Photo: Maria Luisa Spagnuolo. Bassist Trevor Bolder, who played with Uriah Heep for decades, died May 21. He was 62 and had been battling cancer. After playing on the local R&B scene in the ’60s near his hometown in East Yorkshire, England, bolder scored a gig with The Rats, which included guitarist Mick Ronson. In 1971, re replaced Tony Visconti on bass in David Bowie’s backing band, the Spiders from M ...

Levy’s Hendrix Lyrics straps are available in six designs. Levy’s Leathers Jimi Hendrix lyrics guitar straps are inspired by the style of the legendary guitarist and use his images and handwritten song lyrics exclusively licensed from Authentic Hendrix. Each sublimation-printed polyester strap has an original design, song title, and handwritten lyric excerpt on the front, with the full song lyrics printed o ...

Ray Manzarek, keyboardist and founding member of The Doors, passed away May 20. He was 74 and had been battling cancer. Manzarek  and singer/front man Jim Morrison formed The Doors in 1965 and it became one of the most successful rock acts to emerge from the decade. In 1993, the band was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Manzarek’s keyboard work was one of the band’s key elements, carrying the mel ...

Tremonti with Creed in 2001. Photo: K. Mazur/WireImage. Many of the people we today consider “guitar heroes” – Eddie Van Halen and Stevie Ray Vaughan, to name a couple – spent more than their fair share of time stowed away in their bedrooms, playing guitar while other kids in the neighborhood played baseball, kick the can, or spin the bottle. Rock guitarist Mark Tremonti is another member of that “lone wolf ...

Scott Tennant Classical guitarist Scott Tennant will stage a performance using seven guitars owned and played by the Romero family, June 1 at showroom of Guitar Salon, Santa Monica, California. The guitars – an 1886 Torres, 1970 Miguel Rodriguez reverse-fan, 1919 Santos Hernandez, 1958 Miguel Rodriguez flamenco, 1969 Hermann Hauser, the 1973 Miguel Rodriguez churchdoor known as “La Wonderful,” a 2001 Blochi ...

May 19, at the Meydenbauer Center, 11100 NE 6th St., Bellevue, WA 98004. Show hours 9:30-4:30. For more info, contact Bruce Adolph (253) 445-1973, bruceadolph@mac.com, seatacguitarshow.com. ...

May 19, at the Meydenbauer Center, 11100 NE 6th St., Bellevue, WA 98004. Show hours 9:30-4:30. For more info, contact Bruce Adolph (253) 445-1973, bruceadolph@mac.com, seatacguitarshow.com. ...

May 18 & 19, at the DuPage Expo Center, 4050 East Main St., St. Charles, IL. Produced by Texis Guitar Shows, L.L.C. For more info, contact (817) 312-7659, (817) 473-6087, fax (817) 473-1089, texasguitarshows.com. Co-sponsored by Vintage Guitar. ...

The hard-driving husband-and-wife rock act that hits the stage as Pat Benatar and Neil “Spyder” Girlado is responsible for more than a handful of stalwart classic-rock jams. For the past 15 years, Benatar and husband/guitarist/producer/co-writer Giraldo have spent many of their summers touring, then scratching their itch to perform with one-off and weekend gigs throughout the remainder of the year, “…to sta ...

The Seymour Duncan Nazgûl pickup was designed for high-output, chug-heavy distortion. The company calls its tone “heavy and aggressive” but says it retains articulation and provides precise pick attack. “The Nazgûl gives chords heavy saturation and produces a lightning-fast response… Perfect for all high-output metal needs in which sonic obliteration needs to be accomplished.” The Nazgûl is available for 7- ...