• Dick Wagner

 

  • Hit Songwriter, Legendary Lead Guitarist with Alice Cooper and Lou Reed.
  • DICK WAGNER¡¯S songs and lead guitar have been featured on more 200 renowned albums, garnering more than 35 Platinum and Gold records, BMI songwriter awards, Emmys and numerous prestigious international awards.

  • Dick Wagner, on tour with Alice Cooper 1975  
  • The Detroit area native helped define an era in rock history by playing lead guitar and writing songs for Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, Kiss, Lou Reed, The Frost, The Bossmen, Peter Gabriel, Meat Loaf, Guns N¡¯ Roses, Ringo Starr, Tina Turner, Etta James, Air Supply, Hall & Oates, Little Richard, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Lita Ford, Nina Simone,Frank Sinatra, and many more.
  • Legendary for his groundbreaking collaborations with Alice Cooper¡ªfor whom he was musical director, lead guitarist and co-writer of the icon¡¯s biggest hits, including Only Women Bleed, You and Me, and Welcome To My Nightmare, Wagner was Cooper¡¯s right hand man on such groundbreaking albums as Welcome to My Nightmare, Alice Cooper Goes to Hell, Lace and Whiskey, From the Inside, The Alice Cooper Show and Da Da. Together, Cooper and Wagner co-wrote the majority of Alice Cooper's top selling singles and albums, including more than 50 songs that are featured on 57 Alice Cooper albums worldwide.
  • September 2010: GIBSON.COM selected the guitar duo of Dick Wagner and Steve Hunter as #25 out of 50 in Gibson¡¯s ¡°Top 50 Guitar Solos of All Time¡±for their sizzling and legendary guitar work on Lou Reed¡¯s live album, Rock ¡®N¡¯ Roll Animal. http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/top-50-guitar-solos-0922/
  • Nearly fifty years after launching his storied and dynamic career, hit songwriter, guitar virtuoso, producer and arranger, Dick Wagner, remains a brilliant and vibrant force on the pop/rock landscape he helped create. His most recent works again with Alice Cooper on "Welcome 2 My Nightmare" 2012. "Something to remember me by"

  • Please have a look at his Discography at http://www.wagnermusic.com/discography.htm to see the truth not the whole truth , but nothing, but the truth about his talent and what a real legend can do in the course of one life time. Dick Wagner with Alice Cooper

  • Dick Wagner, Todd Sucherman (Styx), Alice Cooper, James Young (Styx), Don Felder (Eagles), Damon Johnson (Alice Cooper)   

  • Dick Wagner also has most recently written a best selling 5 star review book about his life long Rock and Roll adventure. It is called "NOT ONLY WOMEN BLEED", Vignettes from the Heart of a Rock Musician, and is available for purchase and downloadable at http://www.amazon.com/WOMEN-BLEED-Vignettes-Musician-ebook/dp/B006RMRN28
  • Edited by Susan Michelson Foreword by Alice Cooper, Publisher: Desert Dreams Productions, LLC; I edition (December 31, 2011)
  • I can only say that I look forward to the new creations of Dick Wagner as he gets to know his JZH-1x Blondie Jarrell Guitar.

    www.wagnermusic.com

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  • Dick Wagner is playing a JZH-1x Blondie. You can read the Premier Guitar Magazine review here:
    http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2011/May/Jarrell_Guitars_JZH_1x_Guitar_Review.aspx

 

Mac McAnally

MM

  • Jarrell Model Played: JZH-1x (s&p)

  • Discography:  13 studio albums and 9 singles. Two of his singles were hits on the Billboard Hot 100, and six more on the Hot Country Songs charts. His ninth chart entry came in late 2008-early 2009 as a guest vocalist on Kenny Chesney's number one cover of his 1990 single Down the Road. This rendition also became McAnally's first Top 40 country hit since "Back Where I Come From" in 1990. In February 2009, it became his first Number One as a singer.

  • He is also a member of Jimmy Buffett's backing band, The Coral Reefer Band.

  • Awards and accolades: Won CMA Musician of the Year 2009 & 2010. Nominated for a Grammy for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals on Kenny Chesney¡¯s  Down the Road. Inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2007

  • Mac recently became the sixth artist ever recognized with a marker on the Mississippi Country Music Trail.

  • Recently he appeared with Jimmy Buffett at the New Orleans Jazz Festival and will be playing many more dates this Summer with them.

  • Mac plays regularly to audiences from 5000 to 35,000 people.

  • http://www.macmcanally.com 

 

Peter Mayer

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  • Jarrell Model Played: JZH-1x (s&p) 

  • Discography: 13 Album releases between 1988 and 2009. Latest : Goodbye Hello

  • Guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, Peter Mayer has been quietly and steadily building a fervent following across the country, stepping outside his role as one of Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefers (for over 25 years) to front his own band, The Peter Mayer Group. Melding a unique and eclectic writing style, a distinctive voice, and virtuoso musicianship, Peter and his band create compelling and accessible music that is electrifying in live performance. The Peter Mayer Group boasts between them an extensive performing and songwriting portfolio with experience in any number of styles from jazz to country rock to classical. Recording under the name PM, Peter released his debut album for Warner Brothers Records in 1988.

  • Recently he appeared with Jimmy Buffett at the New Orleans Jazz Festival and will be playing many more dates this Summer with them.

  • Peter typically plays to audiences from 5000 to 50,000.

