I started reading GP in the fall of '69, IIRC. Either Leslie West or Jimi Hendrix was the cover story. My recollection of those early days, when Jim Crockett(sp?) was editor was that they covered everyone who played guitar- classical, flamenco, Jazz, blues, country, folk, rock, pop, whatever. What I do distinctly remember is that many of the jazz guys favorably spoke of Duane Allman's playing. The approach was very eclectic, and I read every issue cover-to-cover over and over until the copies disintegrated. By the time i stopped collecting the magazines, I had a three-foot tall stack moldering in the garage. I had to stop, the GAS was killing me.
Anyone hip to Joshua Breakstone?
Today, 12:30 AM in The Players