Tag Archives: Bill Frisell

Spotlight: Tim Brady Part I

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In February of 2019, I was flown up to Montreal to cover composer/guitarist Tim Brady’s evening of 150 guitars for Guitar Player. You can read my coverage and interview about that here and see a sample below. Inspired by my conversation with Dither’s James Moore, after we finished Tim’s GP interview, I restarted the recorder for a wide ranging dialogue about the state of the electric guitar in today’s classical world. We covered a lot of ground so I am breaking it up into two posts. If you enjoy Part I, please subscribe to be notified when Part II is posted.

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RIP Ginger Baker

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As Rock and Roll was turning into Rock in the Sixties, most of the great power trios retained their “roll” thanks to drummers who were rooted in jazz. When Cream entered the scene, it featured the jazziest rhythm section of them all, with Ginger Baker’s rolling, tom-tom based grooves harking back to Chico Hamilton. Baker later experimented with African music and returned to his jazz roots with a power trio of a different sort. “Time moves differently with Ginger,” Frisell once told Rolling Stone. “You could find 100 drummers to play the same tune, and Ginger would find something different to do with it.”

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Big Ears 2019

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As advertised, Big Ears 2019 was a guitar extravaganza. My wife Liz and I were able to see Bill Frisell, David Torn, Mary Halvorson, Anthony Pirog, and Rafiq Bhatia, some of them multiple times, as well as other, non-guitar improvising legends and newcomers. Once again, venues like the Tennessee Theater, The Bijou Theater, The Standard, and The Mill and the Mine offered stellar sound quality and sight lines, and the local food was fabulous.

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Guitar Moderne Festival: Big Ears Edition

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Big Ears starts Thursday. For those of you attending, here is a sample of the amazing guitar performances planned. For those of you who can’t make it, here is what you will be missing. There are still General Admission tix available, so if you can get to Knoxville this week, please do.

Bill Frisell and Thomas Morgan

Sun of Goldfinger

The Messthetics

Mary Halvorson and Code Girl

Thumbscrew

Rafiq Bahtia

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A Word From The Publisher

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Wow! Last week saw Guitar Moderne’s viewing stats more than triple, with a slew of new subscribers signing up and a host of new followers on Instagram. First, thanks to all the new fans; I will try to keep posting things of interest to guitarists interested in everything about moving the instrument forward. I am trying to figure out what caused the jump. All I can imagine is that I put up two posts about Bill Frisell in rapid succession. I deduce it was the Guitar Moderne equivalent of Guitar Player magazine putting Jimi Hendrix or Stevie Ray Vaughn on the cover to boost sales in years past. I will, of course, continue to cover this modern guitar pioneer, as well as other icons like David Torn, and Nels Cline. I would hope you also check out the lesser known players I post as well.


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