironic, given George’s mindset at the time.
The book George Harrison on George Harrison: Interviews and Encounters includes an interview from 1977. In that interview, George discussed the composition of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” “Well, for eight studio dates, and then I’d get the guitar out and just play, you know, learn a part and play for the record.” he said. “But I’d really lost a lot of interest in the guitar.
- 10/8/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The new documentary Mr. Jimmy tells the story of a Japanese kimono salesman named Akio Sakurai, who worships Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page. For three decades, Sakurai has adopted the persona of “Mr. Jimmy,” playing guitar like Page and attempting note-for-note recreations of Led Zeppelin concerts in Tokyo clubs. After Page encouraged him, he moved to Los Angeles and joined a tribute act, Led Zepagain, to continue his idol worship. The picture, distributed worldwide by Abramorama, is in theaters now.
Filmmaker Peter Michael Dowd tells Rolling Stone he made the...
Filmmaker Peter Michael Dowd tells Rolling Stone he made the...
- 9/13/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
The summer of Taylor Swift is sweeping through Southern California. The superstar singer will begin a record-setting run of sold-out shows at SoFi Stadium when her Eras Tour hits Inglewood on Aug. 3, with additional dates of Aug. 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9. As Swift arrives in Los Angeles — after apparently causing seismic activity dubbed a “Swift Quake” in Seattle — her fans will be greeted by an array of offerings, from “Lover”-themed cupcakes to special Soul Cycle rides. Below is a roundup of how Swift mania is hitting the city.
“I Can See You (Taylor’s Version)” Exhibit
The Grammy Museum — located at 800 W. Olympic Blvd. in Downtown Los Angeles — has opened a special Swift-themed exhibit on the fourth floor theater gallery. It pulls from the singer’s “I Can See You (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)” music video by featuring a display of 11 costumes and two instruments. The costumes were all worn...
“I Can See You (Taylor’s Version)” Exhibit
The Grammy Museum — located at 800 W. Olympic Blvd. in Downtown Los Angeles — has opened a special Swift-themed exhibit on the fourth floor theater gallery. It pulls from the singer’s “I Can See You (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)” music video by featuring a display of 11 costumes and two instruments. The costumes were all worn...
- 8/2/2023
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Two of the best films of the year also happen to feature two of the best soundtracks of the year and as each enters a wide release today, the scores are now available to stream in full. Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City boasts an epic soundtrack of 25 songs amounting to over 70 minutes, featuring Alexandre Desplat, Jarvis Cocker, Big Crosby, Les Paul, Burl Ives, Tex Ritter, Les Baxter, and many more.
Then, Grizzly Bear’s Christopher Bear and Daniel Rossen reunited to score Celine Song’s debut Past Lives, clocking in at 16 tracks around 40 minutes, also including the end credits track “Quiet Eyes” by Sharon Van Etten and Zachary Dawes. “What a pleasure it was to score this film with [Rossen] and make music I feel very connected with,” said Bear. “Celine Song is a force and had such incredible vision and execution.”
Luke Hicks said in his Cannes review of Asteroid City,...
Then, Grizzly Bear’s Christopher Bear and Daniel Rossen reunited to score Celine Song’s debut Past Lives, clocking in at 16 tracks around 40 minutes, also including the end credits track “Quiet Eyes” by Sharon Van Etten and Zachary Dawes. “What a pleasure it was to score this film with [Rossen] and make music I feel very connected with,” said Bear. “Celine Song is a force and had such incredible vision and execution.”
Luke Hicks said in his Cannes review of Asteroid City,...
- 6/23/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Wes Anderson’s latest endeavor Asteroid City is making its crash-landing into theaters this Friday, June 23rd, and it has a fitting soundtrack to match. As a preview, Jarvis Cocker has shared one of his contributions to the film called “Dear Alien (Who Art In Heaven),” a single he wrote with Anderson and his former Pulp bandmate Richard Hawley. The song also features Seu Jorge, who was prominently featured on the soundtrack for Anderson’s The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.
Considering Asteroid City takes place in a desert town in 1955, the soundtrack comes chock-full of period-setting tunes like classic bluegrass and country as well as mid-century pop. Along with a couple of originals from Cocker are songs by Bing Crosby, The Springfields (featuring a young Dusty Springfield), Burl Ives, Tex Ritter, and many more, as well as a score by Alexandre Desplat.
Cocker is just one of many voices...
Considering Asteroid City takes place in a desert town in 1955, the soundtrack comes chock-full of period-setting tunes like classic bluegrass and country as well as mid-century pop. Along with a couple of originals from Cocker are songs by Bing Crosby, The Springfields (featuring a young Dusty Springfield), Burl Ives, Tex Ritter, and many more, as well as a score by Alexandre Desplat.
Cocker is just one of many voices...
- 6/20/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
Though they’re forever tied together because of one guitar (more on that later), most music fans wouldn’t confuse Jimmy Page and Joe Walsh. Many people considered Page one of the best guitarists of all time before he formed Led Zeppelin, and his playing only improved in the band. Walsh, famously of the Eagles, is a fine player with a niche of his own. Yet Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen says Page and Walsh have one thing in common — they are both underrated in their own way.
