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Vids: Badlands, Extreme, Schon/Hammer, Bonus

Posted by admin in Friday, August 6th 2010   
Topics: Jake E. Lee, Neal Schon/Journey, Nuno Bettencourt    
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A Friday, summer, time for some good music. Today we have an unreleased Badlands tune (not the one at right), an Extreme tune from their last album (very good), a blast from the past by Neal Schon and Jan Hammer (funny MTV vid) and…a bonus track. Enjoy!

Jake E. Lee’s Badlands Tone: Woody or Not?

Posted by admin in Friday, February 5th 2010   
Topics: Boss/Roland, DiMarzio, Electro-Voice speakers, Fender, Jake E. Lee, Marshall, Seymour Duncan    
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As a kid in high school in the ’80s (early ’80s!), Jake E. Lee was on my list of favorite guitarists – another one of the seemingly endless supply of amazing, cool-looking axemen coming out of LA. I wondered how Ozzy found these guys: Were they lined up on street corners? Hanging out under palm [...]

Ozzy’s Opinions of His Guitarists

Posted by admin in Friday, January 22nd 2010   
Topics: Brad Gillis, Jake E. Lee, Randy Rhoads, Zakk Wylde    
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Guitar fans owe a debt of thanks to Ozzy (or really Sharon, for saving him). Musically, I mean. The reality TV thing…not so much.
Not only does Ozzy pick incredible guit-slingers for his bands – pretty amazing since he claims not to know much about the guitar – he also gives them the freedom to be [...]