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Neutral Uke Hotel Visits Eastwood Lounge

Mike Robinson — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:40:48 +0000

Shawn Fogel: Neutral Uke Hotel

On his way to NXNE this spring, long time Eastwood customer Shawn Fogel and some members of his two bands dropped by Eastwood for a visit. Shawn’s most recent project – Neutral UKE Hotel – covers the classic indie pop album “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea” in its entirety. But with Ukulele’s? Can you make awesome, awesomer? I think so. We asked him to give us a sneak peek, so they pressed a couple of AIRLINE Electric Ukuleles into action in the Eastwood Lounge:

If you were fortunate to hook up with In the Aeroplane Over the Sea when it was first released in 1998, you will love Fogel’s Ukulele rewrite. If you missed it, never to late to pick up the Neutral Milk Hotel classic.

It was a pleasure to finally meet Shawn. During his visit he dropped off a copy of his last CD, Golden Bloom, and the big kick for me – two weeks later – is that I still have this CD in play every day. For those who know me, that is saying a lot. The collection of songs on “Fan the Flames” is a non-stop carnival ride of power pop classics, hooked filled ballads and toe-tapping pop nuggets. It makes you want to get straight back on the ride as soon as it is over. So here I am, still hitting the PLAY button two weeks later. Fogel played all the instruments on Fan the Flames — piano, bass guitar, tenor sax, keyboards, harmonica, and drums – which is impressive in itself, but when you add a keen sense of song craftsmanship to the mix, I feel obliged to pound the table. Here is a sample track, Dead Petals.

Golden Bloom: Fan the Flames (from Multi-Instrumentalist & Frontman, Shawn Fogel)

I Fight Dragons Cover the Legend of Zelda Theme Song

Kerry Dean — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:01:11 +0000

Howdy folks. I saw this video today, and I just had to share it. This post does not pertain to vintage guitars or rare guitars – or really even guitars for that matter. This post is about a band that covered the Legend of Zelda video game theme song, and that’s about it.

This video really takes me back to the first time I fought that final battle with Ganon. Ah, memories. So without further ado, please enjoy I Fight Dragons covering a song from one of the greatest video games of all time.

I Fight Dragons band (Chicago, IL)

Eastwood Guitar Sightings on YouTube in 2009

Mike Robinson — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:00:06 +0000

2009 was a great year for videos of Eastwood Guitars showing up on YouTube. Here are several that I found:

Neko Case on David Letterman featuring Jon Rauhouse on his Eastwood Classic 12:

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John Fogerty playing some killer slide guitar on his Airline Coronado:

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The Decemberists on Late Late Show, Chris Funk with his Eastwood Messenger:

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Another cool video featuring the Eastwood Coronado guitar by The Jett Blackk Heart Attack:

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Chris Spedding with his Airline Town & Country:

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Music Radar demo featuring the Airline RS-II guitar:

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German player Einar Gast with his Airline Town & Country:

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Colin Newman of GITHEAD with his Eastwood Breadwinner:

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Liverpool band OWLS with a lefty Eastwood Ichiban:

Joey Leone & Wendell Ferguson at NAMM 2009

Mike Robinson — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:00:15 +0000

Well folks, if you have not made plans to attend NAMM 2009 this year, it’s not too late. Eastwood Guitars will be exibiting at booth #1155 again this year. BUT! For the first time, Joey Leone and Wendell Ferguson with be at the booth, at the same time, Friday Jan 16th. No promises, but maybe we can talk them into one of these jams:

David Celia Music Video: Best Thing Ever

Mike Robinson — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:00:10 +0000

A customer and friend – David Celia – has a cool video that I thought you might like. I should have posted this on Mother’s Day, better late than never. Yep, mom’s are the best… =)

Eastwood Stormbird Guitar Sighting on Letterman?

Mike Robinson — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:00:56 +0000

I get a lot of email from customers that alert me to various Eastwood Guitar sighting around the globe. Last night I got one from a someone that was watching the Letterman Show. The band is Gossip. Was it an EASTWOOD Stormbird?

Nope, that is a GIBSON non-reverse Firebird. About FIVE times more expensive than our Stormbird – had me fooled for a moment too. So why am I writing about this? Because the band was awesome! What a great performance by Gossip! As soon as I saw this I went to ITunes and bought their 2005 release, Standing in the Way of Control. A great merger of Punk and Soul. Check out the video and you decide…

Githead: Colin Newman & Malka Spigel Talk Art Pop

Mike Robinson — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 13:00:49 +0000

Githead: Art Pop album

First, the contest for the Pete Shelley Signature Guitar is wrapping up on Dec 10th, so get your entry in before it’s too late! Second, we have finished our next video interview – with Colin Newman (Wire) and his wife Malka Spigel who are Githead. Yes, I’m a Wire fan (who isn’t!?) but Githead is something you really need to check out. Enjoy!