Charlie Christian Centennial

 in Makers of Music

Charlie Christian, born on this day (July 29th) in 1916. Listen to Kevin Whitehead’s tribute on NPR’s Fresh Air. The excellent Charlie Christian site Solo Flight returned just in time for the centennial, after a seven year hiatus. And if you’d like a tutorial on Christian’s style, check out Garry Hansen’s Charlie Christian – Legend of the Jazz Guitar, courtesy… Read more →

Pedalboard as of 4/30/2016

 in Gear

Dunlop 535Q Saturnworks A/B/Bypass Looper A Channel T-Rex Mudhoney Dirt Eater Bypass Loop Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Electric Mistress Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man B Channel Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive Maxon PT-999 Suhr Riot Electro-Harmonix Ring Thing with Roland EV-5 Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Boy with Roland EV-5 TC Electronic Polytune Electro-Harmonix Stereo Memory Man with Hazarai Maxon AD900 Ernie Ball EB6166 Read more →

Aside

Setlist for Graphite Addiction CD Release at LVB, 3/22/2016

Set One

  1. Improvisation
  2. Ballad for My Grandmother
  3. Change
  4. Brofoya
  5. Haley’s Comet (Nic’s Comet)
  6. Somewhere East of Omaha
  7. Jamangatu
  8. 30 & Counting
  9. Watching Water
  10. Space is Limited

Set Two

  1. Improvisation
  2. Message for Becky
  3. In a Whirled World
  4. F.O.U.
  5. Ricky Loves LuLu
  6. Lift It On Up
  7. Dachshund Dementia
  8. Just One
  9. Song for the Children