(l-r) Jimmy Page; Joe Walsh | Laurance Ratner/WireImage; Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images How Jimmy Page and Joe Walsh are both underrated
As we mentioned, Page and Walsh occupy their own chapters in the classic rock story.
Page was the creative force in one of the biggest bands ever. Walsh flew more under the radar, but his playing was no less impressive.
(l-r) Jimmy Page; Joe Walsh | Laurance Ratner/WireImage; Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images How Jimmy Page and Joe Walsh are both underrated
As we mentioned, Page and Walsh occupy their own chapters in the classic rock story.
Page was the creative force in one of the biggest bands ever. Walsh flew more under the radar, but his playing was no less impressive.
- 6/9/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Say the name Jimmy Page, and Led Zeppelin fans can practically close their eyes and conjure his image. They see the guitarist’s wavy black hair cascading over his face as he plays scorching solos. Or the Led Zeppelin founder slinging his custom-made double-necked instrument or one of his Gibson Les Paul guitars owned by other musicians first. Though seemingly tied to Gibsons during his Zep career, Page brought in an old friend for his famous “Stairway to Heaven” solo.
Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page | Michael Putland/Getty Images Jimmy Page brought in an old friend for his ‘Stairway to Heaven’ solo — his old Fender Telecaster
The custom double-necked guitar we mentioned earlier? Page needed that Gibson Eds-1275 to perform “Stairway to Heaven” live. The build from gentle intro to strummed 12-string fanfare to blistering solo required an instrument that could do it all.
It was a different story in the studio.
Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page | Michael Putland/Getty Images Jimmy Page brought in an old friend for his ‘Stairway to Heaven’ solo — his old Fender Telecaster
The custom double-necked guitar we mentioned earlier? Page needed that Gibson Eds-1275 to perform “Stairway to Heaven” live. The build from gentle intro to strummed 12-string fanfare to blistering solo required an instrument that could do it all.
It was a different story in the studio.
- 5/29/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Imagine you’re a filmmaker, and you’ve assembled a dream cast of A-list stars, crack character actors, and your usual stock company of famous faces. Your production-design team has gifted you with a set that’s evocative of a 1950s Southwestern desert landscape, complete with Monument Valley vistas and Route 66 iconography. The costume designer has absolutely nailed the period couture, from cowpoke denim-on-denim to aristocratic golf duds to bewitching fitted dresses. The sunbaked color palette suggests a faded postcard from family vacations past. A longtime friend and fellow idiosyncratic...
- 5/24/2023
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Boys Like Girls are ending their 11-year break with “Blood and Sugar,” a poppy new single on which singer Martin Johnson comes to terms with the fact that while boys may like girls, girls may not like boys back. He starts the song with, “Well, she said she’d only take me/If I were the only man alive” and seems to get more confused from there. “Our love could be a symphony,” he sings, “But she’d rather let it die than be together.” At least he makes up...
- 5/19/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Jimmy Page fully dedicated his life to Led Zeppelin when he formed the band in 1968. He wrote many of the songs, played guitar, produced the albums, applied the skills he learned as a session player to the band, and generally had his hands on every creative decision they made. His life was fully wrapped up in Led Zeppelin, and Page said he formed a “split personality” because of it but found a way to stay sane through it all.
(l-r) Jimmy Page playing live with Led Zeppelin; Page at home | Chris Walter/WireImage; Mirrorpix via Getty Images Jimmy Page ‘had this split personality’ during his Led Zeppelin days
Led Zeppelin started touring frequently as soon as they formed. The first year they didn’t play any concerts was six years later, in 1974. Life on the road was chaotic (to put it mildly). Zep’s members lived and partied like rock stars.
(l-r) Jimmy Page playing live with Led Zeppelin; Page at home | Chris Walter/WireImage; Mirrorpix via Getty Images Jimmy Page ‘had this split personality’ during his Led Zeppelin days
Led Zeppelin started touring frequently as soon as they formed. The first year they didn’t play any concerts was six years later, in 1974. Life on the road was chaotic (to put it mildly). Zep’s members lived and partied like rock stars.
- 5/12/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Johnny Marr will use his extensive guitar collection as a jumping-off point for a new book about his life and career, Marr’s Guitars, out Oct. 17 via Harper Design (pre-order here).
In Marr’s Guitars, Marr will pair different guitars with chapters of his life, each instrument associated with a particular moment, song, or sound. The book will cover everything from Marr’s early days as a musician and work with the Smiths all the way up through recent projects, like collaborating with Hans Zimmer on the soundtrack for the James Bond flick,...
In Marr’s Guitars, Marr will pair different guitars with chapters of his life, each instrument associated with a particular moment, song, or sound. The book will cover everything from Marr’s early days as a musician and work with the Smiths all the way up through recent projects, like collaborating with Hans Zimmer on the soundtrack for the James Bond flick,...
