Johnny Garcia has been playing guitar with Trisha Yearwood since 1991 and is also her music director. Add Garth Brooks to his resume in 2000, and he’s been on some of the biggest stages in cCountry music for the last 20 plus years. Johnny is also a songwriter, studio owner, producer and publisher. The following [...]
Earl Scruggs passed away on March 28, 2012 at the age of 88. Earl was born in North Carolina into a very musical family, and he started playing banjo when he was four years old. His family were farmers, and he grew up during the great depression, working on the farm and practicing his banjo. [...]
Dick McVey is well known and highly respected in the Nashville music industry because he’s earned it over the last 30 years. Dick plays the bass guitar and he’s worked as a bandleader, road manager, manager, agent, publicist, promotion man, producer, studio owner, label exec, label head, writer, journalist, songwriter, and more. Cross-trained in the [...]
He plays harmonica. That’s his instrument and you can hear him playing on hundreds of records. I’ve known Jelly Roll since 1988 but when I looked at his bio, I was blown away by how many great artists and songwriters he had recorded with. It’s a who’s who with names like Tim McGraw, Alabama, The [...]
He’s played guitar and shared the stage with Michael Jackson, Aaron Neville, Billy Cox, Bobby Bare, Wayne Moss, Charlie McCoy, Russ Hicks, Leona Williams, Dave Olney, Buzz Cason, Weldon Myrick, and Tanya Tucker—and I’m just naming a few so you get the idea. He’s one of the best guitar players in Nashville, and that’s saying [...]
There are many reasons our great city of Nashville is referred to as Music City, USA, and one of them is the fact that musicians and songwriters from all over the world travel here to record. This month’s spotlight is on world-renowned pianist Jan Rietman, who has played a key role in the music scene in Belgium [...]
If you’ve never seen the Steep Canyon Rangers perform live, I highly recommend you do. Their genre? Bluegrass at it’s finest, and with over 10 years of performing together, the Rangers not only know how to play and sing, they know how to entertain and put on a great show of all original acoustic music. [...]
Quite possibly the longest running talent competition in country music, this year marks the 29th anniversary of the Country Showdown. Welcoming Texaco as it’s brand new corporate sponsor, the 2011 Texaco Country Showdown shows promise to be their biggest and best ever and that’s saying something. Long before American Idol, Star Search, Nashville Star, etc., this talent…
Pete Drake left a musical legacy that will live forever in American music history. As a musician his instrument was the steel guitar and he played it in a way like…
Tim Gonzalez plays the harmonica. Some of the artists he’s played with include: Ronnie Milsap, Doug Stone, Pam Tillis, Toby Keith, B.B. King, Archer Park, John Michael Montgomery, Lee Oscar, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Magic Dick, Leroy Parnell and the …
