Jeff Floro's All About Guitar

Tonight we take a look at the art of the song and how guitar can play a part in it. My guest is James Lee Stanley, a singer songwriter and a very tasty guitarist. We take a look at his songwriting and how his guitar playing makes a critical part of it. It's a night of great tone, great music and an in depth look at the singer songwriter process!

All About Guitar welcomes Johnny "Chops" Richardson to the show! A singer, songwriter, guitarist and bassist, having played bass with the Randy Rogers Band, we take a look at the whole package: writing the songs, the arrangements, making the album and then presenting it live. Joining Johnny in studio is guitarist, songwriter, and producer Carlos Calvo, who was featured on an earlier All About Guitar show, and we will talk also about his participation playing in Johnny's live band and duplicating the album guitar work live. It's a night of some great songwriting, tone, guitars and gear!

Michael Jost is my guest on All About Guitar. Hailing from Germany, Michael lives in Venice Beach and his European heritage, rigorous classical training, and his 21st Century American experience have molded him into a rather unique artist and musician. We take a look at his work on his albums, "Zeitlos" and "California Burning." We also get a sneak peak at his upcoming album, "Concierto!" We talk to Michael also about his guitars, including "Miss Lucy," a Flamenca guitar made by Tomas Delgado of Candelas Guitars. And we talk about his weekly internet radio program, Radio Venice, on every Sunday, live from Venice Beach! It's a night of some great tone, killer technique, and some very exciting music!

It's a great night of checking out some very cool gear! My guest is guitarist Steven Elowe, who is the Western Sales Manager for Boutique Amps Distribution, containing 10 of the most revered boutique amp companies under one roof. Steven will be showing us the latest offerings from Friedman, Morgan, Tone King and Synergy Amps, and we will be checking out some pedals from Wampler, Bogner, and Friedman. And, we will be checking out some new Friedman guitars made by Grover Jackson!! Joining me and Steven are special guest hosts Jean Pierre Durand, Liza Carbe and Jeffrey Marshall. Please join me and my special friends for some great tone, great gear and great playing!!

Terry Wollman is my guest on All About Guitar. An extraordinary guitarist, arranger and producer, Terry is a session musician in demand for jazz, pop, rock and R&B sessions, though his contemporary jazz albums are getting much critical acclaim. Terry's TV credits include "Scrubs," "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," FOX TV's "Late Show," "The Byron Allen Show," "The Arsenio Hall Show" and "Married With Children. Terry has recorded and/or performed with such artists as Billy Preston, The 5th Dimension, Wilson Phillips, Al Jarreau, Joan Baez, Joe Walsh, Keb' Mo', Little Richard and Eartha Kitt, among others. We talk with Terry about his music, his guitars, amps tone, and more!

We talk tech with one amazing woman, Chelsea Clark. Having worked with legendary guitar tech and luthier Dan Erlewine, Chelsea also spent some time working at Gibson's Restoration Shop in Nashville. Armed with a degree in Industrial Design, Chelsea moved to Los Angeles and set up "Guitars and Caffeine" doing everything, from setups to vintage restoration. We talk to Chelsea about some of her more interesting projects, how to best communicate with your tech to get the job done and we ask Chelsea about "Remojoification!"

I am honored to have Tariqh Akoni on the show! As a guitarist, he has had quite a diverse and extensive career. He has worked as Musical Director for Josh Groban and Weezer and has worked with David Foster, Steve Wonder, LeAnn Rimes, George Duke, Tom Scott, Jennifer Lopez, Whitney Houston, and Christina Aguilera, the Backstreet Boys and many more! Tariqh has served as Chair of the Guitar Department at LACM and written 10 books including their pedagogical series String Theory. We talk to Tariqh about his guitar playing, his tone and gear and what it takes to work with so many diverse artists and styles of music!!

It's a great night of some incredible tone and technique, and some great music to boot! My guest is Mark Goldenberg, an amazing guitarist and composer. He has played on records for such artists as Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Rondstadt, Ringo Starr, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Peter Frampton, and Joan Baez, to name a few. We talk to Mark about his guitar playing, his great tone and technique. We also take a look at his solo work, his collaboration with Eric Skye, and his new project, "Trio," with noted drummer Jay Bellerose and bassist Jennifer Condos.

The session guitarist has to be able to play many styles of music and be able to handle anything thrown at him. One such master is Basil Fung. Besides being a session guitarist, he also is a producer, songwriter, arranger and composer for both TV and film. His longstanding career includes many multi-platinum, Grammy Award winning albums and Basil has worked on literally thousand of albums, songwriter demos, commercial jingles, themes, film and TV cues. And Basil is a master of great tone. We take a look at some of his multi-faceted work and discuss his incredible tone and technique!!

Guitarist Toshi Yanagi is my guest and we take a closer look at his amazing career. Being part of the house band for ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," Toshi started playing piano at age 4 and violin at age five, before getting into guitar, and we will talk about that influence to his playing and writing. We also take a closer look at his work with the Buzz Wizards, along with Jorgen Carlsson on bass, Mini Carlsson on vocals and Steve Ferrone on drums, plays all around LA at such clubs like the legendary Baked Potato. It's a night of great tone, tasty playing and everything guitar!!