by admin | Jan 3, 2016 | Guitar Lessons
Album Review: Riffiti by Tempest Kings The words unapologetic, melodic, groovy and energetic are some of the first that come to mind when trying to describe the raunchy, riffomatic masterpiece that is the debut album Riffiti from Tempest Kings. The album was conceived...
by admin | Dec 12, 2015 | Guitar Heroes, Guitar Lessons
Joe Perry Joe Perry was born Anthony Joseph Perry in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on the 10th of September, 1950. Joe is of Portuguese descent on his Father’s side and Italian descent on his Mother’s side. Joe cites “The Beatles” as his earliest musical...
by admin | Dec 12, 2015 | Guitar Heroes, Guitar Lessons
John Lee Hooker John Lee Hooker was born was in Coahoma County, Mississippi, on the 22nd of August, 1917. The youngest of 11 other siblings and the son of a Baptist preacher, John and the rest of his brothers and sisters where only allowed to listen to spiritual...
by admin | Dec 12, 2015 | Guitar Heroes, Guitar Lessons
Ace Frehley Ace Frehley was born Paul Daniel Frehley in The Bronx, New York City, New York, on the 27th of April 1951. Ace came from a musical family, his Mother and Father were both pianists, his brother and sister both play piano and guitar, his brother Charles is...
by admin | Dec 12, 2015 | Guitar Heroes, Guitar Lessons
Howlin’ Wolf Howlin’ Wolf was born Chester Arthur Burnett in White Station, Mississippi, on the 10th of June, 1910. Even as a young man he stood well over 6 feet and weighed a hulking 125kg, his intimidating size earned him the nicknames “Big Foot Chester”...
by admin | Dec 12, 2015 | Guitar Heroes, Guitar Lessons
Michael Schenker Michael Schenker was born Michael Willy Schenker in Sarstedt, West Germany, on the 10th of January 1955. Michael Schenker began learning the guitar at a young age playing his older brother Ruldoph’s Gibson Flying V. Rudolph would go to work for...