Wechter Guitars has posted two new videos on YouTube, both of which show reso-master Rob Ickes test driving a new 6535R Wechter/Scheerhorn resonator guitar - the Rob Ickes signature model. The video was shot in a hotel room at last
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Tim Graves: Prodigal Son
Prodigal Son is the new release from Tim Graves & Cherokee. The CD takes its name from the fifth track on the disc, a tune penned by Daryl Mosley (who also wrote the liner notes). If you are a fan of
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Resonance
Resonance is a new bimonthly newsletter for resophonic (dobro) guitar players. The July-August issue was Volume 1 #1. Issue #2 will be mailing out soon and we wanted to tell you about it. Issue #1 featured Andy Hall, of The Infamous
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The Donkeys – new twin dobro CD
The Donkeys, from Ivan Rosenberg and Billy Cardine, may not be the only dobro CD to open with a banjo duet, but it's the first one I've found to do so. OK... so it's not really a dobro CD, but
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Jerry Douglas shopping in NYC
The current (8/20) edition of The New Yorker magazine includes, as a part of its weekly Talk Of The Town section at the front of the book, a piece on dobro megastar Jerry Douglas. Daniel Menaker accompanied Douglas on a shopping
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AutoCAD Wechter resonator guitar design
Wechter Guitars has posted several YouTube videos with Abe Wechter showing how he uses computer assisted design software in creating the Scheerhorn-licensed resonator guitars he produces. Anyone interested in how this software has been embraced by the instrument building world
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ResoNation format updated
We heard recently from Brad Harper, who maintains ResoNation.org, a web site dedicated to the needs and interests of resophonic guitarists. Brad has been running the site since 2004, primarily as a bulletin board forum, and now has nearly 3,000 registered
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Gary Ferguson, David Miner to Ireland in July 2007
Bluegrass singer/songwriter/guitarist Gary Ferguson and resonator guitarist David Miner are set to tour in Ireland from July 13-29, 2007. The tour will include concerts as well as workshops on Dobro and songwriting. You can find dates, info and links to their
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Jerry Douglas – Best of the Sugar Hill Years
Dobro-meister Jerry Douglas recorded four projects during his time with Sugar Hill Records, and a couple of others in collaboration with other artists. Now that he is recording for Koch, Sugar Hill has assembled a compilation of Jerry's time with
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ResoSummit in Nashville 11/07
Rob Ickes has announced a four day resophonic guitar summit in Nashville this fall. Billed as ResoSummit, it will include workshops and performances, and a hands-on experience is promised for all students. Instructors tapped to participate in addition to Rob are