- 4/18/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Led Zeppelin emerged fully formed on their debut album. They won over fans in the United States with their first concerts and made everything sound so effortless, even when they struggled to record songs. Making Led Zeppelin I was the opposite of a struggle, and “You Shook Me” was one of the band’s most unique songs.
(l-r) John Paul Jones, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Bonham of Led Zeppelin| Jorgen Angel/Redferns Led Zeppelin recorded ‘You Shook Me’ and the rest of their debut soon after forming
Guitarist Jimmy Page lived through a whirlwind in late 1968. He experienced the disintegration of the Yardbirds, the formation of Led Zeppelin, and the recording of the band’s debut album within a few months.
The fiery blimp disaster shown on the cover of the debut carried several meanings: That the band burned with an intense passion for its craft, that it planned to burn musical conventions,...
(l-r) John Paul Jones, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Bonham of Led Zeppelin| Jorgen Angel/Redferns Led Zeppelin recorded ‘You Shook Me’ and the rest of their debut soon after forming
Guitarist Jimmy Page lived through a whirlwind in late 1968. He experienced the disintegration of the Yardbirds, the formation of Led Zeppelin, and the recording of the band’s debut album within a few months.
The fiery blimp disaster shown on the cover of the debut carried several meanings: That the band burned with an intense passion for its craft, that it planned to burn musical conventions,...
- 4/8/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Few guitars are as famous as the 1959 Les Paul Standard known as “Greeny.” Originally owned by blues-rock legend Peter Green during his time with Fleetwood Mac, the axe came into the possession of Thin Lizzy’s Gary Moore, who played it for decades. It’s currently owned by Metallica’s Kirk Hammett, having passed through the hands of three guitar legends.
Now Hammett and Gibson are bringing “Greeny” to the masses with the new 1959 Les Paul Standard Burst signature model, replicating the original. A Gibson Custom Shop version is out today (March 28th) and retails for an eye-popping $19,999. Meanwhile, the Les Paul Standard arrives April 11th, presumably at a much lower price.
“I am very honored and grateful for this opportunity with Gibson,” Hammett said in a press release. “To be able to share some of that mojo which ‘Greeny’ has means a lot to me. It’s exciting to...
Now Hammett and Gibson are bringing “Greeny” to the masses with the new 1959 Les Paul Standard Burst signature model, replicating the original. A Gibson Custom Shop version is out today (March 28th) and retails for an eye-popping $19,999. Meanwhile, the Les Paul Standard arrives April 11th, presumably at a much lower price.
“I am very honored and grateful for this opportunity with Gibson,” Hammett said in a press release. “To be able to share some of that mojo which ‘Greeny’ has means a lot to me. It’s exciting to...
- 3/28/2023
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
Jimmy Page is one of the most famous guitar players ever. His Led Zeppelin riffs are some of the most recognizable in classic rock. Thank goodness he developed his sound beyond what we heard on his first solo song. Several Page guitars created those riffs, and many were played and owned by other musicians.
Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page | Watal Asanuma/Shinko Music/Getty Images 1. Fender Telecaster
Page often wielded Gibson guitars with Led Zeppelin, but he used a Fender Telecaster for nearly every song on Led Zeppelin I. The guitar dated to his Yardbirds days, but he wasn’t the original owner. It belonged to his friend Jeff Beck first.
After Page turned down an invitation to join the Yardbirds and recommended Beck for the job, his grateful friend gave him his Fender Telecaster. It was a gift for not taking the job. Beck’s brief Yardbirds stint launched his career.
Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page | Watal Asanuma/Shinko Music/Getty Images 1. Fender Telecaster
Page often wielded Gibson guitars with Led Zeppelin, but he used a Fender Telecaster for nearly every song on Led Zeppelin I. The guitar dated to his Yardbirds days, but he wasn’t the original owner. It belonged to his friend Jeff Beck first.
After Page turned down an invitation to join the Yardbirds and recommended Beck for the job, his grateful friend gave him his Fender Telecaster. It was a gift for not taking the job. Beck’s brief Yardbirds stint launched his career.
- 3/13/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Jimmy Page’s guitar playing in Led Zeppelin made him famous. His memorable riffs and legendary guitar solos helped him ascend to the rank of guitar god. He owned several, but one of Page’s most famous guitars came to him when he more or less pressured another musician to sell it to him.
Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page | George De Sota/Redferns Jimmy Page jammed with a friend of a friend during a series of Led Zeppelin rehearsals
Page never stopped hunting for new guitars. He favored a few, but he never hesitated to add to his guitar army. The Led Zeppelin founder did exactly that in 1974.
The manager of Michael Corby knew someone who knew Ray Thomas, Page’s roadie and guitar tech in Led Zeppelin. Page summoned Corby to a jam session when he heard Corby owned an all-black Gibson Les Paul Custom (the same model as...
Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page | George De Sota/Redferns Jimmy Page jammed with a friend of a friend during a series of Led Zeppelin rehearsals
Page never stopped hunting for new guitars. He favored a few, but he never hesitated to add to his guitar army. The Led Zeppelin founder did exactly that in 1974.
