Survivors thriving one year later Oct 31, 2009
Her husband, who plays five instruments, and other family members who are musicians are helping her learn how to pick and strum her new five-string Epiphone. "I might play a complete song by the time I am 70!" she said. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Fond farewells Aug 18, 2009
The Sydney Morning Herald Blogs: Noise Pollution. Welcome to Sydney Morning Herald Online. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The World Has Lost a Remarkable Innovator and Musician: Les Paul Passes Away at 94 Aug 14, 2009
"I even built a guitar out of a railroad rail to prove it. What I wanted was to amplify pure string vibration, without the resonance of the wood getting involved in the sound." With the good graces of Epiphone president Epi Stathopoulo, Paul used the Epiphone plant and machinery in 1941 to bring his vision to fruition. He affectionately dubbed the guitar "The Log.". (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Death of the Guitar Man: Les Paul (1915-2009) Aug 14, 2009
He built a new guitar out of Epiphone parts and called it the Log. He used it in his recordings for the next decade. (Time.com)
Rock's original guitar hero Aug 14, 2009
His first significant effort, in 1941, was a four-by-four-inch board with strings, an attached pickup and a neck cannibalised from an Epiphone guitar, which he called "the log". The legendary marque was born. (The Age, Australia)
One million views and counting May 19, 2009
Attendee Peter Lebow was the winner of an Epiphone SG-Special Guitar adorned with autographs of Mickey Dolenz (The Monkees), Elliot Easton (The Cars), Chris Slade (AC/DC) and Kip Winger (Winger). Leisure learning. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
Roger McGuinn: Rock and Roll Hall of Famer the 'Forrest Gump of music'? May 7, 2009
With a borrowed 5,000 and with the trade-in of McGuinn's banjo and guitar, they bought the Rickenbacker 12-string electric guitar, a Gretsch six-string guitar, a Gibson bass, a set of Ludwig drums and three small Epiphone amplifiers. He can still see a pumped David Crosby twirling around a lamp post "like Fred Astaire.". (Dowagiac News, MI)
Tamagotchi and Epiphone® Launch "Wanna Be A Music Star" Sweepstakes Apr 1, 2009
Tamagotchi and Epiphone Launch "Wanna Be A Music Star" Sweepstakes - Yahoo ... Tamagotchi and Epiphone Launch "Wanna Be A Music Star" Sweepstakes ... Kids can enter this rockin sweepstakes and win a variety of prizes including an exclusive customized Tamagotchi Music Star Epiphone Firebird Studio guitar, a VIP trip to the 2009 Teen Choice Awards held in August at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, and loaded Tamagotchi gift bags. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Country Music Hall of Fame Mar 18, 2009
He strolls around the facility's atrium, playing his 15-year-old Epiphone wireless while chatting with visitors. In this city of guitars and grits, Andersen is the ambassador of pickin' and grinnin. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Visit Nashville on the cheap Mar 10, 2009
On his 15-year-old Epiphone wireless guitar, he'll play just about anything you want to hear: "You Are My Sunshine," ''I Can't Help Falling in Love," ''Spanish Eyes.". Andersen will politely ask you to sign his journal and it's helped him keep track of the people he's met. (MSNBC -- Travel)
TouchTunes Interactive Network Awards a Gibson Les Paul Studio Guitar Autographed by Legendary Rock Band Hinder Feb 21, 2009
Founded in 1894 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and headquartered in Nashville since 1984, Gibson Guitar Corp.'s family of brands now includes Epiphone, Dobro, Maestro, Kramer, Steinberger, Tobias, Echoplex, Electar, Flatiron, Slingerland, Valley Arts, Oberheim, Sunshine Piano, Take Anywhere Technology, Baldwin, J&C Fischer, Chickering, Hamilton, and Wurlitzer. Visit Gibson's website at or. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Critically Acclaimed The Derek Trucks Band Open up Their Hit Track, "Get What You Deserve," for Collaboration with Fans Through Indaba Music Feb 20, 2009
Prizes From Leading Music Gear Companies Epiphone, Sweetwater, and Shure To Be Given To Winning Musicians ... The winners of this contest will receive prizes from high-quality music companies including Epiphone, leading music technology and instrument retailer Sweetwater, and Shure, a top recording product manufacturer. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
* A four-track guy in a digital world Feb 16, 2009
Ward X the initial stands for Matt X is a connoisseur of the old-fashioned, like the Japanese-made circa-1970 Epiphone guitar that Mike Coykendall, the owner of the house and one of Wards longtime producers, handed him to strum. Want to see Matts favorite microphone. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
