The late Albert King must have been impressed, honored, and even maybe a little bit taken aback when Stevie Ray Vaughan performed with him for the TV special In Session on December 6, 1983. Stevie was 29, Albert 60, both respective blues guitar greats. In the banter that went back and forth between songs, Albert talked about how SRV (who he didn't even recognize prior to being informed) was "little stevie", the kid that would sit in on guitar with Albert in Texas. Albert ackn

James Marshall Hendrix has been my favorite musical artist for quite some time now. I have pretty much memorized every note and lyric from his entire discography. There is something about Hendrix's artistry that fascinates and resonates inside of me; his genius knew no bounds. We all know he was a pioneer of distortion and feedback and an experimenter with effect pedals and recording techniques. What impresses me personally was his ability to push his instrument and genre for

I heard him playing as I walked up the stairs to the wide double doors. He was good - young - but good. I could hear his influences and study immediately. It sounded like jazz, it sounded like blues; it was an eclectic Miami mixture. I thought about what I was to do now as I put the gear that I did have down on the old church floor. This was an audition, one that I almost did not go to because I did not have all of the equipment necessary to showcase my abilities. I did not h