Gear Highlight

Dean Zelinsky Guitars announces Johnny Winter Signature Model

May 5, 2016

Earlier this week, Dean Zelinsky Guitars’ President, Dean Zelinsky, announced the release of the Johnny Winter Signature Guitar. This is the same guitar made by Zelinsky that Winter had been playing and touring with in his most recent years, until his untimely passing in July, 2014. Guitars are sold exclusively through the company’s website www.deanzelinsky.com.  Check out a video on the signature model: The First 25 Signature Guitars will be hand signed and numbered by Dean Zelinsky and come with a Certificate of Authenticity signed by Zelinsky and Johnny Winter’s wife, Susan Winter, for the Johnny Winter Estate. Zelinsky comments, “I am excited to be building Johnny’s Signature Guitars. Johnny had been my guitar-playing idol since I was a kid, and was clearly one of the greatest players of all time. While I had met Johnny briefly many years ago, I first started building guitars for him after a chance meeting in a club parking lot in 2011. I had been designing thin guitars for a few years and knew this ultra-thin single cut was going to [Read More]

Music Junkie Lifestyle

Wendigo Tea Co. satisfies tea enthusiasts and novices alike with their rich premium teas

August 25, 2015

Sky White of Foxy Shazam developed his love for tasting and experiencing premium quality tea while he was busy touring the world with Foxy Shazam. His love of the tea led him to his new creative project as he sets out to share his passion for fine teas for enthusiasts and novices alike. Since launch of his independent small company, Wendigo Tea Co. it has grown immensely through a thriving online storefront, selective retail positioning and inclusion on the menus of several fine dining establishments. Sky White comments, “I started with tea just like everybody else. I drank whatever came in tea bags and bought something that looked cute on the shelf. Once I started traveling all the time and going into tea shops, I started having an appreciation for the actual flavors of good tea, instead of the flavors that people add into tea.”  I love learning about musician’s other projects and Wendigo Tea immediately captured my interest, having been a long time tea drinker. After experiencing first hand the high grade craft teas, it [Read More]

Music News

Get your Fix of Wendigo Tea Co., creative new project of Sky White of Foxy Shazam

July 7, 2015

Sky White of Foxy Shazam developed his love for tasting and experiencing premium quality tea while he was busy touring the world with Foxy Shazam. His love of the tea led him to his new creative project as he sets out to share his passion for fine teas for enthusiasts and novices alike. He has launched Wendigo Tea Co. and despite being a small, independent company, Wendigo Tea Co. is growing rapidly through a thriving online storefront, selective retail positioning and inclusion on the menus of several fine dining establishments. Sky White comments, “I started with tea just like everybody else. I drank whatever came in tea bags and bought something that looked cute on the shelf. Once I started traveling all the time and going into tea shops, I started having an appreciation for the actual flavors of good tea, instead of the flavors that people add into tea.”  The Wendigo Tea Co. features three rare and ridiculously high grade craft teas, each of which embodies the mysterious essence of a cryptozoological namesake. Packaged in [Read More]

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Hard Rock

Valhalla Java by Zakk Wylde and Death Wish Coffee will wake up the ROCKER in YOU!

May 7, 2014

Remember when I told you about Zakk Wylde’s and Death Wish Coffee’s latest coffee addition, the Valhalla Java?  Well you know how our family are big supporters of musicians and their products, we had to give it a try and it really is AWESOME! It has a bold rich taste that you can enjoy all day long. Rockin Ryan and Lil Rocker Brandon teamed up to make a mini-episodie commercial for VALHALLA JAVA ODIN FORCE BLEND.  They had so much making it and now you can check it out here:   It was pretty cute when Brandon kept calling it the Hall of Jaba – he was convinced at first that Zakk had created a coffee for Star Wars lovers! Anyway, it was a lot of fun and we hope you head out and pick up your supply of Valhalla Java today!   VALHALLA JAVA ODIN FORCE BLEND This is the kind of the coffee that you need after one of those nights when you think nothing can wake you up! Death Wish Coffee Co. [Read More]

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Gear Highlight

Gear Highlight: Incident gTar makes it easy to learn how to play guitar!

October 23, 2013

This week on our new feature, Gear Highlight we focus on an item that isn’t truly gear for bands or musicians per say but definitely is something musical!  Allow me to introduce you to Incident gTar which is a fully digital guitar that makes it easy for anyone to learn how to play. We heard about this product when a good friend of ours and die hard music lover, Ben Mitchell told us that he was working at Incident gTar transcribing tabs.  It is amazing to see how the product quickly developed and has been turning  heads in the music industry. It received a lot of recognition and was Runner-up at Tech Crunch Disrupt NY 2012. It is as easy as docking your Iphone into the guitar body and after loading the gTar app, an array of interactive LEDs along the fretboard will show you how to play. It is amazing technology that will allow users to learn their favorite songs and unlike gaming version,s it has the style and feel of a traditional electric guitar so it [Read More]

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Hard Rock

Get your fix of Valhalla Java by Zakk Wylde and Death Wish Coffee

September 9, 2013

The legendary Zakk Wylde has teamed up with Death Wish Coffee Co. to bring you their newest addition, VALHALLA JAVA ODIN FORCE BLEND This is the kind of the coffee that you need after one of those nights when you think nothing can wake you up! Death Wish Coffee Co. known as The Responsible Coffee Company with an Irresponsible Product Try at Your Own Risk!  Zakk Wylde and Black Label Society have joined forces with Death Wish Coffee Co. and are bringing you a coffee with maximum flavor and caffeine content. As they call it:   “This coffee will bring you back  from the nights you thought you’d never wake up from. Rock on!” Check out their  video commercial for the new coffee: So head over to Death Wish Coffee Co. Site and order your personal stockpile of this caffeine treasure. I know I am going to be ordering some soon! We recently ran into Zakk Wylde when he was in town here in Santa Rosa. Brandon, my youngest son who is 6, instantly recognized [Read More]