Guitar Licks

I was watching Without a Trace the other night with my wife and during the show a great version of China Girl from David Bowie came on that. It was a interpretation that we both had never heard of before. Wanting to now more about this adaptation of the original song, my wife found [...]

I’ve said before that I was directed to this guy by way of Bruce Cockburn.

It was not for his personal charm but for his technique. This man had a huge influence on Bruce’s approach to acoustic guitar picking so once again, if it’s good enough for Bruce then it’s good enough for me! [...]

If you lived in Toronto during the 80’s you would remember a great bar called Rock and Roll Heaven at Bloor and Young. Ohhh the memories of seeing bands and meeting people in this place! My old band Pylis even played there.

I can recall one night going there and watching Robin Trower playing with his [...]

Well good readership, I have been going on for a while about fingernails. Let’s make things clear, I’m talking about the ones on my right hand only!

I envy people with finger nails that they could use as screw drivers! I just wish that there was a product that really made a difference on mine. [...]

The one thing that I see in the evolution of the acoustic guitar today is its link with the past from Canada’s own, Glenn Gould. He used a unique approach while playing in his later years, around 1983, when he took away part of the piano body to let the sound come out of [...]