More Elton John news: 'Yellow Brick Road' reissue

This expanded set sounds absolutely amazing. It'll definitely be on my coverage list...

Come March 25, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, the 1973 breakthrough Elton John album, has been remastered and will be issued on CD, vinyl, limited-edition yellow vinyl, and in a box set featuring recordings of “Live at Hammersmith 1973”on CD, a DVD of Bryan Forbes’ 1973 film "Elton John and Bernie Taupin Say Goodbye to Norma Jean and Other Things," along with a 100-page illustrated hardback book packed with rare photos, memorabilia and a new essay containing interviews with John and Taupin.

Also included in the Deluxe Edition and box set versions of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is a suite of nine, new cover versions of classic songs from  performed by Ed Sheeran, Emeli Sandé, Fall Out Boy, Hunter Hayes, Imelda May, John Grant, Miguel featuring Wale, The Band Perry, and Zac Brown Band.

The lasting legacy of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road can still be seen with a wealth of emerging new talent quick to praise the influence it had on their own careers. Artists ranging from BRIT winner Ed Sheeran (Candle in the Wind), R&B sensation Miguel (Bennie and the Jets), rock band Fall Out Boy (Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting), add their own interpretations to the classic originals on a sensational bonus disc.

Recorded with producer Peter Asher at the helm, Elton and Bernie’s influence on modern day Americana, R&B and soul, and rock singers continues to shine through.

Complete list of the cover versions suite on the box set and deluxe editions: 

1. Ed Sheeran - Candle In The Wind
2. Miguel featuring Wale - Bennie And The Jets
3. Hunter Hayes - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
4. The Band Perry - Grey Seal
5. John Grant - Sweet Painted Lady
6. Emeli Sandé - All The Girls Love Alice
7. Imelda May - Your Sister Can’t Twist (But She Can Rock And Roll)
8. Fall Out Boy - Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting
9. Zac Brown Band - Harmony

Complete list of formats of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road:

1. 1 CD set: 2014 CD remaster of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering from the original analogue tapes. Digital equivalent editions: Remaster, Mastered For iTunes, HD Edition

2. 2 CD set: 2014 CD remaster of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road as above, 9 cover versions, best of Live At Hammersmith CD

Digital equivalent editions: Remaster, Mastered For iTunes

3. 5 disc CD/DVD set: containing standard album, 9 cover version disc, single B-sides and bonus tracks, complete “Live At Hammersmith” CD, DVD of Bryan Forbes’ 1973 film Elton John And Bernie Taupin Say Goodbye To Norma Jean and Other Things, and 100-page illustrated hardback book packed with rare photos, memorabilia and a new essay containing interviews with Elton John and Bernie Taupin). Digital editions for audio: Remaster, Mastered For iTunes

4. Standard 12" vinyl album: Mastered for vinyl by Doug Sax and Robert Hadley at The Mastering Lab, California. 180-gram audiophile quality vinyl with download card

5. Limited edition yellow vinyl available from store.eltonjohn.com and http://www.theboxsetstore.co.uk 
 
6. HD Pure Audio Blu-Ray album

Elton John Vegas show film to beam in theaters

The Million Dollar Piano, Elton John's concert extravaganza regularly plays to audiences at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

Now it has been captured on film for a worldwide-engagement at cinemas across the globe.

CinemaLive, in association with Rocket Music Entertainment Group, Fathom Events, Yamaha Entertainment Group of America and Universal Music bring this concert event to cinemas for two nights in the US, on March 18 & 26.

The concert will be shown in an expected 500 theaters across the US and 1,200 in over 40 countries including the UK, Ireland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Canada and Australia.

Tickets will be available to the public at participating theater box offices and online at fathomevents.com starting on Friday, Feb. 14.

The concert includes all of Elton's greatest hits from throughout his career including 'Rocket Man', 'Tiny Dancer', 'Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting', 'I'm Still Standing', 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road', 'Philadelphia Freedom' and 'Your Song'.

Creatively the show has a baroque, Roman-inspired golden stage that transforms itself to reflect the personality of each song. At the centerpiece of the concert is the show's namesake custom-made Yamaha one-million-dollar piano ($1.4 million, to be exact) featuring more than 68 LED screens incorporated into the design of the piano. When Elton first saw it, he cried.

