Another Place, Another Time: Clearwater’s “Ye Olde Record Shoppe”

As an addendum to my post the other day on Vinyl Museum, here’s some memories of the other store I mentioned, which was called Ye Olde Record Shoppe. Ye Olde was owned by a 60-something year old woman named Irene.  She was the sole owner as well as the sole employee. Perhaps not too flatteringly,…

Hot Potatoes: 10 (or 12) of the Best Guitar Albums

Sounding good in almost any genre of music, the guitar is capable of expressing a broad range of human emotion. It can be angry or celestial, confident or jittery, screaming or mellow. Strummed or picked, plugged or unplugged, the guitar has become the dominant world instrument. Here’s a selection of primarily instrumental guitar albums that…