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2006 Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame Inductees Announced

The following artists (notables) will be inducted at the Twenty-First Annual Induction Ceremony, which will be held Monday, March 13th 2006 in New York at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel:

Black Sabbath – (Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne and Bill Ward) Formed in Birmingham, England in 1968, Black Sabbath stands as the premier purveyors of heavy metal. Enormously influential, the group’s songs dealt with black magic, Satanism, apocalypse, death and destruction.

Lynyrd Skynyrd - (Bob Burns, Allen Collins, Steve Gaines, Ed King, Billy Powell, Artimus Pyle, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant, Leon Wilkeson) Lynyrd Skynyrd was one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed Southern Rock groups of the 1970’s. Their distinctive triple-lead guitar sound made their songs “Freebird,” and “Sweet Home Alabama” American anthems and staples of FM radio.

Sex Pistols – (Paul Cook, Steve Jones, Glen Matlock, Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious) Over the course of their short and turbulent career, the Sex Pistols released a single album – Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols – that ranks as one of the most important rock records ever released. The album changed the course of rock.

For the full list of 2006 indusctees visit: http://www.rockhall.com/museum/releases.asp?id=2393

Win A Les Paul and Other Cool Gear

Gibson announced a new holiday giveaway last week. They will be giving away a Les Paul Standard - Heritage Cherry, GA5 Les Paul Junior and other Gibson gear. All you need to do is answer a few questions online and presto you are entered. What the heck, you probably have a much better chance to win this stuff than powerball!

Enter here: http://www.gibson.com/Gifting2005/Contest/   

New Washburn Guitars at NAMM

Washburn Guitars announced some new additions to their Idol Series guitars. These new guitars will be displayed at the upcoming Winter NAMM show in Anaheim, California.

The WI66PRO has a mahogany body and mahogany set neck. The Rosewood fingerboard has pearl wing inlays. These idols have Seymour Duncan USA pickups and Grover Tuners.

The WI66PRO comes in Black, Flamed Top Honeyburst, Flamed Top Tobacco Sunburst, and Gold. The Gold Top Idol has a small variance with the inclusion of P90 Style Pickups and retails for $999.90. The rest of the WI66PROs retail for $1099.90.

For more information, visit their web site at www.washburn.com.

Giving the John Mayer Trio a TRY!

TRY! is the latest release from crooner and guitar slinger John Mayer. He's going the way of Hendrix, Stevie Ray, Cream, Johnny Winter with a no-frills approach to his sound, the trio. The album is a semi-departure from the sugary, soft, and fluffy sounds of "Room For Squares" and  "Heavier Things" with heavier and bluesier Strat tones from his hands and a bit more grit in his voice. Clearly he's bringing out all the Stevie-Jimi-BB-Buddy he can in his playing, and he sounds great, but can't quite keep it in that tin pan alley for too long. The music more or less slips back into the sugar tones of his freshman and sophomore releases.

There's no doubt that John Mayer is a triple threat. He can write songs, sing and play guitar with the best of them, but can't quite pull off the Jimi and Stevie Ray sound just yet.

Hear the clips from Try:
http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/mayer_john/1141562/album.jhtml

Godfather of The Power Chord Link Wray Dies

On November 5th, Link Wray died at his home in Copenhagen Denmark. He was 76 years old. His legacy includes pioneering the punk guitar and rock styles and virtually inventing fuzz tones from punching holes in his amps. According to Pete Townsend, Link was the inspiration for playing guitar and totally shaped his sound.

Link's timeless music has been used by Hollywood in films such as Pulp Fiction, Desperado, Road Racers,Independence Day, Confessions of A Dangerous Mind, Breathless,12 Monkey’s & Blow.

To read more about Link and his legacy visit: http://www.linkwraylegend.com/

Turn Your iPod into an iRock

Talking Panda has introduced iRocker an iPod guitar companion for amatures and pros alike. Designed specifically for iPods the iRocker offers four different guitar tools for anywhere you use your iPod. It includes a tuner, a metronome, a chord book, and jam tracks so you can work on your chops without your band.

iRocker is available for use on Mac or Windows platforms, and retails for $29.99 at Apple Stores, other major retailers, and direct from the company.

For more information, visit their web site at www.talkingpanda.com.

Joe Bonamassa's Holiday Blues

Joe Bonnamassa's schedule will be a very busy one between Thanskgiving and Christmas. If you are in Anywhere between Scottsdale, AZ and Seattle, WA you should catch some of his buring holiday blues. 

If you're not on the left coast, don't worry becasue he'll be making his way around the states on his 2006 tour which begins in January  in Ft. Lauderdale on a Blues Cruse called Bluesin' on the High Seas on January 8-15.

For the 2006 tour schedule visit:

http://www.jbonamassa.com/joe_bonamassa_tour_information.htm

Robben Ford Radio Plays The Blues

Robben Ford has his own blues radio show on Sunsetstrip.com. Take a listen as Robben spins some of the greatest guitar tunes from Albert Collins to Albert King on his web show. Before you know it you'll have your guitar in your hands and will be playing along with him. 

Robben Ford Radio http://www.sunsetstrip.com/radio/index.html

Radio DTB #19: Derek Trucks Band Podcast

This podcast from Radio DTB, features live music from the Derek Trucks Band on 10/12/2002 at Birdy's in Indiana. The show includes the songs Gonna Move and Feel so Bad. The concert featured Derek's wife Susan Tedeschi on vocals. At the time, the band was in between vocalists and used Susan as a fill-in from time to time on lead vocals until they found their new singer Mike Mattison.

Radio DTB  #19 http://feeds.feedburner.com/radiodtb

Los Lonely Boys Perform With Santana At AMA's

Los Lonely Boys are scheduled to perform with Carlos Santana on the American Music Awards/Nov. 22nd in Los Angeles CA. They will be performing their song "I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love" that is included on Carlos Santana's new CD release.

The 33rd Annual American Music Awards will be telecast live on ABC TV (tape delayed on the West Coast) from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, CA on Tuesday, November 22.

Visit http://www.loslonelyboys.org/