Archive for 'Personal'

Rich Knuckalls, Oct 2, 1956 – April 20, 2010

30 April 2010

Obituary. I “met” Rich 10 years ago in the old Harmony Central Guitar Forum. Rich was a character – his stories of the road, playing clubs in the late 70′s and 80′s, and his sense of humor were unmatched. Rich was also one hell of a guitar player and just a real nice guy. He’s [...]

Holdsworth 12/10/09

17 February 2010

That ol’ boy can dang sure play that geetar, tellyawut. He was at Dan’s Silverleaf, which is a VERY small club up in Denton, about 30 minutes from my house. Gear was interesting: his old white original Steinberger from the 80′s with Seymour Duncans in it, two Hughes and Keltner combos (they might have been [...]

Good blog posts on mixing from Music Think Tank

24 September 2009

Tighten the low end of your mix with a frequency analyzer Spectral management

Songwriting, Part 1

17 July 2008

So you want to write a song, huh? Chances are, if you want to write songs, you’re probably already doing it, for reasons that will become apparent as you read the rest of this post. However, for selfish reasons (to remind myself of what’s important, why I do this, and get my head screwed back [...]

Today would’ve been Paula’s 49th birthday

7 July 2008

And she would’ve killed me for revealing her age if she were here. Happy Birthday Paula. I miss you.

And so the long journey ends…

30 April 2008

The loss of our singer, co-writer, and friend Paula Smith also means the end of the road for Lochinvar, the band. There is absolutely no way that this band can or will go on without her. There is no Lochinvar without Paula. Paula founded this band 22 years ago, in 1986.  I joined in 1989, [...]

Paula Faye Smith, aka Paula Blade, lead singer of Lochinvar, dies in car accident on April 24

28 April 2008

Paula Smith, founder, lead singer, and songwriter for the hard rock band Lochinvar, was killed in a car accident on April 24, 2008, in Marlow, Oklahoma. She was 48 years old. She is survived by her mother, Anna Faye Crawford, her son Christen Smith, and her daughter Rhiannon Smith. Paula was often described as “a [...]