The manager of Michael Corby knew someone who knew Ray Thomas, Page’s roadie and guitar tech in Led Zeppelin. Page summoned Corby to a jam session when he heard Corby owned an all-black Gibson Les Paul Custom (the same model as...
- 2/18/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
You won’t find many pictures of Jimmy Page without a guitar in his hands. That makes sense. He quit his lucrative gig as a session guitarist before he joined the Yardbirds and founded Led Zeppelin. His talents and international fame led to hundreds of photos of Page holding guitars he made famous. You won’t find one of Page playing a Gibson Flying V, even though it makes a memorable appearance on “You Shook Me” from Led Zeppelin I.
Robert Plant (left) and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin | Jorgen Angel/Redferns Jimmy Page used one guitar on every ‘Led Zeppelin I’ song except for ‘You Shook Me’
Page turned down an invitation to join the Yardbirds and recommended his friend Jeff Beck instead. Beck repaid Page for not taking the job by giving him the Fender Telecaster guitar he had been using.
Page played the proto-punk of “Communication Breakdown,...
Robert Plant (left) and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin | Jorgen Angel/Redferns Jimmy Page used one guitar on every ‘Led Zeppelin I’ song except for ‘You Shook Me’
Page turned down an invitation to join the Yardbirds and recommended his friend Jeff Beck instead. Beck repaid Page for not taking the job by giving him the Fender Telecaster guitar he had been using.
Page played the proto-punk of “Communication Breakdown,...
- 2/16/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Jeff Beck played his first gigs on a guitar he built himself, plugging in with local bands in the London suburbs from age 13, before honing his craft at Wimbledon School of Art, studying the artistry of rock and roll and rhythm and blues. Beck mixed the virtuosity and speed Les Paul displayed on radio broadcasts, and the heaviness of even the most melodic Gene Vincent records into his own sound. Beck transformed The Yardbirds from blues purists to proto psychedelia pioneers before inventing hard rock on The Jeff Beck Group’s 1968 Truth album. A new Jeff Beck Group came out with Rough and Ready, infusing fluid jazz phrasings onto R&b ensemble rhythms.
It’s been said Pink Floyd considered asking Beck to join after Syd Barrett left. Beck turned down an invitation to replace Brian Jones in the Rolling Stones for a project with Vanilla Fudge bassist and vocalist Tim Bogert,...
It’s been said Pink Floyd considered asking Beck to join after Syd Barrett left. Beck turned down an invitation to replace Brian Jones in the Rolling Stones for a project with Vanilla Fudge bassist and vocalist Tim Bogert,...
- 1/12/2023
- by Mike Cecchini
- Den of Geek
Jeff Beck, the blues-rock innovator and two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee who revolutionized how the guitar is played, died Tuesday at the age of 78.
Beck’s family confirmed the former Yardbirds guitarist’s death Wednesday. “On behalf of his family, it is with deep and profound sadness that we share the news of Jeff Beck’s passing,” Beck’s family said in a statement. “After suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis, he peacefully passed away yesterday. His family asks for privacy while they process this tremendous loss.”
Beck, an eight-time Grammy winner,...
Beck’s family confirmed the former Yardbirds guitarist’s death Wednesday. “On behalf of his family, it is with deep and profound sadness that we share the news of Jeff Beck’s passing,” Beck’s family said in a statement. “After suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis, he peacefully passed away yesterday. His family asks for privacy while they process this tremendous loss.”
Beck, an eight-time Grammy winner,...
- 1/11/2023
- by Daniel Kreps and Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Grammy® Award-Winning Producer, Guitarist & Singer John Pizzarelli joins Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club’s 2022 Schedule of Shows which now includes 9 Nea Jazz Masters, 52 Grammy® Award-Winning Artists, 46 Blues Music Award-Winners, and a comprehensive list of talented musicians with 575+ Grammy® Award Nominations amongst them. Tickets for John Pizzarelli at Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club, as well as the current list of 2022 & 2023 shows, can be found on Ticketmaster.com and Jimmy’s Online Event Calendar at: http://www.jimmysoncongress.com/events.
Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club Features Grammy® Award-Winning Producer, Guitarist & Singer John Pizzarelli on Thursday December 15 at 8 P.M. World-Renowned Jazz Guitarist John Pizzarelli has been hailed by the Boston Globe for “reinvigorating the Great American Songbook and re-popularizing jazz.”
While plenty of jazz greats influenced his work—Benny Goodman, Les Paul, Zoot Sims, Clark Terry and Slam Stewart, among others—Nat King Cole has been Pizzarelli’s hero and foundation over the last 25+ years.
Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club Features Grammy® Award-Winning Producer, Guitarist & Singer John Pizzarelli on Thursday December 15 at 8 P.M. World-Renowned Jazz Guitarist John Pizzarelli has been hailed by the Boston Globe for “reinvigorating the Great American Songbook and re-popularizing jazz.”
