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David Lindley – Mercury Blues - The Roxy, Washington DC 1988

Big-time sonic fun for your Tuesday night hootenanny.

The Jimi Hendrix of the dobro

Weekend America delivers this great feature of Jerry Douglas. A great history of his career and the dobro in modern American music.

More Web resources for guitar lessons and tutorials

The Chicago Tribune recently featured a fairly comphrensive round up and review of some of the most popular online guitar learning sites. Log on, plug in and play!

These Kids Can Rock

Guitar Hero and summer jam camps are helping kids and parents rock out together (Chicago Tribune).

For those about to rock, there's Now Play It

British site Now Play It offers comprehensive guitar lessons for beginning and advanced players. You pay only for the lessons you want.  Very cool. Check it out.

Celebrate Jeff Beck's birthday...with a $1,529.99 guitar

Jeff Beck celebrated his 64th birthday yesterday (June 24). And you can celebrate too with the Fender Artist Series Jeff Beck Stratocaster. Only $1,529.99. Sharp! But I think on my current budget, I'll just send Jeff a card.

What's your favorite Jeff Beck album?

 

Will you make guitar-lesson history?

What's more authentic that staying inside all afternoon playing Guitar Hero? How about making history as part of the "world's largest music lesson?"

Old Town School of Folk Music guitar faculty plan to break the old record at the Welles Park Gazebo on Tuesday, August 7. Check in begins at 6 p.m. The lesson starts at 7:30 p.m. 

If you live in the Chicago area and want to participate, register now. You may also win a Martin 00X1 guitar and other great prizes (but you must be present to win).