"I look at it as a piece of art; I'm playing something that will go in the Smithsonian," he says. "This idea of a piano with LED screens...it becomes cinema!"

Translating the concert to the big screen was the next obvious step, as John and longtime collaborator, lyricist Bernie Taupin, create songs that are epic stories - and by incorporating the piano as part of those stories John is able to translate that both musically and visually. The concert is glamorous, elegant and over the top ("it IS Vegas," says Elton).

Accompanied by his band, The Million Dollar Piano showcases the talents of John, guitarist Davey Johnstone, the late Bob Birch on bass, percussionist John Mahon, drummer Nigel Olsson and keyboardist Kim Bullard, with a special appearance by percussionist Ray Cooper.

Completing the incredible spectacle is the show's impressive and elaborate baroque-style stage set, masterminded by the show's design team, the late Mark Fisher and Patrick Woodroffe. Fisher (best known for his design of Pink Floyd's "The Wall," and his work designing the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics) and Woodroffe conceived and designed the lights display that augments the set and piano.

Film selections:

The Bitch is Back

Bennie and the Jets

Rocket Man

Levon

piano excerpt "Planes"

piano excerpt "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"

Tiny Dancer

Your Song

Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters

Better Off Dead

Indian Sunset

Blue Eyes

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues

Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me

Philadelphia Freedom

I'm Still Standing

Crocodile Rock

Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting

Circle of Life

Aztec Camera's deluxe 'High Land, Hard Rain' due Tuesday

This is one of Roddy's best albums and I can't wait to hear the rarities. Glad to see it's getting a deluxe release. Read on for details...

Domino Records will be releasing of the 30th anniversary edition of Aztec Camera's classic debut album, High Land, Hard Rain in North America on Feb. 4. With the original album remastered from the analog tapes and the CD package full of all sorts of super rare nuggets (many not available before digitally). High Land, Hard Rain and the rarities are streaming now via Pitchfork Advance.

In December Roddy Frame performed three sold-out shows in the UK to commemorate the 30th anniversary by playing the album in its entirety (complimented by additional material from his repertoire) to universal acclaim.

Here’s a bit of his recent hometown show in Glasgow:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2AwcZ5xB9o

Contemporary with fellow Glaswegians Orange Juice, Aztec Camera made their debut on vinyl with the release of the "Just Like Gold" single on the seminal Postcard label when Frame was only 16 years old.

Another single followed on Postcard with "Mattress Of Wire" before the band made their move to the more firmly established Rough Trade label to record their debut album, High Land, Hard  Rain (released in North America on Sire Records).

The album opens with the exuberant pop of "Oblivious," which very nearly became Rough Trade's first UK Top 40 hit in the early days of 1983 (the song's re-issue on WEA later that year would drive it into the Top 20 eventually).

Follow-up single "Walk Out To Winter" is yet another tour-de-force of pop songwriting, as well as showcasing Frame's prodigious talents as a guitarist. Frame re-visited the Postcard b-side "We Could Send Letters" to end side one.

In his new liner notes for this edition, Rolling Stone's David Fricke calls High Land, Hard Rain "ten songs of anxious yearning, romantic urgency, big hurt and hard-won learning, distilled into compact dramas of buckskin-folk jangle and skewed-pop elegance." 

Track listing:

CD 1/LP

Oblivious

The Boy Wonders

Walk Out to Winter

The Bugle Sounds Again

We Could Send Letters

Pillar to Post

Release

Lost Outside the Tunnel

Back on Board

Down the Dip

CD 2/LP Download

Pillar to Post (original single version)

Queen's Tattoos

Orchid Girl

Haywire

Walk Out to Winter (Tony Mansfield 7" version)

Set the Killing Free

Back on Board (live on CFNY)

We Could Send Letters (live on CFNY)

Walk Out to Winter (Kid Jensen Session)

Down the Dip (Kid Jensen Session)

Back on Board (Kid Jensen Session)

Release (Kid Jensen Session)