While plenty of jazz greats influenced his work—Benny Goodman, Les Paul, Zoot Sims, Clark Terry and Slam Stewart, among others—Nat King Cole has been Pizzarelli’s hero and foundation over the last 25+ years.
- 11/25/2022
- by Music Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Music
In a moment that was as symbolic as it was incendiary, Billy Strings strapped on his Gibson Les Paul, cranked up the Orange amps, and rolled into a cover of Jimi Hendrix’s “Fire,” the six-string phenom howling, “Move over, Rover, and let Billy take over.”
Halloween night capped off an unforgettable three-night run for Strings & Co. at the Harrah’s Cherokee Center in downtown Asheville, North Carolina. Dressed as characters from The Lord of the Rings (the shows were dubbed “Away from the Shire”), the band blasted through a...
Halloween night capped off an unforgettable three-night run for Strings & Co. at the Harrah’s Cherokee Center in downtown Asheville, North Carolina. Dressed as characters from The Lord of the Rings (the shows were dubbed “Away from the Shire”), the band blasted through a...
- 11/1/2022
- by Garret K. Woodward
- Rollingstone.com
Where better to set a paradisal experimental housing development than Palm Springs? The sun is always shining and the empty desert expands as far as the eye can see in every direction, a vast, impenetrable barrier between manicured reality and the rest of the world. It all but guarantees privacy and safety, perhaps the two most cherished values in suburban society, and the two values most under fire in Olivia Wilde’s psycho-sexual thriller Don’t Worry Darling.
Welcome to Victory, a brand-spanking-new 1950s community where plasticky suburbanites beam over their single-acre, Stepford-esque plots of land topped with sumptuous mid-century houses you might find on Cielo Drive, perfect identical yards sporting a green so verdant they could be astroturf, and all the teak and crushed velvet you can dream up.
In the morning, happy husbands march outside, briefcases in hand, while the wives line up on crisp concrete driveways in a...
Welcome to Victory, a brand-spanking-new 1950s community where plasticky suburbanites beam over their single-acre, Stepford-esque plots of land topped with sumptuous mid-century houses you might find on Cielo Drive, perfect identical yards sporting a green so verdant they could be astroturf, and all the teak and crushed velvet you can dream up.
In the morning, happy husbands march outside, briefcases in hand, while the wives line up on crisp concrete driveways in a...
- 9/5/2022
- by Luke Hicks
- The Film Stage
HBO Max’s “The Staircase” marks the fifth collaboration for music supervisor Randall Poster and creator Antonio Campos. Poster says that the journey has helped build a musical rapport. When it came to finding the perfect needle drop moments for the true-crime series starring Colin Firth and Toni Collette, Poster looked to music that would help tell the story rather than rely on the musical tastes of the characters.
“The Staircase” retells the death of Kathleen Peterson, played by Collette, from a fall from a staircase in her home. Husband Michael Peterson (Firth) was convicted of murder in 2003. He was eventually released but to this day nobody knows exactly how Kathleen died.
Set around the events of 2001, Poster’s primary challenge was how to use music to tell that story as the story jumped back and forth in time within a short period. Poster says, “The challenge was how to...
“The Staircase” retells the death of Kathleen Peterson, played by Collette, from a fall from a staircase in her home. Husband Michael Peterson (Firth) was convicted of murder in 2003. He was eventually released but to this day nobody knows exactly how Kathleen died.
Set around the events of 2001, Poster’s primary challenge was how to use music to tell that story as the story jumped back and forth in time within a short period. Poster says, “The challenge was how to...
- 6/27/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Keith Urban kicked off the 2022 CMT Music Awards with a performance of his latest single “Wild Hearts.” The guitar-slinger strutted up the catwalk to the stage of Nashville’s Municipal Auditorium with his Les Paul at his side. It’s a venue that’s familiar to Urban — he rehearsed his 2011 Get Closer Tour there.
“This goes out to the drifters and all of the dreamers ready to fly,” Urban sang in the chorus. “This goes out to the wild cards and all of the wild hearts, just like mine.” He...
“This goes out to the drifters and all of the dreamers ready to fly,” Urban sang in the chorus. “This goes out to the wild cards and all of the wild hearts, just like mine.” He...
- 4/12/2022
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Brandi Carlile kept her recent run of memorable Grammy Awards performances alive on Sunday, giving a soaring rendition of her song “Right on Time” during the ceremony.
Carlile began the song, off her latest album In These Silent Days, seated alone at a piano. After playing the intro, she picked up a Les Paul and joined her longtime musical collaborators the Hanseroth twins on an elevated platform, where the stage lights projected all the colors of the prism behind them. Carlile’s sequined jacket acted like its own prism too,...
Carlile began the song, off her latest album In These Silent Days, seated alone at a piano. After playing the intro, she picked up a Les Paul and joined her longtime musical collaborators the Hanseroth twins on an elevated platform, where the stage lights projected all the colors of the prism behind them. Carlile’s sequined jacket acted like its own prism too,...
- 4/4/2022
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
The Les Paul Foundation, whose mission is to honor the legacy of Les Paul, has announced the appointment of a new Advisory Council.
