Everyone Loves Guitar

James has played guitar, fiddle, mandolin, pedal and lap steel guitar for Delbert McClinton, Bonnie Bramlett, Pam Tillis, Lee Roy Parnell, Charlie Daniels, Freddy Fender, Kinky Friedman, Levon Helm, Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson, on over 185 albums including a Grammy winner… James talks about playing in Texas with a chain link fence in front of the band… seeing Freddie King live in concert…...

Arguably the most successful bassist, certainly in the history of heavy metal, Rudy Sarzo has five platinum records to his credit and over 30 Million record sales. He's played with Quiet Riot, Ozzy Ozbourne, Whitesnake, Dio, Blue Oyster Cult, Yngwie Malmsteen, Geoff Tate's Queensryche, and is currently a member of The Guess Who. He's also one of the most introspective and grateful persons I've eve...

Russ is currently on tour with Dan Auerbach (from The Black Keys). His first touring gig was with Dickie Betts, and he's also played with Robert Plant, Elton John, Vince Gill, Blake Shelton, Johnny Cash, George Jones, Don Henley, and more… He has been a First-Call session player in Nashville for over 30 years, in both electric guitar AND steel guitar, which is a rarity…. Some GREAT stories in here...

When it comes to success in the music business, Jon has truly been there and done that. He's released 19 albums… played major arena tours with bands like J. Geils, Rush, Def Leppard, Scorpions, INXS… licenses music to major TV and Cable networks… manages artists, and works corporate events… But on this call, Jon was kind enough to share some great personal stories with us, including feeling like a...

Laurent moved from his native Paris to New York City, with his guitar, his amp, and his girlfriend. A few months later, the girlfriend was gone. Laurent struggled with acclimating to the isolation of the Big Apple, where social and interactions were dramatically different from what he was used to. But he hung in there and wound up releasing two live jazz albums, recorded at the two TOP "insiders"...

Only 32 years old, and Tyler is already the lead guitarist and band leader of a national act on a major label. Oddly enough, he started his music career playing drums and even won a scholarship drumming. Tyler quickly learned however, that life at the top… really isn't "life at the top." Tyler shares his own "coming of age" story, and you'll find him to be one of the kindest and most introspective...

Steve grew up in a small town in rural Illinois, moved to Nashville at 19 and immediately started a session career that encompassed 42,000 tracks…. 150 Gold & Platinum records… over 70 #1 records… an Emmy nomination for his work on TV… and being nominated as the first (and only) Musical Director of the Grand Ole Opry in its history. A position he still commands some 16 years later… Steve shares hi...

Oz has performed, toured and recorded with Harry Belafonte, Cyndi Lauper, Toni Braxton, Nile Rogers, John Patitucci, Roger Glover, Bill Evans, Warren Haynes and Gov't Mule, The Allman Brothers, Eric Johnson, Mike Stern, Steve Lukather, John Medeski, Don Was, Jennifer Hudson, Don Henley, Michael Buble, Josh Groban, Phil Ramone, Paul Shaffer, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Sting, Steve Perry, Allison Krau...

Rick has 24 Gold and Platinum records on his wall - primarily from his time spent with Fleetwood Mac (when Lindsay Buckingham was out), Bob Seger, and Jackson Browne. He's also played with John Fogerty, Todd Rundgren, John Mayall, Bonnie Raitt, Maria Muldaur, John Prine, Little Richard and Dobie Gray. Rick shares some really cool stories about working and interacting with many of these artists, on...

Mike Lent is a session player who has also been recording and touring and producing with Barry Manilow for 21 years. Mike's also worked with Jeffrey Osborne, and the story he told about his audition for that gig, is really interesting. He's also played on national tours of Broadway shows and explains in detail the dramatic differences in difficulty between show performances and live and "on stage"...

Johnny A has 3 top-selling signature guitars… a #1 Single… a Grammy nominated single… has won the Boston Blues Artist of the Year, and is in the Boston Music Hall of Fame. But on this call, you'll learn that his journey was FAR from easy - as he shares the highs and lows he's had to deal with… A GREAT story about how he got the gig working with J. Geils Band front man, Peter Wolf… playing with Aer...

Signed to a major label at 16, Nick's a tremendous player and a platinum-selling songwriter who's played with his own bands, Silvertide, SINAI, Mount Holly, and now The Underground Thieves. He's also played for Shinedown, Perry Farrell, his sister Christina Perri, Jimmy Gnecco and Matt Sorum. He's also successfully placed and licensed his music to major movies, TV shows and commercials… Nick is a...

