When people talk about playing slide, the conversation often progresses on to open tunings, heavier strings, and a high action. It’s true that these can make things easier and, in some cases such as ...
In American music, slide guitar (also known as bottleneck guitar) is a technique employed primarily by blues guitarists. It involves the use of a smooth cylinder that can fit over a player's finger, ...
Guitar Center can't pump up the volume until 2008. Guitar Center (NASDAQ:GTRC) is strumming the blues. The music-gear retailer is drowning out better-than-expected fourth-quarter results with ...
Rick Derringer’s guitar talents made him a go-to player for artists across the spectrum. Over the course of his 60-year career, the guitarist — who died May 26 — performed onstage or on record with ...
LOS ANGELES -- Colbie Caillat's 2007 hit Bubbly is so popular online that about 800,000 people have watched YouTube videos of musicians teaching how to play the song on guitar. Only one problem: Most ...