Everyone Loves Guitar

Camille is both an outstanding guitarist and violinist, who has developed a unique, melodic and moving percussive style of playing. And in spite of dealing with a few pretty serious setbacks, she is also one of the most radiant and positive people you'll ever encounter… Camille is not only a professional guitarist who's released two albums, she also has her Masters degree, and a PhD… speaks 3 lang...

LOADS of stories here! Andreas talks about growing up in Sao Paolo and sharing the grittier side of Brazil with the rest of the world… The period of confusion when one of the original founding members of Sepultura left… How getting his Boss distortion pedal changed his life… Playing in the states for the first time, and how the American metal community welcomed him and his band mates… Keeping his...

She has toured and shared the stage with blues icons BB King, Buddy Guy, Billy Gibbons, Jimmy Vaughan, Johnny Winter, Jimmy Rogers, Albert Collins, Van Morrison, Nina Simone, Ronnie Earl, Roy Buchanan, Charlie Sexton and more. She's toured the world and won more Maple Blues Awards (17) than any other artist - ever... The youngest of 5 children and originally from Canada, Sue started her profession...

Interesting stories about how Kirk got the gigs with Pat Travers and with The Boxmasters. Some of the bigger hurdles Kirk had to overcome about learning the business aspect of "the music business"... Kirk loves music and is very grateful to be doing what he does, and offers some great career advice for anyone in any field… the importance of becoming more zen-like and chilled out… why his dad was h...

Pat's been a Nashville session player for 25 years, playing on #1 hit records and also touring all over the country - including playing for Bill Clinton at the White House, with Alison Krauss. Pat grew up on the west coast and was mentored by the great Pat Flynn, from New Grass Revival (ELG Episode #153)... In this conversation, Pat shares the things he misses most about his childhood… his stronge...

Charlie's an amazing player who's percussive style and complete domination of the 7-string guitars - playing bass, rhythm and lead - all at the same time… is simply mind-blowing. Charlie's released close to 20 albums, and has played stadium audiences all over the world… Charlie talks about taking guitar lessons from Joe Satriani… growing up in a hippie commune… playing all over Europe as a street...

Double Grammy winner James Valentine wasn't even sure if he was going to stay in music, when his band unexpectedly won a regional Battle of The Bands contest, beating out 6,000 other bands. The band members too the $25,000 prize money and moved to LA from Lincoln, Nebraska… and James' destiny was forever changed… Great introspective conversation covering how James hooked up with Adam Levine and th...

Grammy winner Rick Holmstrom was a college basketball player who suddenly got "the bug" to play guitar around his senior year of college. Working his job as a reporter by day, and scouring the west coast blues clubs at night… he got his first break and began what's turned into a lifetime of touring... Rick's had to overcome adversity along with the loss of not one, but two of his immediate family...

Richie plays guitar and keys with Blue Oyster Cult and has been with the band since 2004. He's also the host of the popular Band Geek podcast and YouTube channel. And his Bohemian Rhapsody cover has over 1.7 million views!... Richie is a 5th generation musician and has an extensive background in video production and editing, and audio engineering… and tells the story of how Rudy Sarzo and Ron "Bum...

A 3-time Grammy winner, JT started playing at age 3 and was working and living overseas in Taipei at age 17. JT talks about how he got hooked up with Roy Hargrove and Snarky Puppy… his incredibly demanding work ethic... the two biggest mistakes he made, early on in his career, and the lessons he learned from them Very candid and tranquil conversation with an incredibly hard-working professional......

Rebecca was the first woman to ever appear on the cover of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine. In spite of having to deal with multiple personal tragedies, Rebecca finds the good in things, focusing on living and growing - both as a person and as a musician… Great story, great background, and a highly intelligent and accomplished person and musician... Subscribe https://www. EveryoneLovesGuitar.com Faceb...

Born in Manchester, Matt won the British Blues Awards Guitarist of the Year 2010 - 2012, earning him an induction into the British Blues Hall of Fame. But as you would imagine, the road to the top was certainly not easy. And in some ways, it's gotten even harder, as Matt explains the reality and frustrations of the music industry in 2018… We talked about a wide range of things here, including Matt...

Although George was signed to MCA directly by Irving Azoff, and has played on 10 major album releases as a member of various bands… oddly enough, his greatest success came to him because he will willing to accept a position as Rick Springfield's guitar tech, during a time in his life, when things were at a slow down. If you like to root for the underdog, you'll love this story about how the good g...

