My Dad recognized Roy’s manager out front of Carnegie Hall and was brought up a side staircase to the dressing room to be able to say hello before the show. Roy always had his amp on a chair turned backwards and his guitar plugged straight in. He did this to be able to crank the […]
Blues Project Live at the Cafe Au Go Go
Danny Kalb plays some mean guitar on these tracks. He used a 355 and a gold top with P90’s through a Fender Super Reverb. He had a Maestro FZ1A Fuzz on the floor. His folk guitar mastery coupled with the exotic jazz phrasing makes for some incredible melody along with the freight train of a […]
Freddie King at the Village Gate
Freddie used a metal humbucker and metal finger picks. He had his walnut 355 and a Fender twin reverb. the microphone wasn’t needed but he used it in the general area of the stage. Between set my dad talked to him at the bar. Nothing but smiles and nice words. Freddie put tons of enthusiasm […]
Mr. Paul
The Les Paul is a versatile instrument capable of many subtleties. You can play any style of music on it and find plenty of tonal possibilities within your preferred style. it is an incredibly responsive instrument and it had a feel all of its own . From its heavy wooden composition it lends itself to […]