Jeff Floro's All About Guitar

Rob Garland is my guest on All About Guitar. Originally hailing from the UK, Rob is currently living here in Los Angeles. Guitarist, artist, author and session player, Rob currently is faculty at Musician's Institute, and runs an artist channel (Babylon), writes for RIFF Journal, hosts live YouTube sessions and is well known for his best selling Chord Navigator series. Musicians Rob has worked with include Jimmy Haslip (The Yellowjackets), Andy Sanesi (Scott Henderson), Tony Newton (Gary Moore), Mick Stevens (Brand X) and Gus Thorton (Albert King). We take a closer look at Rob's extraordinary career and take a listen to his music with Rob Garland's Eclectic Trio and the jazz/funk band Catatonic! http://www.robgarland.net/index.html

Sharon & Gregg Delorto return to All About Guitar as we take a look at the legacy of Orville Gibson going into the next century after his passing, and we have a lot to talk about it. Singer, songwriter, guitarist and collector Frank Stallone joins us and brings some of his prize Gibsons to share with us. Also joining us is Thomas Van Hoose, Guitarist, Collector and author of "The Gibson Super 400," the definitive book on the subject! And Gibson Guitars have given us a couple of their new guitars that are an indicator of what the new Gibson is all about!! It's a night of some history and a bright future for Orville's legacy and the guitar!! Link for Sharon & Gregg De Lorto: DeLortoGuitar.com Link for Frank Stallone: FrankStallone.com Link for Thomas Van Hoose: VanHooseVintage.com Link for Gibson: Gibson.com

I met Scott Detweiler when he was a guest of Jessica Anne Baron during the show on Guitars In The Classroom last June (6-3-2019). Tonight we go into more depth with Scott's career. Besides being an artist advocate for Guitars In The Classroom, Scott is quite a multi-faceted artist! Besides playing with his band, The New Orleans Jazz Funksemble, Scott is a juror for the upcoming Gohar & Ovanes Andriassian Classical Guitar Competition, Director of Artist Relations at AMI Guitars USA, a cantor/guitarist at Our Lady of Grace Church in Encino, and an active performer in the California prison system with the Los Angeles Archdiocese Office of Administrative Justice. We take a closer look at Scott's amazing career and take a listen to some of his music, and more!! https://www.detweilermusic.com/

Ron Moreno, from G&L Guitars returns to All About Guitar and we take a closer look at some new guitars and basses being released by the company. G&L has kept the tradition Leo Fender left the company...further raising the bar on better guitars, basses, pickups, and more and refining and perfecting the technologies involved in making their fine instruments. It's a night of great guitars, great tone, and more!! www.glguitars.com

Marc "The Hatman" Mann returns to All About Guitar to talk about his latest release, "Deja Blue," by Lefty and the Hatman! Also joining us, via skype, is Jeffrey "Lefty" Levine, the other half of the duo. We will take a closer look Deja Blue, from conception to release. It's a night of great music, great guitar, cool tone and more!!

There is an exciting event happening on July 27th, 2019! Cruefest Hollywood is coming to the Whisky with an extraordinary lineup of bands, and all for a great cause. Cruefest was founded by fans of Motley Crue since 2001. All proceeds go to Cancer Charities in memory of Skylar Neil, daughter of Motley Crue lead vocalist Vince Neil who lost her battle with cancer at age 4. Joining me are Tesy Ward, singer, songwriter and Artist Development and Manager, Kelle Rhoads, Randy Rhoads brother and multi-instrumentalist, who will be performing at Cruefest! And my very special guest host will be Rebecca Fearing, host of Dancing With Ghosts, a show on LA Talk Radio I have done with her for 10 years!! (Rebecca introduced me to Tesy,) We will be talking about the event, the bands coming to play, and more!!

Pete Celi and Ethan Tufts, of Strymon, return to All About Guitar and we take a look at another set of pedals. Pete and Ethan will be showing us the Strymon Big Sky Reverb, the Riverside dual hybrid digital/analog drive, and the amazing Deco tape saturizer and double tracker. These pedals represent why Strymon pedals are some of the most used pedals by musicians everywhere!! Joining me as my guest host is Cathy Lauer, of ToneZone LA (and guitarist for Systyr Skin-nerd). Cathy has just finished building two pedal boards for clients that almost exclusively have Strymon effects on them!! https://www.strymon.net/ https://www.tonezonela.com/

All About Guitar is proud to present The Licata Brothers to the show! Tony and Jimmy are of Peruvian/Italian descent and tonight we talk to them about their latest CD release, "Kindle The Flame." Joining us are the producers of their album, Jean-Pierre Durand and Liza Carbe. We talk to Tony, Jimmy, JP, and Liza about the making of the album, from conception to final mix. It's a night of great music, great tone, guitars, gear and more!! The Licata Bros.: thelicatabrothers.com Carbe and Durand: carbeanddurand.com

Paul Rivera Jr. returns to All About Guitar and he is bringing along his dad!! Paul Rivera Sr. is the founder of Rivera Amplification and we talk to him about his early Marshall and Fender mods, and his development of his Rivera amps. Also joining us is guitarist Andrew Synowiec, another All About Guitar alumn, as we explore the amazing tone of Rivera Amps!! Rivera Amplification: rivera.com Andrew Synowiec: andrewsynowiec.com

