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David Henriksson Interview - Guitarist, Tracy Lawrence - Everyone Loves Guitar #111 Dec 19, 2017

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Wow, what an inspirational success story this is. David came to Nashville 4 months ago, after playing professionally in Sweden for many years. In this short time, he's already had 50 paid gigs… traveled to 18 different states… and played the Grand Ole Opry 8 times! Discover how he made this happen…

A major cultural belief David had to "cast aside" and how he had to "remake" himself, to achieve his dream of playing professionally, here in America…

How to create opportunities by networking and meeting people, without being phony or insincere, and a whole lot more...

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Derek Wells Interview - First Call Session Guitarist, Kid Rock, Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood - Everyone Loves Guitar #110 Dec 18, 2017

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Derek is an A-List First Call session player out of Nashville. He's played on over 30 (yes, THIRTY) Number 1 songs and was the Academy of Country Music's Guitar Player of the year, in 2016.

He's played on albums for Kid Rock, Dolly Parton, Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Shakira, Maren Morris, Kelsea Ballerini, Motley Crue, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, Kenny Chesney, Thomas Rhett, Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town and many others...

And yet… he didn't start playing guitar until age 17! You'll hear the full story in this conversation, including… how he got started… how he got "good"... a great story about his 1961 Gibson SG and his 1953 Fender Telecaster… and the toughest thing he's ever had to do in business…

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Andy Wood Interview - Guitarist / Independent Artist - Everyone Loves Guitar #109 Dec 17, 2017

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Andy went from placing 2nd in the World Championship Mandolin Contest at age 16 to winning Guitar Center's Guitarmageddon contest, a few years later. It would be hard to find someone so proficient in so many different styles of playing…

He shares a really special story about a Martin guitar he bought for his grandfather (the person who taught him to play music), and how he got the money to pay for the guitar…

An important lesson on what to NOT take for granted… his "coming of age" double LP he put out… and his follow up LIVE album, and the backstory behind the making of both...

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Michael Spriggs Interview - First Call Session Guitarist - Everyone Loves Guitar #108 Dec 16, 2017

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Originally from London, Michael has been an A-List First call session guitarist in Nashville for over 35 years. He played lead guitar for Eddie Rabbitt for 6 years, playing on 11 Number one hits for Rabbitt... has made over 5,000 live appearances including performances on just about every major radio and television show…

He's released 4 of his own instrumental CDs… has over 60 cuts with major publishers… has written 3 Number 1 Country hit singles… produced a full-length CD which has been nominated for a Grammy award…

And he has played on records by artists like Faith Hill, LeAnn Rimes, Martina Mc Bride, Waylon Jennings, Lee Roy Parnell, Alabama, Suzy Boggus, Hank Williams Jr., Hank Williams the 3rd, BB King, John Michael Montgomery, Craig Wayne Boyd, Trace Adkins, Elton John, Tanya Tucker, Lorrie Morgan, Tammy Wynette, Kenny Rogers, Lee Greenwood, Dolly Parton, Ray Stevens, Dobie Gray, and literally hundreds of others…

And on today's show, shares literally dozens of stories from his remarkable history, including comments on his friendship with Eddie Rabbitt...

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Greg Koch Interview - Guitarist, Wildwood Guitars Brand Ambassador - Everyone Loves Guitar #107 Dec 15, 2017

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Greg's 4,000 videos for Wildwood Guitars, with over 50 Million viewers... has to be some kind of a record. And what's amazing is that he made all those videos in a span of only 4 years - and you'll hear exactly how this happened, along with the backstory of "the making of" these videos, in this interview…

How Greg went from studying to become a lawyer, to becoming a musician. And the one thing he'd go back and tell himself as a young musician, if he could do this…

Greg has literally played THOUSANDS of guitars in the last 5 years alone. He reveals the most under-rated and over-rated guitars he's seen during this time…

The importance of his wife and children in his life… the one thing most people will be surprised to hear about Greg, and much more...

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Darin Favorite Interview - Producer, Session & Touring Guitarist - Everyone Loves Guitar #106 Dec 14, 2017

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Darin was mentored by the legendary "Bumps" Blackwell, who was instrumental in developing the careers of Sam Cooke, Ray Charles & Quincy Jones. And as you'll hear in this story… he may have saved Darin's life, as well…

Why playing with Bob Dylan, for Darin… wasn't as big a deal as you might think it would be…

What it was like visiting Johnny Cash's house in Jamaica back in the mid 70's when Johnny was on top of the world. And, much more...

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NOMAD f/k/a Michael Ripoll Interview (Part 2) - Guitarist & Musical Director, Kenny 'Babyface' Edmonds - Everyone Loves Guitar #105 Dec 13, 2017

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NOMAD's unusual superpower, and a odd thing he likes doing, which no one would ever suspect

What he loves best about Europe and why it's his favorite place in the world to visit

Toughest decision he's ever had to make, and much more...

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NOMAD f/k/a Michael Ripoll Interview (Part 1) - Guitarist & Musical Director, Kenny 'Babyface' Edmonds - Everyone Loves Guitar #104 Dec 12, 2017

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NOMAD has played on albums by Celine Dion, Justin Bieber, Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand… is the author of "The Career Guitarist"... and has had his compositions placed in over 200 films...

His commitment to being the best entertainer possible, led him to start tossing his actual playing guitars clear across the stage to his guitar tech...

Where some kids growing up in his situation would have been distressed, NOMAD found solace and comfort in his guitar...

A critical mistake he reveals about preparation and not losing gigs...

The downside of having a great work ethic and a high level of intensity...

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David Wallace Interview - Lead Guitarist, Jake Owen - Everyone Loves Guitar #103 Dec 11, 2017

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The most exciting part of playing live, for David!…

David's first gig in Nashville was more like a "Baptism by fire," as you'll hear him describe it. He even got his first record deal out of it!...

How to handle not being able to hear yourself up on stage when your communication and earphone system malfunctions…

David's story about growing up in rural Louisiana, hunting and fishing… and how he got into playing guitar and moving over to Nashville…

Valuable advice he wishes he had, that any up and coming guitar player could benefit from, and much more...

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Jordan Greenwald Interview - Guitarist, LovelyTheBand - Everyone Loves Guitar #102 Dec 10, 2017

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Great story about how you really can't connect the dots moving forward. And why sometimes things seem to happen which you don't really understand at the time, but the reveal comes later. This is how Jordan hooked up with LovelyTheBand and got his first record deal...

Most important lesson Jordan learned from a good opportunity that turned out to be a not-so-good opportunity...

Why musical "connections" are so important to Jordan... what he wants to do a better job of, in the future, and more...

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