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| |  | | Win a Roger McGuinn Prize Package
Enter now to win an Epiphone Elitist Byrdland, Roger's Instructional DVD and his latest CD, along with Adobe Audition software. For details, go here!
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Photo by Robert Alford
| | A Flying V birthday for School of Rock guitarist.
Gibson USA wished "happy birthday" to Joey Gaydos, aka Zach the guitarslinger kid in School of Rock, with a new V-Factor. It's the same model (based on Gibson's famous 1967 Flying V) that Joey played in the film. According to Joey's dad, Joe Gaydos Sr., the 13-year-old opened his present and just smiled. "You couldn't have smacked the smile off his face," Joe Sr. said. Joey broke in his new axe by ripping into the School of Rock song, followed by a few blues licks and then the riff from Led Zeppelin's "Good Times Bad Times."
Joey's been a Gibson guy "ever since he could pick one up," explained Joe Sr., who owns three '59 Les Paul Juniors, an ES-335 and a Firebird. Joey already had an SG and a Les Paul Goldtop, but the Flying V tops them all. "To me, the Flying V is the ultimate hard rockin' machine," he says.
Joey started sitting in with his dad's bands at gigs around the Detroit area when he was just 10 years old, but now their roles are reversing. Joey's in the pre-production stages of a solo CD, and he's relegated his father to bass duties in the studio band.
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| | Lucero rules Fiesta Broadway with Chet Studio CEC
Mexican pop star and soap opera actress Lucero presided as Reyna (Queen) of Fiesta Broadway, with a new Gibson Chet Atkins Studio CEC at her side. Gibson was the official guitar of the Fiesta, which is the largest Hispanic event in the U.S. Last week's celebration (Apr. 25), the 14th annual, drew over 500,000 people to downtown Los Angeles. It was taped by NBC, which recently acquired the Spanish-language Telemondo network, to be included in its Cinco de Mayo (May 5) programming. Gibson Montana presented Reyna with one of the newly designed Chet Studio CEC models, an electric classical featuring a unique hollow body design with rear soundhole for enhanced acoustic performance.
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| | B.B. still King of Handy Awards; Buddy Guy picks up three
"King of the Blues" B.B. King won Entertainer of the Year award for the sixth straight time at the 25th annual Handy Blues Awards in Memphis (Apr. 29). 2004 Grammy-winner Buddy Guy picked up three awards at the sold-out show while Memphis-born Queen of the Blues Koko Taylor extended her all-time Handys winning streak with trophy No. 24 for Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year. Sponsored by Gibson Guitar and Baldwin Piano, the Handy Awards are produced by the Memphis-based Blues Foundation, a nonprofit umbrella organization for more than 100 blues societies worldwide. Go here for a complete list of Handy winners.
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 | | Check out Chuck at Gibson Clinics in Florida and Ohio
Gibson clinician Chuck Yamek is bringing his arsenal of hot licks to Guitar Centers in South Florida and northern Ohio over the next two weeks. If you missed his clinic Monday (5/3) at the Kendall Dr. store in Miami, catch him tomorrow in Hallandale or Wednesday in West Palm. And if you miss those appearances, you can leave now and be in Ohio in time to see him in Mayfield Heights. Here's the schedule:
May 4, Guitar Center Hallandale (FL), 1101 W. Hallandale Beach Blvd., 954-456-7890, 7 pm.
May 5, Guitar Center West Palm Beach (FL), 5025 Okeechobee Blvd., 561-616-5601, 7 pm.
May 10, Guitar Center Mayfield Heights (OH), 5800 Mayfield Rd., 440-461-0300, 7 pm.
Check our clinicians site for more dates with Chuck, Kevin Philbin or Bart Walsh.
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