By Steve Newton I believe the guy in the above photo is playing an F barre chord. I can play an F barre chord, too, but you might not want to hear it. My limited abilities on guitar not withstanding, it's far and away the musical instrument I enjoy hearing the most. And I also … Continue reading A six-string salute to Vancouver: archival interviews with 10 of the city’s top guitarists
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From the ‘hood: 10 of my fave albums by 10 of my fave Vancouver bands
By Steve Newton When you've covered the Vancouver music scene for as long as I have, you realize there's a lot more to it than Loverboy and Bryan freakin' Adams. Art Bergmann Sexual Roulette (1990) The hero of Vancouver’s alternative music scene really hit his stride on his second full-length album, telling insightful and thoroughly … Continue reading From the ‘hood: 10 of my fave albums by 10 of my fave Vancouver bands
Scotty Hall: 22 minutes with Vancouver’s greatest unknown rock guitarist (R.I.P.)
Scotty Hall (left) and Phil Robertson By Steve Newton I've been lucky enough to have interviewed some amazing guitar players in the last 35 years, pickers like Jeff Beck, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Satriani, and Scotty Hall. Scotty Hall? Who the funk is he, you're probably thinking. Well, unless you're a music insider based … Continue reading Scotty Hall: 22 minutes with Vancouver’s greatest unknown rock guitarist (R.I.P.)
Rez guitarist Scotty Hall got neck-tapping tips from Harvey Mandel
scotty hall (left) and phil robertson ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON MARCH 16, 2006 By Steve Newton Although Rez may be the finest guitar-based instrumental-rock CD ever to come out of Vancouver, the original meeting of the duo behind it was rather inauspicious. Guitarist Scotty Hall and drummer-keyboardist Phil Robertson hooked up when Hall attended a rehearsal … Continue reading Rez guitarist Scotty Hall got neck-tapping tips from Harvey Mandel