Founder, primary writer and guitarist of the incredibly successful and popular Swedish blues rock band, Kamchatka, Thomas has been playing guitar since age 7. They have toured all over Europe in addition to touring throughout the US, as the opening act for Clutch… and Thomas has his own Signature Model Ibanez Guitar, called the Beard Bender... During this conversation, Thomas discusses a severe ac...

Dave has played with Black Oak Arkansas, David Lee Roth, Motley Crue, Ted Nugent, Richie Sambora, Cher and for the last 28 years, REO Speedwagon. He was kind enough to give us a big insiders look at what it's like working with, along with some cool stories about Ted Nugent, Cher, and Richie Sambora. You'll also learn that when it comes to Nugent and the Crue… they have their own way of doing thing...

Pat's a First Call guitar and harmonica session player in Nashville, who spent the first part of his career there touring, playing, and writing with Chet Atkins & Jerry Reed. He's also toured with Allman Brothers alumni in Les Brers, and played with TOmmy Emmanuel, Peter Frampton, and others… During this candid conversation, Pat shared an amazing story about how he met Chet Atkins and why Chet too...

Joel's had incredible success playing for top-shelf bands and in settings all over the musical map. Most people know him for his work with Whitesnake, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Night Ranger, Cher, and Foreigner. But he's literally played with a "who's who" list of artists, including Dee Snider, Jeff Scott Soto, Don Barnes (38 Special), Joan Jett, Rik Emmett (Triumph), Tommy Shaw (Styx), Alan Parso...

Originally from NYC, Reggie is an world-renown bass player. He's played with Jef Lee Johnson, Chico Hamilton, Steve Coleman, Oz Noy, Roy Hargrove, Branford Marsalis, Randy Brecker, Stanley Jordan and loads of other artists. In addition, he's released 4 solo albums of his own… Reggie's life has been filled with ups and downs, including a terrible tragedy that is, frankly… hard to bounce back from....

One of my all-time favorite guitar players, Gary's released 22 albums in the last 23 years… has had five top-20 Billboard hits… has recorded songs for the largest companies in America… and today, teaches Masterclasses at Berklee - a school he desperately wanted to attend when he was a teenager. Raised by a single mother of 6, Gary's come a l-o-o-n-g way yet has managed to retain every ounce of his...

Tyson shares stories about playing with Vixen, Paul Gilbert, and Carmine Appice...how he became a professional at THREE different instruments… some tough struggles he's had to overcome… the nostalgia he experienced meeting his guitar heroes… why relationships are most important to him, and much more... Subscribe https://www. EveryoneLovesGuitar.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EveryoneLovesG...

Billy's only 30 years old, and he's already performed in front of crowds as big as 75,000, opening for acts like Billy Joel and Bon Jovi. He's also the music director of platinum artist Gavin DeGraw's band, and the backstory to his audition is alone worth listening to… That being said, there was a time when Billy had moved up to NYC and things just weren't working out the way he was hoping. And as...

Dean's played with Marcus Miller, The Brecker Brothers, Billy Cobham, David Sanborn, Simon Phillips, Lenny White, Roberta Flack, Joe Zwainful, Vinnie Colaiuta, and toured literally all over the world from New York to Korea and everywhere in between. He's an intense player, quite comfortable shifting from jazz, to rock, to latin and fusion and anything in between… Dean shares a critical way of thin...

Only 32, Mark's already won 3 Grammy's... released 3 solo albums… has his own signature pedal and has traveled the world with Snarky Puppy and with his own trio… along with a busy session career. He's played on records for David Crosby, Snoop Dog, Eminem, 50 Cent, Adam Levine, amongst others… Yet, Mark didn't start pursuing guitar until after he finished college. Mark shares loads of stories about...

Mason is a self-taught film and television composer, and as a guitarist… was a critical part of the Boston folk scene in the 1970's… owned a successful record company for 22 years… and has written over 100 movie & television scores including feature films and award-winning documentaries… Mason explains the different types of film scores… how the process of scoring a movie works (it's incredibly de...

Joe is one of the original members of Fitz & The Tantrums, and has also played with Imperial Drag, Ben Taylor, Carly Simon, John Cale from the Velvet Underground, KT Tunstall, Pedestrian, Aloe Blacc, loads of other artists, and he's also an LA Session Player… In this very candid call Joe talks about getting in touch with himself on a deeper level, his inner light, how having a family has changed t...