Sharon & Gregg De Lorto return to All About Guitar as we continue with our series of shows on Gibson Guitars! Tonight we talk about the ES Series of guitars, including the B.B. King's "Lucille," the ES-347, dot neck ES-335 and more! Joining Sharon & Gregg are Wolf Marshall, guitarist, historian, journalist and educator at UCLA, and Glenn Kishi, guitarist and collector, recently performing with singer Claudia Lennear. Gregg De Lorto is an accomplished guitarist and expert on both Gibson and Heritage guitars, and Sharon De Lorto, Gibson historian, writer, and producer on an upcoming documentary on the life of Orville Gibson. Gibson guitars: gibson.com Gregg De Lorto: greggdelorto.com Wolf Marshall: wolfmarshall.com Sharon De Lorto: Linkedin.com/in/sharon-de-lorto-b5722490/

I am proud to welcome back Incendio to All About Guitar and we have a lot to talk about! We take a look at their most adventurous album yet, "Summoning The Muse." We talk to Jean-Pierre Durand, Liza Carbe, Jim Stubblefield and Timothy Curle and take a closer look at their latest work, from conception to execution. It's a night of great music, tone, lots of gear, guitars and more! http://incendioband.com/

Tonight we talk about music that changed a generation! My guest is David Marks. David played guitar with the Beach Boys and performed on the band's first four albums: "Surfin' Safari," "Surfin' U.S.A.," "Surfer Girl," and "Little Deuce Coupe." After the Beach Boys, David formed the group "David Marks & The Marksman," which was one of the first acts signed by Herb Alpert's A&M Records in 1964. We talk to David about working with the Beach Boys, including joining them on their 50th Anniversary tour, and creating music that forever influenced contemporary music for years to come!! https://www.davidleemarks.com/

Guitars In The Classroom returns to All About Guitar and a lot has happened since our last visit!! Jessica Baron joins us and is joined by artist/educator Shiri Goldsmith and artist/guitarist Scott Detweiler. We will be talking about adapting music making for students with special needs, and also the latest developments at GITC!! And we take a look at a new instrument developed by Godin just for educating children!! All parents and guitarists working with children, you don't want to miss this! Link for Jessica Baron and Guitars In The Classroom: https://www.guitarsintheclassroom.org/ Link for Scott Detweiler: https://www.detweilermusic.com/ Link for Godin Guitars: https://godinguitars.com/

Yamaha Guitars return to All About Guitar! Guitarist and Technical Sales Specialist Andy Winston joins me as well as Pat Campolattano from Yamaha's Custom shop as we take a look at Yamaha's new FG Red Label guitars and the newest TransAcoustic models. It's a great night of great guitars!! https://usa.yamaha.com/products/musical_instruments/guitars_basses/index.html

Have you ever felt stuck, in a rut, having a creative block? Carlos Calvo returns to All About Guitar and he is joined by Julie Tan, a guitarist, singer and songwriter. Carlos and Julie have been developing techniques to help you get out of ruts and plateaus, plus other things that can help you become the player you were meant to be. We will also be talking about the guitars they use and why, effects, amps and simulators and much more!! julietan.com carloscalvo.com

Freebo returns to the show and we talk to him about his latest project, producing and performing with guitarist, singer, songwriter Alice Howe. Alice also joins us in studio to talk about her latest release, "Visions." A beautifully crafted album, with great songs and tasty guitar parts, we take a closer look at the creative process, from conception to recording. It's a rare opportunity to take a look at how a great album is made!! freebomusic.com alicehowe.com

Systyr Skin-nerd are a group of women that love to play the music of Lynyrd Skynyrd. And they do that well! We talk to the group about the challenges being a tribute band and duplicating the sound of such an iconic group, their recent tour in Europe, their upcoming gigs and, of course, their guitars and gear they used to get the Skynyrd sound! https://www.systyrskin-nerd.com/

Tim Pierce returns to All About Guitar and a lot has happened since we last talked to him! Tim is a perfect example on how musicians are adapting to the changing times and changing technologies and has built quite a prosperous business for himself. Tonight we talk to Tim about his session work, how that has changed and how he has adapted to it, and we also look into his hugely successful online presence, featuring a Youtube channel, online classes and courses, and more!!

I am proud to have Guitar Shorty on the show! A legendary blues rock guitarist, Guitar Shorty was a big influence on Jimi Hendrix. Shorty was the first person Hendrix saw use a wah pedal. Shorty let Jimi borrow his wah and the rest is history. We talk to Guitar Shorty about his playing with such legends as Ray Charles, T-Bone Walker, Big Joe Turner, Little Richard and Sam Cooke, among others. Joining me as guest host is Cathy Lauer, of ToneZone LA and guitarist of Systyr Skin-nerd. Cathy built Shorty's pedal board and we take a look at that too!! It's a night of legendary tone, technique and gear!!

My good friend and amazing guitarist Steve Fister returns to All About Guitar! Fresh off a tour of Europe, we talk to Steve about that tour, the gear he used over there, especially his new signature guitar from DAG. We also take a look at his new release, "Let It Slide," and his participation in the documentery, "Blood, Fret & Tears!" It's a night of gear, great tone, great playing, and great stories!!