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Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes

Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Electric Guitar Pioneer

by Krista Stevens November 18, 2020October 19, 2022

“She wielded her guitar like a weapon and distorted the sound: a guitar technique that was completely original at the time and would be copied by legions of rock guitarists in the decades after.”

Posted inHighlight, Profiles & Interviews, Quote Posts, Quotes

“Different Days” for Jason Isbell

by Krista Stevens April 27, 2020October 19, 2022

“I’m grateful that I was a drunk. I’m grateful that I know what all those things are like, what those feelings are like, how bad it can hurt, how great it can feel.”

Posted inArts & Culture, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes

“Follow Along,” or How to Learn Flamenco Guitar with a Tocaora

by Krista Stevens March 5, 2020October 19, 2022

“Before he died a few years later, my father told me there were almost no tocaoras — female flamenco guitarists — in the world. If I kept practicing, he said, I could be one of the first.”

Posted inArts & Culture, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes

Willie Nelson’s 50-year Love Affair with Trigger, His Faithful Guitar

by Krista Stevens November 21, 2019October 19, 2022

“A guitar sounds better as it gets older, just like a Stradivarius does.”

Fender Telecaster guitars hanging on a wall rack.
Posted inArts & Culture, Business & Tech, Quotes

Where Have All the Guitar Heroes Gone?

by Pam Mandel July 4, 2017October 19, 2022

Where’s the next generation of guitar heroes? The guitar industry misses you.

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