Monthly Archives: May 2011

Rose Drake, Lloyd Green, the steel amps of yesterday and today

Hello fellow players, I just received a nice thank you note from Pete Drake’s widow, Rose Drake. Rose was totally responsible for running Window Music, the publishing company she and Pete had together. Rose was quite respected herself in the … Continue reading

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Logic of the C6th pedals, guitars made famous by their owners

Hello fellow players, I’ve had tremendous response concerning my newsletter about the origins, history and development of the E9th tuning. Of course, as you must know, this has opened the door to doing the same thing about the C6th tuning. … Continue reading

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Memories of Pete Drake

Hello fellow players, I want to talk today about a steel guitar player that everybody’s heard of, but you really don’t hear much about anymore. This is a real shame because he was the king of steel guitar recording in … Continue reading

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