Andrew “Cactus” Soldi, Eugene “Smokey” Rogers, and Larry “Pedro” DePaul all got together as members of the Texas Jim Lewis Band (the Lone Star Cowboys) who...
Hello Troubadourians! For the past two months we’ve been talking about Equalization (EQ) and how we can use it to make our amplified guitars and voices...
I remember the first time I heard about mixing with busses. Actually, no… I don’t. I was sleeping. I woke up in the car on the...
Jamming is when folks come together with their instruments to play the classics, to try out new material, to meet new friends, and to participate in...
It was the summer of 1965 and I was back in the South. (The previous two summers I’d spent in McComb and Jackson, Mississippi as a...
Hello Troubadourians! Last month we talked about different techniques you can use to make your guitar sound more “natural” when using a piezo pickup. This month...
Personality. We all have it. A unique set of distinctive traits and characteristics that define us (at least outwardly) for the world around us. Extroverts, introverts,...
August was Summergrass month in San Diego, and what a great bluegrass festival it was! As noted in last month’s cover story, this was the 10...
August 17-19 brings the 10th anniversary of the Summergrass Bluegrass Festival to San Diego. Check out the cover story on pages 8-9 for all the details....
