Paul Pigat’s latest Cousin Harley album, Blue Smoke: The Music of Merle Travis, was named to Guitar World magazine’s Top Ten List of Best Roots Albums: Rock, Blues, and Country for 2017. Damian Fanelli, Guitar World’s managing editor, compiled the list and described...
…And What He Learned Playing Toronto Bars at Thirteen! Cousin Harley, the musical persona of multi-talented Canadian guitar slinger, songwriter, and vocalist Paul Pigat is paying tribute to one of his guitar heroes: Merle Travis. The rollicking CD, Blue Smoke:...
From January 23 to 26 the music-products industry gathered at the Anaheim, California convention center for the annual winter NAMM trade show. It’s the largest display of instruments and related items in America, and it draws thousands of attendees each year. As...
A Gretsch Retrospective The year 2013 marked Gretsch’s 130th Anniversary—a milestone that was celebrated with a wide variety of activities and events throughout the year. Here’s a chronological retrospective of the excitement that marked this historic achievement....
Events celebrating Gretsch’s 130th anniversary have been taking place all over the U.S. this year—as well as in Canada and Japan. (Don’t miss the story of Fred & Dinah Gretsch’s expedition to climb Mt. Fuji, which you can find here.) But it was particularly...
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