Walk Out to Winter (John Brand unreleased single version)

Walk Out to Winter (Tony Mansfield 12" version)

Oblivious (Colin Fairley remix)

Oblivious (Langer / Winstanley remix)

The vinyl version is pressed on 180 gram virgin vinyl and includes a complimentary digital download card for both the original album and the rarities included in the compact disc package. The first 400 pre-orders will also receive a bonus 7" of rarities:

A1. The Boy Wonders (Capital Radio Session)

A2. Release (Capital Radio Session)

B1 We Could Send Letters (C81 Version)

B2 The Bugle Sounds Again (Bedroom Demo)

Rufus Wainwright U.S. live dates and DVD ahead

On March 4, Rufus Wainwright’s private 2012 concert in an historic Greenwich Village church, filmed and recorded for PBS’ “Live from the Artists Den,” will be released on CD, digital album, and Blu-ray video by Artists Den Records/UMe.

This release includes five songs that were not included in the TV broadcast, and the Blu-ray features an additional 50 minutes of behind-the-scenes bonus material.

 

“Candles” is the closing song on Wainwright’s acclaimed 2012 album, Out of the Game, but it was an a cappella opener for his “Live from the Artists Den” performance at the Church of the Ascension, on Manhattan’s lower Fifth Avenue. Built in 1841, the National Historic Landmark church was a breathtaking backdrop for the tale of searching for a place to light a memorial for his late mother, singer Kate McGarrigle.

 

Wainwright performed 16 songs, paying tribute to Kate during the set with an emotional, solo piano rendition of her “On My Way to Town,” before bringing out producer Mark Ronson, who worked with Wainwright on Out of the Game. Wainwright and his band, with Ronson on guitar, close the show with “Bitter Tears.”

 

The Blu-ray's bonus materials include an exclusive, extended interview with Wainwright, an additional interview with the Church of Ascension’s since-retired rector, Father Andrew, “Inside the Den,” a behind-the-scenes look at the concert shoot and location, and a “Night in Pictures” slideshow.

 

“I’ve found that the venue essentially dictates everything,” Wainwright says in the filmed program.  “For someone who is pretty focused on the capabilities of the voice, as I am, churches are our friends.”

 

Vibrate: The Best of Rufus Wainwright will also be released on March 4 by Universal Music Enterprises. The new collection’s single-disc and digital edition features 17 songs, as well as a new recording, "Me and Liza." A 2CD and digital deluxe edition adds 16 rare live and studio tracks.

 

Wainwright will tour Europe in March, and he has confirmed five U.S. theater concerts in April to support the release of the retrospective. Tickets for the U.S. concerts are on-sale now at rufuswainwright.com

US tour:

April 15            New York, NY             Town Hall

April 16            Washington, DC          Lincoln Theatre

April 18            Los Angeles, CA         Orpheum Theatre

April 19            San Francisco, CA     Palace of Fine Arts

April 20            San Francisco, CA     Palace of Fine Arts

Social Distortion guitarist strikes out on his own

Salvation Town, the solo debut by Jonny Two Bags, guitarist for the Southern California punk rock institution Social Distortion, is due April 1 via Isotone/Thirty Tigers Records.

It was produced by David Kalish, noted for his long association with Rickie Lee Jones. Jackson Browne shares vocals with Wickersham on “Then You Stand Alone,” while David Lindley, whose guitar work graced several of Browne’s classic ’70s albums, contributes to four tracks.

Los Lobos’ multi-instrumentalist David Hidalgo and his sons David Jr. and Vincent join in on “Wayward Cain” and super-sideman Greg Leisz (Lucinda Williams, Eric Clapton, k.d. lang, Dave Alvin) also appears on guitar.

The drum chair is filled by Pete Thomas, a mainstay of Elvis Costello’s bands The Attractions and The Imposters. Guest vocalist Gaby Moreno (recent Latin Grammy Award winner as Best New Artist) sings on “Avenues."

Other vocal guests include Julie Miller (wife and collaborator of Buddy Miller) and backup singers Terry Evans and Arnold McCuller, best known for their work with Ry Cooder and James Taylor.

