Article: Oeuvre easy Wes Montgomery.(RIFFS)(Brief Article)

Article: Robin Trower.(RIFFS: OEUVRE EASY)(Interview)(Brief ...
Guitar Player;  June 1, 2006 ;     406 words ... ... Robin Trower remains one of the world's most dramatic and cinematic players. In an exclusive interview for GP readers, Trower offered to critique his own work--which makes for a very special and intimate installment of Oeuvre Easy.

Article: Oeuvre easy Roy Buchanan.(RIFFS)(Brief Article)
Guitar Player;  November 1, 2005 ;     555 words ...Roy Buchanan played some of the most emotionally intense electric guitar ever. Although his glory days are generally considered to be the '70s, Buchanan's career spanned all the way back to the '50s, when he played with Dale Hawkins of "Suzy Q" fame. Buchanan's raw, restless tone, and ability to

Article: Oeuvre easy U2.(Brief Article)
Guitar Player;  January 1, 2006 ;     595 words ...While practically everyone else spent the '80s sweep-picking scales at a million notes per minute, U2's The Edge was busy inventing a new compositional language for guitar. Through judicious use of uncommon chord shapes, harmonics, echo repeats, drone strings, EBow, and anything else that wasn't a

Article: Oeuvre easy Ry Cooder.(RIFFS)(Brief Article)
Guitar Player;  December 1, 2005 ;     540 words ...Born to folklorist parents, Ry Cooder's penchant for historically informed forays into traditional American music was already evident in the folk and blues covers chosen for his debut solo album. During the intervening years, his interests broadened to encompass R&B, gospel, country, Dixieland,

Article: Oeuvre easy rush.(RIFFS)(Brief Article)
Guitar Player;  March 1, 2006 ;     493 words ...If Rush's Alex Lifeson doesn't immediately leap to mind when you think "guitar hero," it may be because he's spent his career in the shadow of bassist Geddy Lee and drummer Neil Peart--the most technically deft rhythm section to ever throw down an 11/8 groove. To his credit, Lifeson has made a

Article: Oeuvre easy: Black Sabbath.(Critical Essay)
Guitar Player;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Just because you're the undisputed pioneer of metal, it doesn't mean your recorded canon is sans a smattering of head-hanging clunkers. Such is the case with Black Sabbath, where its early releases ruled so much, the only place to go was down. Originally a blues/rock outfit named Earth, vocalist

Article: Oeuvre easy: Rory Gallagher.(RIFFS)(Brief ...
Guitar Player;  August 1, 2005 ;     613 words ...Although not as celebrated--or as commercially blessed--as other white blues icons such as Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan, Ireland's Rory Gallagher was one hell of a powerhouse. A raw, feral player whose concerts pulsed with the crackling excitement of surfing through a tornado, Gallagher