Roberto Venn 50th Anniversary Guitar

Roberto Venn 50th Anniversary Guitar

I showed up to the steel Quonset hut reflecting the 118 degree air back hotter yet. 15 yards past the spray booth were piled up junk cars. Surrounding the yard were rusty barbed wire fences too high to climb.
I was 19...
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The Moonrisers

The Moonrisers

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Bourbon and Beyond Festival

Bourbon and Beyond Festival

Let’s dance! Come play some guitars. September 11-14...
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“Afro Blue”

“Afro Blue”

Mongo Santamaria  https://youtube.com/@jamestd3?si=P5qxE04AePrvX0nY Open D tuning   ...
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“The Sun is Shining “

“The Sun is Shining “

Elmore James https://youtube.com/@jamestd3?si=P5qxE04AePrvX0nY Open D tuning   ...
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Arjun in India

Arjun in India

Music connects people across cultures and time. We know this. But what does that mean? That we can all play music? That we like it? More and more I hear similarities in music styles. Whether it’s Arjun @zthtx in a field in...
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Kassie Jones - Charlie Parr and Tony Polecastro

Kassie Jones - Charlie Parr and Tony Polecastro

Charlie, Tony, and I met up in Wisconsin to talk about resonator guitars with people. We stayed in a typical midwestern house in a typical midwestern town, woke up in the morning with sore faces from laughing and then I made...
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A Snail's Soliloquy

A Snail's Soliloquy

Starring the AMAZING Mavis.  This guitar sounds like no other, and what a "feel."...
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Pexto circle shear

Pexto circle shear

There’s a right tool for the job and this one was not it. Failing isn’t part of the process it is the process. Failing is scary because it exposes our incapability. We want to achieve something, sometimes need to, but don’t...
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