“In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.”
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My Father, Guitar Guru to the Rock Gods
“When the greatest musicians of the 1970s needed an instrument—or a friend—my dad was there.”
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Lay It Down
“People love John Samson Fellows’s music. He doesn’t want to make it anymore.”
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Vinyl in the Veins
Behind the nostalgia lies an uncomfortable truth: Every record is made of oil.
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If You Think This Instrument Is Hard to Play, Try Building One
“The oboe has 500 parts. Turning a profit is a killer. But Jim Phelan is bent on reviving one of the great names in classical music.”
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My 24 Guitars
“Music was hazardous in my family, yet I couldn’t help playing—even in my sleep.”
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The Dude Ranch Above the Sea
“Steely Dan conjured a sealed-in-amber studio perfection—a sound that could alienate listeners as easily as seduce them.”
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Ever New
“In Beverly Glenn-Copeland’s music, the present moment is an astonishing, improbable gift.”
