Watch Highlights from the Acoustic Guitar Team Hangout
We talked all-time favorite articles, top tips for guitar players, and a whole lot more. Check out a few highlights from the event here.
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How to Make Guitar Videos for YouTube
by Stephanie Powell You’ve mastered a bevy of chords and you can fingerpick like no other—and now you’re ready to create guitar videos for YouTube. Crafting... Read More...
Watch Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson Perform “I Still Miss Someone” Live at Nassau Coliseum, 1990
In 1958, Johnny Cash quit working with Sun Records and signed with Columbia for his next album, The Fabulous Johnny Cash. “I Still Miss Someone” first appeared... Read More...
Watch Bruce Springsteen’s Take on the Classic “Oh Shenandoah”
Watch the Boss and company perform the folk standard “Oh Shenandoah.” In this recently released video (originally filmed in 2006 during the recording of We Sha... Read More...
Watch an Alternate Take of Elvis Performing “That’s Alright” at his ‘68 Comeback Special
Written by Arthur Crudup as “That’s All Right, Mama,” Elvis’s single omitted the word “Mama” from the title, though as you can see in the video from his 1968 NBC special, he did occasionally announce it as “That’s All Right, Mama” during live performances.
Watch Lucinda Williams Perform “Jackson” Live in Austin, Texas
Lucinda Williams’ “Jackson” appears on her 1998 album, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, which garnered her second Grammy Award (the first was in 1993 for “Passiona... Read More...
Watch Raphaël Feuillâtre Perform Rameau’s ‘Les Sauvages,’ a Melodic and Complex Baroque Piece
One of my favorite trends of the last few years has been the number of guitarists (particularly young ones) who are exploring the keyboard works of the great F... Read More...
Throwback Thursday: Watch Blues Great Skip James Play ‘Devil Got My Woman’
Mississippi-born blues legend Nehemiah "Skip" James (1902-1969) was one of the great success stories of the late '50s and '60s folk and blues revival. Though h... Read More...
Throwback Thursday: Watch Guy Clark Play His Classic ‘L.A. Freeway (Pack Up All Your Dishes)’ in 1989
The death of John Prine a few days ago got me thinking about other underrated songwriters who, though successful in the sense of getting their songs covered by... Read More...
Throwback Thursday: Watch Kenny Rogers Play His Hit ‘Sweet Music Man’
We can't let this Throwback Thursday pass by without giving a tip o' the Stetson to country music great Kenny Rogers, who died on March 20 at the age of 81. I... Read More...