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Posted February 6, 2010 by Felderfans
 Leave a commentWe’ve updated the site’s popular “Guitar Q & A with Don” section with the latest round of readers’ guitar and gear questions. Topics on tap this time around include pedal steel amps, 12-string acoustics, the tuning on “Good Day in Hell” and a mysterious black Gretsch. Find out what Don has to say over on the Q & A page. Posted February 1, 2010 by Felderfans
Leave a commentDon is among the show-and-music biz personalities slated as presenters in the 2010 Pollstar Concert Industry Awards coming up on February 17 at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles. Since 1984, the awards “honor artists, management, talent buyers, venues, support services and more for their professionalism, achievements and abilities. Winners are determined by votes from the international readership of POLLSTAR.” Nominees for major concert tour of the year include AC/DC, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Coldplay, Pink, Taylor Swift and U2. The awards take place during the Pollstar Live! Conference February 16-17. For more information including registration requirements go to the conference information details at Pollstarpro.com. Posted January 22, 2010 by Felderfans
Leave a commentIf you’re within 100,000 miles of Live Oak, Florida, on April 16 & 17 then you’ll want to high-tail it down to this year’s Wanee Festival. Headline act is the Allman Brothers Band. Stephen Stills has added it and faves Derek Trucks and Govt Mule are gonna be there. As a matter of fact, everybody’s playing. Swamp stompin’ on steroids. Tickets are on sale now. |
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Where are They Now - Louie Shelton
The other day we were discussing with a group of young people (< 25 years) what we consider to be the dismal condition of popular music these days. Astonishingly, we didn't hear the usual "you can't compare it to rock 'n roll forty years ago" or "well, your parents didn't understand Woodstock," or "you need to stop playing stuff from your high school days and tune into what's happening now." Rather, we were pleasantly surprised to discover that a good portion of songs stored in their iPods are actually classics from the 60's and 70's.
Then we posed what we thought to be an impossible question for kids their age: "Who's your ultimate guitarist from that era?" Out of the blue came, "Louie Shelton." Swear to God.
After extending our congratulations, we wondered how the heck they came up with Louie Shelton. Had they been spending their spare time reading the liner notes of our vinyl albums?
They obviously know who they’re talking about. Besides being a Platinum Elite Guitarist member, Louie Shelton has an incredible recording career history. Last year he was inducted in to the Musicians Hall of Fame and very recently he gave this interview to All About Jazz.