The Les Paul Advisory Council is made up of a prestigious group of influential music industry friends, colleagues and educators. They will be helping to further the mission of the Foundation. The Council will offer insight and guidance for music education, engineering and hearing health, three priorities for Les during his lifetime. Each member of the new Council brings an extraordinary level of experience and expertise in the music business and will contribute to the current and future work of the Les Paul Foundation.
The Les Paul Advisory Council members are K-Pop producer Alawn; President of CAA Nashville, Rod Essig; Grammy winning artist and guitarist Peter Frampton; Musician and Composer Brian Hardgroove; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Joan Jett; CEO of Tmwrk Management Andrew McInnes...
The Les Paul Advisory Council is made up of a prestigious group of influential music industry friends, colleagues and educators. They will be helping to further the mission of the Foundation. The Council will offer insight and guidance for music education, engineering and hearing health, three priorities for Les during his lifetime. Each member of the new Council brings an extraordinary level of experience and expertise in the music business and will contribute to the current and future work of the Les Paul Foundation.
The Les Paul Advisory Council members are K-Pop producer Alawn; President of CAA Nashville, Rod Essig; Grammy winning artist and guitarist Peter Frampton; Musician and Composer Brian Hardgroove; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Joan Jett; CEO of Tmwrk Management Andrew McInnes...
- 3/3/2022
- Look to the Stars
The earliest approved model of the Gibson Les Paul — owned by Les Paul himself and known affectionately as “Number One” — is headed to auction. The lot will be part of the upcoming “Exceptional Sale,” taking place October 13th at Christie’s in New York City.
Paul and Gibson Incorporated developed “Number One” around 1951 and 1952. At the time, Gibson had lost ground and market share to Fender, which had launched the Telecaster, the first mass-produced solid-body electric guitar, in 1950. In response, Gibson tapped Paul — one of the most popular musicians in...
Paul and Gibson Incorporated developed “Number One” around 1951 and 1952. At the time, Gibson had lost ground and market share to Fender, which had launched the Telecaster, the first mass-produced solid-body electric guitar, in 1950. In response, Gibson tapped Paul — one of the most popular musicians in...
- 8/18/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson has released two instrumental tracks, “Kabul Blues” and “Spy House,” to promote his new Alex Lifeson Epiphone Les Paul Standard Axcess electric guitar. They can be heard on his official website.
The songs feature bassist Andy Curran, drummer David Quinton Steinberg, and Lifeson on “everything else.” This is the first music he’s released since the 2012 Rush LP Clockwork Angels. The vast majority of the music Lifeson has made over the course of his long career was in Rush, although he did release the under-the-radar solo...
The songs feature bassist Andy Curran, drummer David Quinton Steinberg, and Lifeson on “everything else.” This is the first music he’s released since the 2012 Rush LP Clockwork Angels. The vast majority of the music Lifeson has made over the course of his long career was in Rush, although he did release the under-the-radar solo...
- 6/15/2021
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
For as long as there have been guitars, there have been guitar lessons. There’s something uniquely soulful about a master teacher passing down lessons to an eager novice. Those first chords create an inextricable bond between student and instrument, and instill a lifelong connection to how music is made, shaped, refined, and mastered.
Covid-19 shattered that traditionally intimate process. Instead of sitting in a room strumming along with a teacher who could help you find the right fret and pluck the right string, many students were forced to take their lessons online.
Covid-19 shattered that traditionally intimate process. Instead of sitting in a room strumming along with a teacher who could help you find the right fret and pluck the right string, many students were forced to take their lessons online.
- 6/14/2021
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
Fresh from speaking up for his father’s legacy after the Grammys’ solemn but brief Eddie Van Halen tribute, Wolfgang Van Halen is moving on with his own musical career, releasing two new songs and a video. The heavy, fuzzed-out riff-rocker “Don’t Back Down” (which had the working title “Sabbath”) and the more melodic “Think It Over” are the latest tracks from the self-titled debut of his one-man-band, Mammoth Wvh.
“With ‘Don’t Back Down’ I really leaned into a fight-song mentality,” Wolfgang tells Rolling Stone. “The kind of...
“With ‘Don’t Back Down’ I really leaned into a fight-song mentality,” Wolfgang tells Rolling Stone. “The kind of...
- 3/26/2021
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Since emerging from the Texas outlaw scene in the early Seventies, Ray Wylie Hubbard has written some of the genre’s smartest, funniest — and most overlooked — classics. A favorite of Jerry Jeff Walker and Eric Church, Hubbard explores everything from his wild past to his deep knowledge of Christianity, Buddhism ,and Native American religions. “I read about this stuff and it just kinda shows up,” he told Rolling Stone in 2017. “But I still enjoy being a smartass.”
At 74, Hubbard is still breaking new ground: On Saturday, he will make his...
At 74, Hubbard is still breaking new ground: On Saturday, he will make his...