Justin shares some great stories about how he got his gigs with The Calling, Robin Thicke, P!nk, and The Voice… along with the challenges that came with each particular job. His unlikely guitar heroes… lessons he's learned… and the one personal quirk he has which most people don't know about... Subscribe https://www. EveryoneLovesGuitar.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EveryoneLovesGuitar/ I...

Mike's first gig two weeks after he moved to Nashville, was playing lead guitar for Roy Orbison up in Toronto. Great story about how he landed the gig… what happened when he got on stage (It's not what you're thinking)... and what he learned from this experience… Writing a #1 hit song for Kenny Rogers… buying a house for cash with the royalty check… while never having met Kenny Rogers… Sacrifices...

Cindy Cashdollar is one of the top dobro, non-pedal steel guitar, and lap steel players in the country. She's toured and played with Ryan Adams, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Rod Stewart, Albert Lee, Asleep At The Wheel, Rory Block, Jorma Kaukonen, Leon Redbone, Marcia Ball, Daniel Lanois, Redd Volkaert, Paul Butterfield, Levon Helm and Rick Danko from The Band, Sonny Landreth, Amy Helm and even the Ne...

  Jim has played with JJ Cale, Al Anderson, Gillian Welch/David Rawlings, Peter Rowan, Martha Wainwright, Bright Eyes, Teddy Thompson, and Burning Spear to name a few, has earned two Gold records, and has written music for national ads for National Grid, Volkswagen, SBC, Michelin and Jack Daniel's... One of the most disciplined players I've ever met, Jim practices daily - usually arising at 4.30am...

By all accounts, Reggie is the most recorded man alive, having played on over 150 top ten hits… and tens of thousands of records over the last 60 years. He's responsible for all the original guitar riffs of songs including Suspicious Minds and In the Ghetto , by Elvis Presley… Son of a Preacher Man , by Dusty Springfield… Willie Nelson's Always on my Mind … Sweet Caroline and Holly Holy by Neil Di...

One of the longest tenured and most popular former members of KISS (12 years), Bruce shares the top 3 things he learned from working with Gene & Paul. Bruce has also been with Grand Funk Railroad going on 18 years now and he shares some of the secrets to working with people over long-term projects… 2 Biggest Mistakes he's made over his career… Joni Mitchell… Frank Sinatra… marriage, being understa...

Jayson is a 3rd generation Nashville musician, who at one point, was more interested in playing trumpet as a band geek, than playing guitar. He's played with or been Music Director for Gretchen Wilson, Tracy Lawrence, Lee Greenwood, Colt Ford, and many others… Jayson shares the ups and downs about the music business… along with some of his philosophies on what it takes to stay positive and get alo...

Kasim has played bass, keyboards and sang with Todd Rundgren's Utopia for the last 40 years. He's recorded 4 solo albums with his own band, and he's also played on records and toured with Blue Oyster Cult, Meat Loaf, Hall & Oates, Cheap Trick, Patty Smyth, Richie Sambora, Joan Jett, Patti Smith and The New Cars... Kasim talks about getting sober 28 years ago, and what his journey into sobriety was...

At 16, Alex was one of the founding members of the metal band Testament. In the late 1990's, Alex - consistently recognized as one of the greatest metal guitarists of all time - walked away from it all. He moved cross country from his native San Francisco to New York City… and went to college to get a degree in Jazz... He faced loads of criticism from friends and family for doing this… but today,...

Pat's been a First Call Session player in Nashville for over 23 years, and he's also played with Cameo, Dixie Chicks, Faith Hill, Kenny Chesney, Don Henley, Hall & Oates, Cyndi Lauper, Dolly Parton, Darius Rucker, Tim McGraw, Alice Cooper, and several hundred other artists on over 700 albums to date… Pat grew up in northern Florida, yet his first gig was with R & B band Cameo, out of New York City...

Jack shares story after story about how he met and hooked up with The Allman Brothers, Gregg Allman, Lee Roy Parnell, Derek Trucks, Dickey Betts, Warren Haynes, and more… Why Jack plays an $87 Squire Strat, and why you should, too… Jack's love for jazz and his passion for guitar and music and why without either, he "cannot breathe." All this and more from a simply amazing player who RARELY gives i...

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Gil's father was a successful stage actor on Broadway, and so Gil grew up "in the business," and has been a solo artist with 7 albums of his own, and a successful working musician in New York City, for 35 years… Gil also got a full scholarship to Berklee but wound up leaving after a few months because at age 17, he got a full time job gigging on the road. There are some great stories in this call,...