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Marking The Trail: One Melody’s Journey Through American Music – Part Three

The journey continues. But first, a divergence. “Things ‘Bout Coming My Way” soon began to blaze a trail of its own. On February 10, 1931 – twenty-two days after Sam Hill From Louisville (aka Walter Vinson) cut the inaugural recording … Continue reading

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Discovery

The “Premiere Issue” of Acoustic Guitar magazine arrived in my mailbox in July of 1990. With a black & white photo of classical guitarist Sharon Isbin on the cover, the feature article was called “My First Guitar” and subtitled “Tales of … Continue reading

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