Social Distortion colleagues like keyboardist Danny McGough and bassist Brent Harding, join on a few tracks while Austin accordion luminary Joel Guzman and bassist/punk kingpin Zander Schloss (Weirdos, Circle Jerks, Thelonious Monster) round out the lineup.

The roots-based sound of Salvation Town carves out new stylistic terrain for Wickersham, who joined Social Distortion in 2000 after the untimely death of his friend Dennis Danell.

A product of Southern California, Jonny Two Bags had already put together a formidable punk rock résumé before joining Social Distortion. He co-founded the Orange County band Cadillac Tramps, cutting three albums with the group, and subsequently recorded and toured with L.A. punk unit Youth Brigade as well as pro skateboarder Duane Peters’ hard-edged U.S. Bombs.

Wickersham, who co-wrote several songs with Ness for Social Distortion’s albums Sex, Love and Rock ’n’ Roll (2004) and Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes (2011), was also penning songs of his own during that time.

He says, “I’ve always been a sideman, so I usually write songs with the hope that the singer will like what I’ve written, take it, tweak it and maybe add some verses of his own.”
Producer Kalish had been urging Wickersham to make his own record for years. Finally, after tempting him with the opportunity to record with Pete Thomas, one of his favorite drummers, Wickersham could no longer resist and work on Salvation Town began.

Over the next two years Kalish helped iron out some new tunes and put the finishing touches on pre-existing tunes like “Then You Stand Alone” and “Forlorn Walls” in between Wickersham’s stints recording and touring with Social Distortion.

The material reflects a multiplicity of musical styles and influences. Wickersham’s father, a professional musician who played folk, rock ’n’ roll, and country-rock, instilled in him a love of Southern California musicians like Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon and Linda Ronstadt. Wickersham’s own taste in contemporary performers runs the gamut from Lucinda Williams and Ryan Adams to Calexico.

Wickersham adds, “As a second- or third-generation punk guy from Orange County, the kings of the music world for me were The Blasters, Los Lobos and X. That school of musicians was as real as it could ever get. I connected with that really early on. That’s how I discovered music — basically, through those artists, the L.A. rockabilly scene, the L.A. roots-punk scene. They schooled me when I was still a little punk rocker on a skateboard."

He was set on making an honest-sounding album without resorting to an overly manicured studio sound: “I was used to making raggedy-sounding music and I wanted to stay true to that without making a punk rock record. It was important to me to record something that doesn’t sound over-produced and still has some spirit."

The combination of Wickersham’s roots-music orientation and his dark, hyper-realistic compositions made for a stylistic shift that even the musician himself didn’t anticipate. “The finished product is not necessarily what I set out to do,” he says. ”It’s not a guitar record, and that’s something that I wouldn’t have expected.”

For many, the greatest revelation of Salvation Town will be Wickersham’s accomplished, fully-realized songwriting, which grew out of his tumultuous youth in the L.A. and Orange County music scenes. Writing and recording this album of streetwise and sometimes painfully frank songs about a life lived with “one foot in the gutter and one foot kicking in the door to Heaven” proved to be somewhat of a cathartic experience.

He notes, “As I was making this record, I realized that in some of these songs I’m singing about things that happened a lifetime ago for me and that was challenging. I just accepted the fact that I needed to purge myself on this record. I wrote about things that happened when I was growing up, feelings and experiences that I have had … stuff that I have never been that open about. Even though my life is different now all of those experiences are still hanging there, just below the surface. I guess it never really goes away … those that have lived it know.”

Rod Stewart live box set coming

This sounds amazing and I can't wait to hear it....

Warner Bros. Records shines a spotlight on Rod Stewart's legacy on stage with a four-disc collection. It spans more than 20 years, with 58 unreleased live recordings that include his biggest hits along with some covers.

Live 1976-1998: Tonight's The Night will be available on March 18; a digital version will be released the same day.

Arranged chronologically, the opening disc is comprised of performances recorded in a variety of venues across England in 1976. Many of the songs are from Stewart's then-current album, the double-platinum A Night on the Town , including the smash, "Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)," which was a #1 hit in the U.S. for eight weeks. Other memorable performances include "You Wear It Well," "Maggie May" and "(I Know) I'm Losing You" from the #1 album, Every Picture Tells a Story.

