Musician: BILLY CROCKETT Video: “That’s Something” BILLY CROCKETT FEATURED AT BLUE ROCK’S COOL NIGHTS 21 FINAL TWO NIGHTS—THIS THURSDAY & FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16-17   Billy Crockett, along with Liz Longley and Scott Mulvahill, will be featured at Christmas at Blue Rock for the final Cool Nights 21 livestreaming concert series—this Thursday and Friday, December 16-17. Billy Crockett is a performing songwriter, producer and multi-instrumental... 

Video Feature & Web-Exclusive Interview Musician: BILLY CROCKETT Video: “The Question Pool” from the new album In Session  BILLY CROCKETT, NEW ALBUM IN SESSION, DONATES 100% OF SALES BETWEEN NOW AND MAY 15, 2020 TO COVID-19 RELIEF Billy Crockett is a performing songwriter, producer and multi-instrumental session man with a dozen albums, decades of memorable songs and tours. He is creative director of Blue Rock Artist Ranch and Studio in... 

Video Feature & Web-Exclusive Interview Musician: MITCH GALLAGHER Album:Foundation Mitch Gallagher is a guitarist and composer. The tone on his new album Foundationis exceptional—a thing of beauty. But this is not simply another guitar album. He has combined guitars and piano with an amazing rhythm section and stellar horns. Gallagher was introduced to music as a child by his mother—who was herself a child recording artist with her siblings,... 

Video Feature & Web-Exclusive Interview Musician:  MALLET / JASON “MALLETMAN” TAYLOR Video:  Flying Home (with Bernard “Pretty” Purdie) MALLET / JASON “MALLETMAN” TAYLOR Web-Exclusive Interview with M Music & Musicians magazine publisher, Merlin David Jason “Malletman” Taylor is a master of the vibraphone. Mallet, as he is known to most of the musicians he’s played with, is the protégé of the incomparable Lionel Hampton.... 

Photo credit: Max Crace VIDEO FEATURE & WEB-EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Musician:  ERIC JOHNSON Video:  “Cliffs of Dover” ERIC JOHNSON Hurricane Harvey Relief Benefit Show & Live Webcast this Thursday, Sept 7, at 8:30 PM EDT with special guest Arielle https://www.concertwindow.com/bluerock In a feature on M Music & Musician magazine’s November 2014 issue we wrote: “Eric Johnson is a stone rocker—a shredding wiz whose music incorporates... 

VIDEO FEATURE & WEB-EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Musician:  ARIELLE Video:  “Magick Again” Eric Johnson Hurricane Harvey Relief Benefit Show & Live Webcast this Thursday, Sept 7, at 8:30 PM EDT with special guest Arielle https://www.concertwindow.com/bluerock Queen’s Brian May says Arielle is a singer-songwriter and a guitarist whose “small body holds an amazingly big heart and amazingly mature passion. Her musicianship is a clear indication... 

Sweetwater’s GearFest 2017 Draws Record Crowds and Sales Free Music and Pro Audio Trade Show Continues to Grow GearFest completely takes over the Sweetwater campus with parking, camping sites, gear tents, a performance pavilion, the retail store, and the massive interior of the Sweetwater building. Sweetwater Sound announced that GearFest 2017 was a bigger success than ever, breaking every record established by previous GearFest events. Launched... 

“I’ve enjoyed using GHS Nickel Rockers for many years. The precise intonation, feel and tone are what I have come to rely on. This is the particular gauge set that I use for electric guitar because of its balance between string tension and sound. GHS Nickel Rockers have always been my favorite string.” – Eric Johnson. ERIC JOHNSON – GHS NICKEL ROCKERS Eric uses these two sets depending on his preference of string tension for different guitars... 

2012 LOS ANGELES GUITAR FESTIVAL AUGUST 24 & 25, 2012 The 2012 LA Guitar Festival features a stellar lineup of guitar legends Eric Johnson, Albert Lee, Robben Ford, Michael Landau, John Jorgenson, Peppino D’Agostino, Jeff Campitelli and Doug MacLeod. This Friday at 8 PM and Saturday at 7 PM at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center (1935 Manhattan Beach Blvd, Redondo Beach, CA). Tickets $30-$75 each day; $125 VIP tickets include a reception... 

ERIC JOHNSON To shred or not to shred? For this guitar hero, that is the question By Russell Hall Eric Johnson might be the world’s most reluctant guitar hero. In the 1980s, as his star was first rising, the Austin native earned a reputation as a white-hot shredder. But from the start, Johnson has emphasized that technique is just part of a larger musical landscape. “If you play a show where you shred for two hours, you’ll see a lot of the... 

ERIC JOHNSON Up Close [Vortexan Music] While it’s been 20 years since Eric Johnson had his closest brush with fame with the landmark Ah Via Musicom, the joyful noise that is his signature remains completely intact. At times, his entire multi-decade discography feels like it could have been cut in one long session in any given year. For its part, Up Close lacks anything quite as breakneck as “Zap” or as hummable as “Cliffs of Dover,” but...