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Two generations of family reflect on their recipe for 65 years of success (and how they plan on being around for another 65). By Ron Denny, Gretsch Contributor. With Fred and Dinah Gretsch celebrating a…
Chuck Levin’s Washington Music Center, “Everything in Music Since 1958:” A Family Music Business Tribute
Two generations of family reflect on their recipe for 65 years of success (and how they plan on being around for another 65). By Ron Denny, Gretsch Contributor. With Fred and Dinah Gretsch celebrating a combined 101 years of experience in the music industry in 2023,...
2023 CAAS: Four Days of Guitar Music Heaven
Two generations of the Gretsch family reflect on this year’s successful Chet Atkins Convention. Four days of guitar music heaven. That’s how many people describe the annual convention of the Chet Atkins Appreciation Society (CAAS for short). Every July, guitarists and...
Jimmie Webster: A Great Gretsch Ambassador
Gretsch Celebrates the 115th Birthday of a Colorful Musician, Inventor, and Traveling Ambassador for Gretsch Guitars. Jimmie Webster was born on August 11, 1908 in Van Wert, Ohio into a very musical family. Both parents played as well as taught piano and his sister,...
An Interview with Neil LaFortune – Versatile drummer, longtime educator, and . . .
. . . creator and host of the Gretsch Afternoon Drum Break series. Gretsch endorser Neil LaFortune is a working drummer juggling a busy schedule of performing, teaching, exercising, and hosting the Gretsch Afternoon Drum Break vlog. A native of Ontario, Canada, Neil...
Gretsch Night in NYC!
Few musical instrument companies can boast of celebrating 140 years in business. Likewise, few musical instrument companies can boast of still being family-owned after so many years. But only one drum company can lay claim to both. That company is Gretsch. Founded in...
Fred & Dinah Gretsch First Husband and Wife to Receive Honorary Doctoral Degrees from GSU
Fred and Dinah Gretsch, executives with the 140-year-old Gretsch Company, known worldwide for their iconic guitars and drums, were presented Honorary Doctorates of Fine Arts from Georgia Southern University at the school’s Spring Commencement on May 9, 2023. The...
Gretsch Celebrates 140th Anniversary at The NAMM Show
The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) trade show is America’s largest gathering of musical instrument manufacturers and related businesses. It’s staged at the Anaheim Convention Center, literally across the street from fabled Disneyland and its related...
STANTON MOORE: Drummer, Performer, and #1 Educator of the New Orleans Groove
At the Savannah Music Festival, April 1 and 2, 2023! Stanton Moore was only eight months old when he first heard the hypnotic drums of a Mardi Gras parade. And he’s been sharing his love for drums and the unique groove of The Big Easy ever since. Not just in his...
JOE ROBINSON: The Musical Wonder from Down Under
In Concert in Savannah March 22, 2023! Australian-born Joe Robinson (from the small town of Temagog, population 236) is the ultimate triple threat: a dazzling guitar virtuoso, a smooth singer, and a superb story-telling songwriter. At the young age of 11, this musical...
Celebrating 140 Years of “That Great Gretsch Sound” with Fifth and Sixth Generations Continuing Our Family Legacy!
In a time when most family-owned businesses don’t survive past the second generation, the Gretsch Company proudly has the sixth generation involved as we celebrate 140 years in the musical instrument business this year. If you know me, you know how much I love and...
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