The second disc includes two songs recorded in 1976 - "Sailing" and "Stay With Me," a song Stewart originally recorded with the Faces - but the majority of the music comes from a 1979 concert at the Forum in Los Angeles.

Performances include "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right" from the triple-platinum Foot Loose and Fancy Free, and the title track from Stewart's #1 album, Blondes Have More Fun. Also featured are several songs from Foolish Behavior recorded in 1980 at Wembley Stadium, as well as Stewart's raucous duet with Tina Turner on "Hot Legs," from a 1981 show in LA.

The third disc spans 1984-89 and features a selection of strong performances from two concerts. One was recorded in 1984 in San Diego and includes "Some Guys Have All The Luck" and "You're In My Heart (Final Acclaim)." The second concert was recorded in 1989 at the Meadowlands, on the tail end of his tour in support of Stewart's double platinum album Out Of Order. Those songs include "Forever Young," "Infatuation," "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" and "I Ain't Superstitious," a song he originally recorded in 1968 with the Jeff Beck Group. 

On the final disc are recordings made between 1991-98, beginning with a 1991 show at Wembley Stadium where Stewart mixed "Downtown Train" and "Baby Jane" with classics like "Mandolin Wind."

Stewart was riding a massive wave of success from the Unplugged...and Seated album in 1993 when he performed at the Greek Theatre in LA. Several songs taken from that show touch on Stewart's early years, like "Handbags And Gladrags" from his solo debut An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down (1969), "Cut Across Shorty" from Gasoline Alley (1970) and "(Find A) Reason To Believe" from Every Picture Tells A Story (1971).

The final disc closes with covers of Oasis' "Cigarettes And Alcohol" and Primal Scream's "Rocks" recorded in London in 1998. Those are just two of the many covers featured on the box set, a showcase for Stewart's unparalleled skill at interpreting other artists' music. Among the highlights are: Bruce Springsteen's "Hungry Heart," the Beatles' "Get Back," Jimi Hendrix's "Angel," Van Morrison's "Have I Told You Lately," B.B. King's "Rock Me Baby," the blues standard "Baby Please Don't Go" and several songs by Sam Cooke, who had an enormous influence. 

Stewart's love of performing still prevails - this year, fans around the world will have an opportunity to see him live in concert when he brings his "Live the Life" tour to South America this February and continuing at stadiums throughout Europe this summer. This April, he'll also make his much-anticipated return to his residency at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Visit RodStewart.com for more details.

LIVE 1976-1998: TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT
Track Listing

Disc One: 1976
1.    "Three Time Loser"
2.    "You Wear It Well"
3.    "Big Bayou"
4.    "Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)"
5.    "The Wild Side Of Life"
6.    "Sweet Little Rock 'n Roller"
7.    "I Don't Want To Talk About It"
8.    "The Killing Of Georgie (Part I And II)"
9.    "Maggie May"
10.    "Angel"
11.    "Get Back"
12.    "(I Know) I'm Losing You"
13.    "This Old Heart Of Mine"

Disc Two: 1976-1981
1.    "Sailing"
2.    "Stay With Me"
3.    "Born Loose"
4.    "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right"
5.    "I Just Want To Make Love To You"
6.    "Blondes (Have More Fun)"
7.    Medley: "(I Know) I'm Losing You/It's All Over Now/Standin' In The Shadows Of Love/Layla"
8.    Medley: "Twistin' The Night Away/Every Picture Tells A Story"
9.    "She Won't Dance With Me"
10.    "Passion"
11.    "Gi' Me Wings"
12.    "Hot Legs" - With Tina Turner

Disc Three: 1984-1989
1.    "Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)"
2.    "You're In My Heart (The Final Acclaim)"
3.    "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay"
4.    "Hungry Heart"
5.    "Bad For You"
6.    "Some Guys Have All The Luck"
7.    "Rock Me Baby"
8.    "Infatuation"
9.    "I Ain't Superstitious"
10.    "Every Picture Tells A Story"
11.    "Lost In You"
12.    "Forever Young"
13.    "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"
14.    "Crazy About Her"
15.    "Try A Little Tenderness"
16.    "You're In My Heart (The Final Acclaim)" (Reprise)