- 1/22/2021
- by Patrick Doyle
- Rollingstone.com
So, How Was Your 2020? is a series in which our favorite entertainers answer our questionnaire about the music, culture and memorable moments that shaped their year. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December.
2020 found the Old 97’s making a new album under conditions that encapsulated this disastrous year: Recording in Nashville amid a devastating tornado and on the precipice of a deadly pandemic. The resulting LP was Twelfth, released this summer, but frontman Rhett Miller still found time to do things in quarantine, like hosting his Wheels Off podcast,...
2020 found the Old 97’s making a new album under conditions that encapsulated this disastrous year: Recording in Nashville amid a devastating tornado and on the precipice of a deadly pandemic. The resulting LP was Twelfth, released this summer, but frontman Rhett Miller still found time to do things in quarantine, like hosting his Wheels Off podcast,...
- 12/31/2020
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
Nowadays, we’re seeing musical genres and styles fuse together like never before. Rock and hip-hop have blurred the borders, elements of Edm are prevalent in pop, and country has crossed over into mainstream Top 40 hits.
It’s a new age in creativity for any artist, where what was once “off-limits” because it was outside their genre is now open to all. And the songwriting options are absolutely endless.
That’s why we’ve teamed up with Guitar Center this season. With their huge inventory of items, there’s plenty...
It’s a new age in creativity for any artist, where what was once “off-limits” because it was outside their genre is now open to all. And the songwriting options are absolutely endless.
That’s why we’ve teamed up with Guitar Center this season. With their huge inventory of items, there’s plenty...
- 11/23/2020
- by Joshua Kanter
- Rollingstone.com
Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their complete stories, giving an up-close look at life on music’s A list. This edition features guitarist Terence “Snowy” White.
When Roger Waters put a band together for his 1999 In the Flesh comeback tour, bringing guitarist Snowy White into the mix was a no-brainer.
When Roger Waters put a band together for his 1999 In the Flesh comeback tour, bringing guitarist Snowy White into the mix was a no-brainer.
- 11/18/2020
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
From humble beginnings as an organ store in Hollywood, Guitar Center has grown into the country’s largest retailer of musical instruments in just over 60 years. It’s the go-to spot if you’ve got a musician on your list this season.
But whether you’re seeking out a gift for a guitarist or another musician altogether, don’t let the name mislead you – Guitar Center’s selection spreads way beyond just guitar gear. The company keeps current with whatever modern audio artists need, and the inventory is endless; including drums,...
But whether you’re seeking out a gift for a guitarist or another musician altogether, don’t let the name mislead you – Guitar Center’s selection spreads way beyond just guitar gear. The company keeps current with whatever modern audio artists need, and the inventory is endless; including drums,...
- 11/12/2020
- by Joshua Kanter
- Rollingstone.com
Come on, let’s do it again. Peter Frampton’s Do You Feel Like I Do? A Memoir brings it all back when you can’t remember who’s wine, what wine, and where the hell you may have dined while living the life of a working rock star.
Written by Frampton with Alan Light, Peter comes alive on the pages of Do You Feel Like I Do? A Memoir. He’s been in you, and now he’s letting you in. Hachette Books will release the book on Oct. 20. The stories are all first-hand accounts from the innovative guitarist himself. And he’s not using that talking box either. He got that effect, by the way, while he was playing sessions with country music’s premiere pedal steel guitarist, Pete Drake, for George Harrison‘s 1970 album All Things Must Pass. He liked the sound of Drake’s innovation so...
Written by Frampton with Alan Light, Peter comes alive on the pages of Do You Feel Like I Do? A Memoir. He’s been in you, and now he’s letting you in. Hachette Books will release the book on Oct. 20. The stories are all first-hand accounts from the innovative guitarist himself. And he’s not using that talking box either. He got that effect, by the way, while he was playing sessions with country music’s premiere pedal steel guitarist, Pete Drake, for George Harrison‘s 1970 album All Things Must Pass. He liked the sound of Drake’s innovation so...
- 10/11/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
In November 2011, as Rolling Stone prepped a list of the greatest guitarists of all time, Eddie Van Halen called us up for a loose chat. In the interview, Van Halen, who died of cancer on October 6th, 2020, went through his personal list of guitar heroes (Eric Clapton was his Number One), the origins of his own style, and much more. Here is that full conversation for the first time.
You’re up early.
I’m always up early. I wake up between 5 and 7 every morning and work out. I’ve...
You’re up early.
I’m always up early. I wake up between 5 and 7 every morning and work out. I’ve...
- 10/6/2020
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
The year before Van Halen put out their self-titled debut, the biggest things in rock were long, ponderous solos and the back-to-basics riffing of the Sex Pistols and Ramones. Then came “Eruption.” In just 102 seconds, Eddie Van Halen redefined the vocabulary of rock guitar — like Jimi Hendrix and his personal hero, Eric Clapton, had done a decade earlier — with an array of fluttering melodies, laser-beam licks, and sea-sickening dive bombs. More than 40 years later, it’s still exhilarating. Even if you didn’t play guitar, you’d have to ask yourself,...
