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BACKSTAGE PASS: The Dallas International Guitar Festival ... My Search for the World's Most Valuable Guitar

Bill_Robinson | Posted 09.08.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Andy Timmons, Jim Suhler, Derek St. Holmes, The New Bohemians, Martin, Dallas International Guitar Festival, Rick Derringer, Eric Johnson, Fender, Gibson, Tom Wittrock, Kenny Withrow, Jerry Saracini, Hunter Hendrickson, Entertainment News
Bill_Robinson

Every April for the last 35 years, guitar maniacs, whether they can play or not, make their way to Dallas, Texas for the annual Dallas International Guitar Festival.

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Still a Wizard, a True Star: A Conversation With Todd Rundgren, Plus Tonight Alive's "Starlight" (Exclusive)

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.06.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Eric Clapton, Al Gore, Meat Loaf, Miami Vice, John Ford Coley, MC Hammer, Pee Wee's Playhouse, Jim Steinman, Hall & Oates, Keith Olbermann, Dylan Ratigan, The Coasters, Mike Post, Robert Palmer, Crime Story, Bill Bradley, Daryl Hall, Roy Bitten, Xtc, The Tubes, The Nazz, Utopia, Bat Out of Hell, Craig Boogie Coinman, England Dan, The Zombies, Timothy B. Schmit, Grand Funk Railroad, Rick Derringer, Rod Stewart, Jonathan Wolfson, The Buggles, The Platters, Todd Rundgren, Jeff Beck, Wendy Carlos, Tonight Alive, Patti Smith, Newt Gingrich, Robert Johnson, Dumb & Dumber, Colin Blunstone, Rachel Maddow, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Ringo Starr, Jimmy Smith, Joill Sobule, Ellen Foley, Walter Carlos, John Oates, Jan Hammer, Joe Walsh, Moogy Klingman, Max Weinberg, Bruce Springsteen, Tomita, Patronet, Video, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

"I wrote a song about my high school girlfriend who broke my heart and have been milking it ever since. The irony of it is, it's the very first song I ever wrote and it's the song that's pinned on my back, kind of like 'kick me.'"

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Neil Young's Bridge School Exclusive: Dave Matthews' "Too Much," Plus Chatting With Johnny Winter, Queen's Roger Taylor and Yes' Steve Howe

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.04.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Mike Myers, Johnny Winter, Sonny Terry, Dave Matthews, Flash Gordon, Warren Haynes, Asia, Alan White, Fleet Foxes, James Burton, George Thorogood, Brian May, Yes, Jimmy Vivino, Edgar Winters, B.B. King, The McCoys, John Medeski, Vince Gill, Muddy Waters, The Shadows, Mark Fisher, Ray Fenwick, Jeff Beck, The Highlander, Oliver Wakeman, Stevie Ray Vaughn, AC/DC, Ray Charles, Bill Bruford, Pearl Jam, Rick Wakeman, U2, Scotty Moore, Brownie McGhee, Little Richard, The Hollies, Tom Chaplin, Eric Clapton, Dino De Laurentis, Dylan Howe, Queen, Benoit David, Sonny Landreth, Rick Nelson, Paul Nelson, Billy Gibbons, Geoff Downes, David Bowie, Roger Taylor, Chet Atkins, Graham Nash, Les Paul, Tom Yorke, Paul Sutin, Rick Derringer, Paul Rogers, Jon Anderson, Trevor Horn, John Deacon, Paul McCartney, Steve Howe, Robert Johnson, Ross Stanley, George Michael, Freddie Mercury, Steve Moore, Keane, Susan Tedeschi, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Wayne's World, Chris Squire, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Derek Trucks, Gtr, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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"Don't Touch Me There": Mood Music for Your Next TSA Pat-Down

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Peter Gabriel, Guster, Enrique Iglesias, R. Kelly, Rick Derringer, Donald Fagen, Dan Hill, Gary Allan, Stanley Turrentine, TSA Security, Freedy Johnston, Airport-Pat-Down, The Cars, Nat King Cole Trio, Foo Fighters, The Beatles, The Tubes, Pearl Jam, Buffalo Springfield, Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, Gary Glitter, Pat-Down, Elton John, Alicia Keys, Tom Petty & the Heatbreakers, The Association, Grace Potter & the Nocturals, Transportation Security Administration, Brad Paisley, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News
David Wild

The TSA is apparently taking a very hands-on approach to airport security these days with their new and supposedly improved pat-downs. Here then is some loosely fitting mood music for your next airport close encounter.

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Jeff Beck Tries to Buy My Les Paul

Binky Philips | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Gibson Guitars, Jeff Beck, Robb Lawrence, Binky Philips, Rick Derringer, Vintage Guitars, Les Paul, Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame, Entertainment News
Binky Philips

In the 1980's, I had the great fortune to catch Les Paul performing a few times at a club called Fat Tuesday's here in New York. His playing was simply ridiculous.

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"Hazy Shade Of Winter": A Playlist To Help Heat Things Up on the Frigid Night of This Snow Day

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Tori Amos, Emmylou Harris, Simon & Garfunkel, Pernice Brothers, Ann Murray, Rick Derringer, Lisa Loeb, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Harry Nilsson, Rivers Cuomo, Elliot Smith, Fountains of Wayne, AC/DC, Hank Snow, Regina Spektor, The Mamas & the Papas, Jesse Winchester, U2, Rush, Randy Newman, Rolling Stones, Phoebe Snow, Modern English, Kings of Leon, White Stripes, Entertainment News
David Wild

My favorite vaguely snow-related song of all-time is the late great Harry Nilsson's version of "Snow" by Randy Newman. Here's some more songs for the snow.

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