Tags: jorma kaukonen
The Key to Happiness
I'm in a really cynical mood right now. Some fool once said "If you try your best you will become really famous and then you will be happy." If I was the one who said it, I was an idiot at the time. more »
A Conversation with Jorma Kaukonen
by Dan Grigor I was a kid, playing guitar in church at reform school in upstate New York when I first heard the Jefferson Airplane and Jorma Kaukonen's guitar. There, any time you got your hands on new music it was something special. Someone gave me… more »
Getting Ready for NAMM 2011
by Frank Butler So here at barefootmusicnews.com, we are gearing up for the 2011 NAMM Show in Anaheim, California. It is in January on the west coast and in the summer in Nashville. So what is NAMM? Well it is not a Vietnam War memorabilia convention.… more »
Monday Morning Blues Dan Grigor Plays Road Trip on the 12-String
I really do have the Monday Morning Blues this morning. I usually take Monday off. Today I have way too much to do. I have great stuff to get ready for you this week… more »
Video Tour of the Martin Guitar Booth at NAMM 2010 - Part Three
Part Three starts with the amazing D-100...the new wood models... the David Crosby 12-string, Marty Robbins guitar, the Laurence Juber and the ukeleles … more »
NAMM 2010 - Day Four Wrap up
That’s it… It’s all over Barefoot and a little sore, we walked to the car in the rain. It was cool, the rainwater on my feet and the whole experience of NAMM 2010. I would like to thank the entire population of the convention for putting up with my antics… more »
Tasty Guitar Riffs from NAMM 2010
That made me look at the video I have in a different light and here we go; a selection of tasty licks from the floor of the NAMM convention. Tucked into corners, playing little booth stages and sometimes in the aisles among the new gear we found some amazing players. Some were somebodies, some were nobodies and all of them were awesome.That made me look at the video I have in a different light and here we go; a selection of tasty licks from the floor of the NAMM convention. Tucked into corners, playing little booth stages and sometimes in the aisles among the new gear we found some amazing players. Some were somebodies, some were nobodies and all of them were awesome.Everywhere you turned at NAMM 2010 there was somebody ripping it up on something. Walking from booth to booth it was amazing to me how well they all went together. That made me look at the video I have in a different light and here we go; a selection of tasty licks from the floor of the NAMM convention. Tucked into corners, playing little booth stages and sometimes in the aisles among the new gear we found some amazing players. Some were somebodies, some were nobodies and all of them were awesome. more »

