This thing about the american accent seems to be true, because an american friend of mine told me recently that she noticed that french singers always...

I like the sound and feel of Elixirs, and I change them every 6 months or so. I play almost every day, but not for a long time each time, which means ...

I've been working from this book, and I use the flesh of my fingers, not my nails. It depends on what feels better for you. I don't like long nails, b...

Okay then. Joe Strummer, born John Graham Mellor, was known for a while under the name of Woody Mellor, as a tribute to Woody Guthrie.Woody Guthrie :...

Key to the Highway is usually played in A. Chords : A, E, D, D, A, E, and A/D/E for the tunaround.

My first show was Soft Machine in 1970. And a few weeks later, Frank Zappa. Both in Paris.Yes, that was a loooooooong time ago !My last show was Mercu...

Another simple trick: sometimes a 7th chord works fine. Example: if the songs ends in C, strum C, then C7. Anyway it's good to have different kinds of...

Bill WithersSam Cooke or Wilson Pickett ?

Definetely Brian Jones, but no hard feelings against Mick Taylor.Elvis Presley or Carl Perkins ?

George HarissonWoody Guthrie or Pete Seeger ?

In 3 years playing the guitar I only learned open chords + barre F and Bm, basic strumming and some very basic fingerpicking. I could play 200 songs, ...

Frank ZappaThe Who or the Small Faces ? (circa 1966)

Cat Steven's first LP, New Masters, realised in 1967, did not chart. Nevertheless, one of the songs from this LP, The First Cut is the Deepest, did be...

Neil Hannon seems to be connected to no one but himself !Though recently he wrote some tracks for Jane Birkin's last album, Fictions.Jane Birkin !

Nada Surf - Blonde on Blonde"i've got blonde on blondeon my portable stereoit's a lullaby from a giant golden radio"