Category: Historical Players

Back to Gene’s Guitar Shop

Apr 20, 2020

Readers may recall that I wrote about Gene and his friend Matteo two months ago in The Tale of...

Apr 3, 2020

That’s right … “Those Three Boys” are finally enshrined for all time. I just sent the monograph on...

Nov 1, 2019

Nine years after I first wrote about this instrument, I saw one of those old photos popping up on...

Sep 26, 2019

There’s nothing I love better than over-the-top Knutsen eccentric esoterica, and this about takes...

Jul 5, 2019

I recently finished the book I mentioned picking up at AMIS: A Stowaway Ukulele Revealed: Richard...

Jun 28, 2019

I think I’ll call this the Summer of (Joseph) Bohmann… …as that’s how long...

Dec 15, 2018

You may recall my revelation 2-1/2 years ago about the fanciest Gibson harp guitar ever built –...

Oct 5, 2018

It’s extremely rare when my main two nerdy obsessions – harp guitars and Disney – overlap in any...

Jul 20, 2018

Now in PDF format! Yes, readers – we’re trying something new. I’ve been...

Jul 7, 2018

I’ve been amassing a small trove it seems…most of these are discoveries from the last...