Disc Four: 1991-1998
1.    "Downtown Train"
2.    "This Old Heart Of Mine"
3.    "Stay With Me"
4.    "Sweet Soul Music"
5.    "Mandolin Wind"
6.    "Highgate Shuffle"
7.    "Baby Jane"
8.    "Baby Please Don't Go"
9.    "Cut Across Shorty"
10.    "(Find A) Reason To Believe"
11.    "Handbags & Gladrags"
12.    "Having A Party"
13.    "People Get Ready"
14.    "Have I Told You Lately"
15.    Medley: "Twistin' The Night Away/Chain Gang"
16.    "Cigarettes And Alcohol"
17.    "Rocks"

NAMM 2014: Best in Show Products

For a musician, walking through the massive Anaheim Convention Center halls during NAMM is like being a kid in a candy store. There are so many instruments, so much gear and so much going on (artist signings, demos, performances) that it takes at least a couple days to absorb it all. You never know what you'll find going on around the corner.

Here are some items that immediately caught my attention at NAMM 2014 last week...

Martin Guitars' sharp new Eric Clapton signature edition model (OM-ECHF Navy Blues), the third in a series of collaborations between the guitar maker, rock 'n' roll hall of famer and Hiroshi Fujiwara.

Previous ECHF models included the "Bellezza Nera" (Black Beauty) and "Bellezza Bianca" (White Beauty) with a 24.9" scale length. This OM edition incorporates a longer 25.4" scale for added string tension and tonal projection.

The neck and body are lacquered and polished with a striking dark navy coloration combined with atop East Indian rosewood back and sides and a European spruce soundboard.

Each OM-ECHF Navy Blues guitar bears an interior label, individually numbered and personally signed by Eric Clapton, Hiroshi Fujiwara, Dick Boak and C. F. Martin IV. Quantities will be limited to 181 guitars. (MSRP: $6,999)

Online: www.martinguitar.com

Early Friday afternoon, I decided to check out the wares in Hall E on the lower level and stumbled upon the Mahalo Ukelele booth. It drew a sizable crowd, thanks to a pair of hula dancers and a guy playing/singing songs like Harry Belafonte's "Day-O."

The China-based company started in the early 2000s and sells electric and acoustic ukes, plus lap steel models. Designs range from custom, mahogany and colored to flags, art, rock and my favorite - surf, which - you guessed it - is shaped like a surfboard. Even better - the prices are reasonable.

Online: www.mahalo-ukelele.com

Located directly across from Mahalo was Matsikas S.A. Musical Instruments, whose headquarters is in Athens, Greece. It has specialized in the production of Hellenic traditional musical instruments since 1979. 

Products include Turkish ouds, bouzoukis, tamburas, tzouras, lyras, mandolas and lutes as well as cellos, mandolins, banjos, violins, violas, accordions and accessories. 

Online: www.matsikas.gr

Taking the prize for the most bizarre instrument I saw during NAMM '14 was the drum set (above) by Tampa-based Crush Drums and Percussion that was encased in a vine-type apparatus display dubbed "The Tree of Life." Several adults and teenagers clamored atop a pedestal to take their picture with the kit. 

Online: www.crushdrum.com

Over at the Ogre booth, the Korean company's Thunderclap distortion and Tubeholic overdrive effects pedals with gargoyle covers, in addition to this guitar below, were very interesting. 

 



 



 
 

Online: www.orgre.kr

Heading upstairs to the large Peavey Electronics room and performance area, I was fascinated by the novelty designed guitars based on TV's "The Simpsons," "The Walking Dead," the film "Star Wars," various comic superheroes and more. Not just for kids learning how to play, these instruments easily appeal to fanboy adult musicians too.

 












Based in Mississippi, Peavey is one of the top instrument and amplifier manufacturers in America, was founded in 1965 and boasts more than 2,000 products. 

Online: www.peavey.com
 

On the main floor of the convention center, there was also an enclosed display featuring the 
"The Walking Dead" guitars...