- 10/6/2020
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Robert Lasky, a Hollywood attorney and co-founder of the Agency of the Performing Arts (APA) whose client list included Liberace, Johnny Cash, Brigitte Bardot and Harry Belafonte to name a few, died on Sept. 16. Lasky was 91.
Lasky passed away of complications from sepsis at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, his family announced.
Lasky played as integral role in the founding of APA which launched in 1962. Lasky co-founded the agency in New York alongside fellow co-founders David Baumgarten, Roger Vorce and Harvey Litwin. APA would expand and opened up offices in Los Angeles, Nashville, Atlanta, Toronto and London and has a client list which include Academy Award winner Gary Oldman, singer Mary J. Blige, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Famke Janssen.
A Brooklyn-born native of Russian and Hungarian descent, Lasky came from a long line of lawyers. Lasky attended Harvard University, where he was elected Phi Betta Kappa and graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1951. Lasky earned his LL.
Lasky passed away of complications from sepsis at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, his family announced.
Lasky played as integral role in the founding of APA which launched in 1962. Lasky co-founded the agency in New York alongside fellow co-founders David Baumgarten, Roger Vorce and Harvey Litwin. APA would expand and opened up offices in Los Angeles, Nashville, Atlanta, Toronto and London and has a client list which include Academy Award winner Gary Oldman, singer Mary J. Blige, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Famke Janssen.
A Brooklyn-born native of Russian and Hungarian descent, Lasky came from a long line of lawyers. Lasky attended Harvard University, where he was elected Phi Betta Kappa and graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1951. Lasky earned his LL.
- 9/25/2020
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Robert L. Lasky, attorney and cofounder of Agency of the Performing Arts whose clients once included Liberace, Johnny Cash and Harry Belafonte, died Sept. 16. He was 91. His death was announced by APA. A cause was not immediately available.
Lasky played an integral role in APA’s 1962 founding in New York, with David Baumgarten, Roger Vorce and Harvey Litwin. The agency subsequently launched offices in Los Angeles, Nashville, Atlanta, Toronto and London, and today is a leading talent agency with a roster of clients including Gary Oldman, Mary J. Blige, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Famke Janssen, among others.
Lasky was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, of Russian and Hungarian descent, to a long line of attorneys. He attended Harvard University, where he was elected Phi Betta Kappa and graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1951. He then went on to receive his LL.B. from Yale School of Law in 1955, and...
Lasky played an integral role in APA’s 1962 founding in New York, with David Baumgarten, Roger Vorce and Harvey Litwin. The agency subsequently launched offices in Los Angeles, Nashville, Atlanta, Toronto and London, and today is a leading talent agency with a roster of clients including Gary Oldman, Mary J. Blige, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Famke Janssen, among others.
Lasky was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, of Russian and Hungarian descent, to a long line of attorneys. He attended Harvard University, where he was elected Phi Betta Kappa and graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1951. He then went on to receive his LL.B. from Yale School of Law in 1955, and...
- 9/25/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
“You see your whole life flash in front of you in an hour and some minutes, and then it’s like, wow, did all that really happen? Because I always felt I’m in somewhat of a dream to begin with,” says Herb Alpert, subject of a new documentary about his life from director John Scheinfeld. It’s a dream that now has a release date: “Herb Alpert Is…” is hitting theaters and VOD on Oct. 1.
The doc will be the rare movie with a three-cd soundtrack, of sorts. It’s being announced today that Oct. 2 will see the release of a box set commemorating Alpert’s career, also titled “Herb Alpert Is…” The collection is not officially a soundtrack, as only a portion of its 63 tracks appear in the movie, but it fills a larger need as the first large-scale set celebrating the entirety of the legendary trumpeter’s nearly six-decade catalog.
The doc will be the rare movie with a three-cd soundtrack, of sorts. It’s being announced today that Oct. 2 will see the release of a box set commemorating Alpert’s career, also titled “Herb Alpert Is…” The collection is not officially a soundtrack, as only a portion of its 63 tracks appear in the movie, but it fills a larger need as the first large-scale set celebrating the entirety of the legendary trumpeter’s nearly six-decade catalog.
- 8/17/2020
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
Warren Haynes touches on his time with the Allman Brothers, his solo career, and his love of the blues in an inspiring three-song performance for Rolling Stone’s In My Room series, presented by Gibson.
Setting up shop at Carriage House Studios in Stamford, Connecticut, Haynes, with a mask around his neck, kicks off the mini set with “Soulshine,” recorded by the Allmans, with lead vocals by Gregg Allman, for their 1994 album, Where It All Begins. Haynes accompanies himself on both acoustic and electric, melding the two separately filmed recordings into one.
Setting up shop at Carriage House Studios in Stamford, Connecticut, Haynes, with a mask around his neck, kicks off the mini set with “Soulshine,” recorded by the Allmans, with lead vocals by Gregg Allman, for their 1994 album, Where It All Begins. Haynes accompanies himself on both acoustic and electric, melding the two separately filmed recordings into one.
- 6/25/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
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