How T-Bone Walker invented electric blues guitar

T-Bone Walker may have been the first true hero of modern electric blues, but he stood upon the shoulders of jazz and blues ...

How Bob Weir boiled down 60 years of rhythm guitar wisdom into six essential principles

Often overlooked in guitar circles when compared to bandmate Jerry Garcia, Weir was a brilliant rhythm player who blended jazz, folk, country, blues, and rockabilly influences into a style that any gu ...

POPNOTES | OPINION: Bob Weir’s long argument with rock ’n’ roll

Weir understood, perhaps better than anyone else in the band, that rock ’n’ roll is a public art. It requires shape. It ...
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Savor summer fun with these July and August events in Silicon Valley

Students of the Mountain View Buddhist Temple Taiko program perform at the temple’s Obon Festival on July 20, 2024. Photo by Anna Hoch-Kenney. Summer is in full swing in the Bay Area, and there are ...
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The Naptown R&B pioneer Enoch “Sonny Boy” Wiliams

Listen to music from Enoch “Sonny Boy” Williams, a Rhythm & Blues pianist and vocalist from Indianapolis. He began performing ...

Bob Weir, Grateful Dead co-founder and rhythm guitarist, dies at 78

Veteran rock musician ‍Bob Weir, the Grateful Dead’s rhythm guitarist who helped guide the legendary jam band through decades ...