http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/NewsThe latest news from Gibson LifestyleTue, 21 May 2013 17:31:49 GMThttp://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/day-in-music-0405-2012Born on this day: 1928, Tony Williams, vocals, The Platters 1942, Allan Clarke, vocals, The Hollies 1948, Dave Holland, drums, Judas Priest 1950, Agnetha Faltskog, vocals, ABBA 1964, Christopher “Kid” Reid, rapper, Kid ’n Play 1966, Mike McCready, guitar, Pearl Jam 1968, Paula Cole, singer-songwriter 1970, Miho Hatori, vocals, keyboards, Cibo Matto 1973, Pharrell Williams, singer, producer, N.E.R.D., The Neptunes]]>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 05:01:01 GMTFeatures181063http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/soundgarden-0404-2012Fans can now hear the new single from Soundgarden. The reunited rockers have granted Seattle rock station KISW access to the full-length version of “Live to Rise,” which will be part of the soundtrack to the upcoming superhero flick, The Avengers.]]>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:14:18 GMTFeatures181066http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/rolling-stones-live-0404-2012A 1975 Rolling Stones concert has been made available to the public. The Sunday, July 13 gig was wrongly labeled as “LA Friday.” It was the band’s last show of a five-night run at the Los Angeles Forum. ]]>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 20:35:10 GMTFeatures181064http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/clapton-ferrari-0404-2012Eric Clapton has famously sold his most famous guitars, with proceeds going to his Crossroads charity. But the U.K. rock-blues legend obviously still has money to burn. He recently ordered a bespoke Ferrari sports car that reportedly cost $4.6 million. Clapton worked with the car company’s Special Projects division to re-body a Ferrari 458 Italia – itself worth $275,000 in standard issue.]]>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:49:38 GMTFeatures181060http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/bonamassa-whitford-0404-2012Joe Bonamassa has posted the first of 10 behind-the-scenes videos from session for his new album.]]>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:20:47 GMTFeatures181059http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/randy-rhoads-ozzy-0404-2012Loudwire reports that Ozzy Osbourne is paying tribute to the late Randy Rhoads with a newly available live recording album, only on vinyl. Ozzy plans to release Live – a 180-gram audiophile vinyl two-LP set – which is a limited, numbered collector’s edition recorded live on the 1981 Blizzard of Ozz tour. “Believer,” a live seven-inch single, also will be issued. It is a limited and numbered collector’s edition on polka-dot vinyl featuring “Believer” (live) and “Goodbye to Romance.”]]>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:02:56 GMTFeatures181058http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/neil-young-trademark-0404-2012Legendary guitarist Neil Young appears to working on new audio formats. Young is a vocal critic of MP3 quality – he doesn’t even like CD audio, particularly – and has designs on something better.]]>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:48:15 GMTFeatures181057http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/day-in-music-0404-2012Born on this day: 1915, Muddy Waters, U.S. blues singer, guitarist 1952, Dave Hill, guitarist (Slade) 1952, Gary Moore, guitarist (Skid Row, Thin Lizzy, solo) 1980, Johnny Borrell, guitarist, singer (Razorlight) ]]>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 05:01:01 GMTFeatures181052http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/paul-mccartney-linda-0403-2012Following the passing of Paul McCartney‘s first wife and fellow Wings band member Linda in 1998, Sir Paul had hundreds of larch trees planted to pay homage to her life and legacy near a spot coined Linda’s Wood. ]]>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:34:30 GMTFeatures181054http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/john-fogerty-0403-2012Rock legend John Fogerty is prepping a new album on which he’ll perform some of his best-known Creedence Clearwater Revival songs with an array of special guests. According to Billboard, Wrote a Song for Everyone (due this fall) will include collaborations with Foo Fighters, My Morning Jacket, Bob Seger and country stars such as Miranda Lambert, Brad Paisley and Keith Urban.]]>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:36:39 GMTFeatures181051