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Week in Review

Genius Goes Country … Zimmy Gets Homesick … Jimi Gets Those "Stuck in Seattle Without the Sheepskin Blues Again."

1962, Ray Charles records Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music in Los Angeles and New York … it's an album that breaks musical boundaries with R&B-flavored versions of country tunes using big band arrangements … Ray records live in the studio, six or seven tunes a day, at a total cost of $22,000 … the strings in Los Angeles are cut by Marty Paich, whose son David would form the group …

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Arrivals
- Lonnie Johnson (1889)
- John Williams (1932)
- Tom Rush (1941)
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Departures
- Ernest Tubb (1914)
- Johnny Sayles (1937)
- Barry Mann (1939)
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Tech Tip - World Party - The Instruments of Carnaval

The drums have fallen silent today in cities from Rio to New Orleans to Paris, after a week of pounding out raucous rhythms to fuel parties lasting until dawn. Today's coming of Ash Wednesday marks the end of traditional Carnaval festivities around the globe, when the week leading up to Ash Wednesday is marked with …

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Hands-on reviews

Effects Hands-On Review: BBE Sonic Stomp and 362 Sonic Maximizer


Definition, clarity, and punch for your sound

The first time I experienced the BBE Sonic Maximizer was at a club date a few years ago when I saw one perched on top of the amp of one of my favorite bassists. Besides being a great player, his sound was always extremely tight, punchy, and clear. When I asked him about the BBE, he was enthusiastic. "I don’t play a gig without …

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Live Sound Hands-On Review: Yamaha New EMX Series Mixers


Yamaha Superior portable powered mixers

With their innovative features, superior sound quality, plentiful power, and bulletproof reliability, Yamaha powered mixers are the leaders in portable PAs. Their rock-solid EMX series mixers have proven themselves to be superior sound reinforcement solutions, and the engineers at Yamaha recently added two more to the family. The compact …

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Guitar Hands-On Review: Schecter Guitars


Finding success by building them better

If you’ve never played a Schecter guitar, you owe it to yourself to do so. They are fine axes, especially the Custom Shop models of the later ’70s and early ’80s. But the current crop of Schecter guitars are class acts as well. Except for an interlude during the ’80s when new owners attempted to cash in the name with low-end instruments, Schecter has always …

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