Jeff Floro's All About Guitar

One thing not talked about in music circles but is becoming a very frequent occurence is music related injuries, especially to the hands and arms. And with increased use of computers in the music field, hand injuries, especially, are becoming more commonplace than anyone would like. My guest tonight is Dr. David Allan. A licensed doctor of Chiropractic medicine, he is truly a "healer!" He has created several health systems including "Rocketship Wellness, Don't Stand Up Straight," "Reflexatsu," "Natural Posture," Auriculotherapy HP," and "Musicians Wellness" having studied Shiatsu, Reflexology, Compression Mobilization Technique, Auriculotherapy and more. We talk to Dr. Allan about how we can hurt ourselves, therapy, and how we can prevent it. This is a must listen show for all musicians, not just guitarists!

Steve Bartek has a broad and quite diverse career! From playing flute with the legendary 60's band, The Strawberry Alarm Clock, to playing in the music troup The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, which became the also legendary group, Oingo Boingo. All the while Steve was studying music composition at UCLA, which has served Steve a lot, composing and orchestrating for film, most notably with former bandmate Danny Elfman, being his orchestrator and arranger. And he composed music for such TV shows as The Tick, Tales From The Crypt, Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories and films as An Extremely Goofy Movie, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, among others. But there's more! Steve is also a session guitarist, having played guitar on such TV shows as Battlestar Galactica, Trauma and Walking Dead. We talk with Steve about his fascinating career of many hats and how guitar fits into the whole picture!!

Dave Pearlman returns to All About Guitar. Dave had been on before to talk about his world renowned microphones and now we are going to talk to Dave about his guitar playing, especially his steel guitar work! Having played with artists like Dan Fogelberg, Phil Everly, Bill Medley, Hoyt Axton, REO Speedwagon, Bobby Womack, Michelle Shocked, Joe Walsh and many others, we talk to Dave about steel guitar, his great tone, technique, tunings and more!

Don Peake is an amazing musician. Starting out as the lead guitarist for the Everly Brothers, Don also was part of the Wrecking Crew and did sessions for Phil Spector, the Beach Boys, Jan & Dean, The Monkees and the Mamas & The Papas. Don also was the staff guitarist for Motown records, playing on all the Jackson 5 hits, The Supremes and Marvin Gaye. As an arranger Don arranged Bobby Darin's hit "If I Were A Carpenter." Don also started composing for films and TV and composed the theme for "Knightrider." and the score for the film "The Hills Have Eyes." We talk to Don about his experiences, his music, guitar, gear and more!

Our study of new classical and flamenco guitar continues with a very special show! Joining us in-studio, hailing from England, is guitarist extraordinaire Mark Barnwell. With more than 30 years of guitar playing and five albums to his credit. We talk to Mark about his new album, Mandala, which features guest appearances by Jim Stubblefield, Jean Pierre Durand and Liza Carbe, of Incendio. And joining Mark and I on the show are Jim Stubblefield, J.P. and Liza! We talk about guitars, tone, technique, and recording across two continents!!

Attention all you singer-songwriters! Although known as a world-renowned bassist, having worked with the likes of Bonnie Raitt, CSN, John Mayall, Maria Muldar, Ringo Starr, Neil Young, Dr. John and Loudon Wainwright, Freebo is an amazing guitarist and songwriter. We talk to Freebo about his songs, how he integrates guitar into his writing and his use of different tunings in his songs. We'll also be looking at Freebo's picking style, guitars and more!

Although the son of renowned guitarist Larry Coryell, Julian Coryell is much more than that. Starting on piano at 5 years old and learning also drums, violin and bass besides guitar, Julian was one of the youngest musicians to graduate from the Berkelee School of Music. We talk to Julian about his albums, jazz fusion, touring, and teaching. And we, of course, get into his tone, technique and gear!

Gary Roudenko & the gang at The Amp Shop Bass Exchange come down to show us what's new for bass players! Gary just got his hands on the new Peter Florance "Jaco" clone jazz bass pickups and we will give them a listen. Also we will be looking at what else is new for bass players. It's a night of great tone and gear!

Fillippo Olivieri joins me in studio with some of his outstanding products made by his company Solo Dallas. His Schaffer Replica, the original electronics of the Schaffer wireless system that guitarists have used as an overdrive system, is used by many artists, including AC/DC's Angus Young, Ron Wood, Neal Schon, Joe Bonamassa, and many, many more. Filippo will be showing us a new update to the Schaffer Replica pedal, the Storm, and we take a really good look at his Solo Dallas SD-50 Guitar Amp head - a faithful replica of the legendary Marshall JTM-50. Joining me, as guest host, is one person who knows Marshall Amps well - guitarist Steve Fister, as we put the Solo Dallas SD-50 through its paces.

Yamaha Guitars are back!! And tonight we take a look at their acoustic guitars. I bought a FG 180 back around 1970 and have used it for countless sessions and gigs. You can see me with it playing live in 1974 and a picture of me with it now! Yamaha Product Specialists Andy Winston and David Chavez join me in studio and show us the 50th anniversary reissue of the FG-180. So we will be comparing the old one with the new. Plus Andy and David will be bringing some of Yamaha's latest guitars!