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How liberating is it for Gene Simmons to prepare to tour 13 months after playing his final December ... Eric Singer, Tommy Thayer and Paul Stanley perform during their March 6, 2020, farewell ...

For four decades, Tommy Castro has proved that the blues continues to ... I didn’t listen to anything else,” he said. In playing the blues, he incorporates his own voice and stories, blending soul and ...

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Simmons, meanwhile, is packing up his bass and returning to the road April 3 with his solo band comprised of Brent Woods on lead guitar, Jason Walker on ...

Tommy Thayer remains the ... save for a crucial request from Gene Simmons. Thayer made a name for himself with a lyrical, melody-first approach to guitar playing and songwriting during the 1980s ...

“I’ve always felt that the best guitar solos were the ones you could hum,” he tells Guitar Player. “Blues ... playing. I mean… not everybody can do that, but I’m more into melody ...

Tommy Castro ... and Johnny “Guitar” Watson. “We came up with a really interesting batch of tunes. None of them are the obvious cover songs that you would do on a classic blues album ...

Veteran blues guitarist Tommy ... that guitar was calling me, going, “Hey, I’m still here, and I’m the coolest guitar you have.” That was the reason I took it out and started playing ...

There’s Blue, the yapping ... and two other musicians, playing at local fests, fundraisers and the NFL Draft. McMichael gave McFarland a new name — “Johnny Guitar.” He also encouraged ...

Meanwhile, five different local teams advanced to their respective quarterfinals -- Hingham and Marshfield in Div. 1, Scituate and Pembroke in Div. 3, and Norwell in Div. 4. In all, 22 South Shore ...