Archtop Crazy
Archtop Crazy
Episode 1 - I Can't Give You Anything But Love
Archtop expert Jonathan Stout and friend Nick Rossi put a couple of beautiful old Epiphone Emperors through their paces.
Archtop Crazy
Archtop Crazy: Episode 4: Swing Rhythm Goes Electric
Archtop Crazy: Episode 4: Swing Rhythm Goes Electric: It took Gibson's introduction of the ES150 and Charlie Christian playing it to cause an avalanche in the guitar world. Suddenly, guitar players could be heard, single note solos became de rigueur....!
Archtop Crazy
Episode 3: Freddie Green Style Comping. Jonathan explains the dark art of acoustic rhythm comping, often referred to as the "Freddie Green" style of big band rhythm playing.
Archtop Crazy with Jonathan Stout: Episode 3: Freddie Green Style Comping. Jonathan explains the dark art of acoustic rhythm comping, often referred to as the "Freddie Green" style of big band rhythm playing. Freddie was the guitar player in the Count Basie band from 1937 until 1987 and is regarded as the undisputed master of this unique style of rhythm playing.
Archtop Crazy
Episode 2: Moonglow & Sunday
Archtop expert Jonathan Stout and friend Nick Rossi put a couple of early Gibson L5s and Epiphone Emperors through their paces. Jonathan also gives us some great insight into archtop guitar construction through the 1920s, 30s and 40s.