  • http://petermayer.com

 

Lee Ranaldo

    Lee Renaldo
    • Jarrell Model Played: JZH-1x + 6-string Acoustic Model AJA

    • Discography: Appears 50 releases

    • A Guitarist, vocalist, songwriter , author, artist, Ranaldo is best known as the guitar player for Sonic Youth.  Aside from this long term commitment, recent live performances with partner Leah Singer, a project called Sight Unseen, have been large scale, multi-projection sound+ light events, with Lee performing suspended guitar phenomena and quadraphonic tapes. He is also currently working on a new solo record on which he is using a Jarrell JZH-1x.

    • Rolling Stone ranks Ranaldo the 33rd Greatest Guitarist of All Time

    • Ranaldo typically plays to audiences from 5000 to 35,000.

    • Quote: "I've been playing a Jarrell JZH-1x semi-hollow electric for the last few months while working on the songs for my solo album. I really like the sound and play-ability of the guitar. So far I have been gravitating to the humbucker sounds (as they are most familiar to me) but I'm starting to listen more to the split and parallel modes, and mix them up. Also, I'm really enjoying the look of the guitar! Overall, I really like the unadorned natural finish, the cool sounds I'm getting from it, and the workmanship is great. I'm definitely looking forward to getting to know this guitar better, and taking it out on the road."

    • Lee is currently in Europe playing some solo gigs which you can find more about at the link below

    • http://leeranaldo.net

     

    Steve Postell

    StevePostell JZH-1xUseJZH-1 (s&m)

    ¡¤ Jarrell Models Played: JZH-1x, JZH-1 Flames H, Acoustic Model AJA-OSR-29, 30w "Gig God" Tube Amp

    ¡¤ Discography: Steve was co-founder and primary writer for the band Little Blue. He has been featured on a total of 7 releases to date. His last CD, "Until You Get Here" is available on Renegade Records, and he has just completed a solo CD for Immergent Records, entitle "Time Still Knocking". The CD, released December 2008, features a host of brilliant guests who have worked with Steve over the years. These include David Crosby, Jennifer Warnes, John Oates, Robben Ford, Eric Johnson Paul Barerre, Dave Koz and many others. ¡¤ Steve is performing, writing, teaching, producing & recording everything from books on tape to CD's to Coke Commercials!! He also runs his own studio, Pier Street Sound.

    ¡¤ Steve typically plays to audiences from 1,500-10,000

    ¡¤ http://www.stevepostell.com

    Steve Postell acoustic------Steve Postell JZH-1 Flamz

    AJA-OSR-29 Acoustic _______________________________________________________ _JZH-1 Flamz (H)

    Jeff Pevar

    JP

    ¡¤ Jarrell Model Played: JZH-1x (s&m) Purple http://www.jarrellguitars.com/html/peakw_Guitars_p1.html

    ¡¤ Jeff Pevar is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, performer and guitarist who has worked and toured with a wide variety of music's finest. Performing with his own band, CPR, in New York City and throughout the Northeast, nicknamed "The Peev", Jeff sings & plays his unique blend of R & B, Jazz and Rock. The Hartford Advocate Readers' Poll has awarded him "Best Guitarist" and he and his band "Best Blues/Rock Band" for several years running.

    ¡¤ Just a sampling of artists he has worked with include Gregg Allman, Ray Charles, Joe Cocker, Michael Bolton, Jack Bruce, Dr. John, BB King, Loggins & Messina, Wilson Pickett, Bonnie Raitt, Stephen Stills, Johnny Winter, Dionne Warwick, Warren Haynes, Phil Collins, Glen Campbell, Richie Havens, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Rickie Lee Jones, and Mike Gordon.

    ¡¤ Discography: Jeff has worked on various studio recording projects over the years. Here is link to a compilation of various recordings where Jeff's contributions can be found.

    ¡¤ Most recently he played a reunion show with Rickie Lee Jones in Santa Monica, California and has been touring with various projects.

    ¡¤ Jeff plays regularly to audiences of 5,000- 35,000

    ¡¤ http://www.pevar.com

     

    Monte Pittman

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      • Jarrell Model Played: JZH-1 Flamz Pr, & JZS-1 Gold

      • Discography: Has appeared on nearly 20 releases to Date

      • Guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. Pittman plays with Madonna, Prong, and Adam Lambert¡¯s live band.  

      • In 2009 he released his first solo album, The Deepest Dark, as a digital release. Recently he re-released it on CD and it reached the #1 spot on the most selling albums (Acoustic genre) on CDBaby.com  and was #9 in the Top 10 Most Selling Albums on CDBaby for October 2010.

      • Monte plays regularly to audiences from 5000 to 35,000 people.

      • Monte recently was featured in Rising Magazine which you can read more on at www.risingmag.com

      • http://www.montepittman.com 

       

       

      Tomas Doncker

       

      Tomas Doncker 1
      JZH-1 Flamz Pr (Semi-Hollow body)

       

      • Jarrell Models Played: JZH-1 Bubinga V (semi-hollow body), JZH-1 Flamz Pr (semi-hollow body) , &  AJA-OSR-29 (Acoustic)

      • Discography:  3 studio albums.

      • Tomas has amassed performance and recording credits with a diverse List of musical luminaries including: Bootsy Collins, Ivan Neville, Yoko Ono, Amp Fiddler, Bonnie Raitt, folk-pop-diva Morley, Japanese saxophonist Sadao Watanabe, Grammy winner Prince Charles Alexander's City Beat Band & spoken word / hip-hop pioneers Sonya Sanchez & Toni Blackman.

      • Performing at the American Pavilion at the World EXPO 2010 Shanghai on September 29 and 30 as part of his "Small World" tour.

      • Tomas plays regularly to audiences of up to 5000 people.

      • Tomas is playing many upcoming gigs which you can find out more about at the link below but his next one is at the BLUE NOTE in NYC on May 14th.

      • http://www.tomasdoncker.net

       

      Tomas Doncker 2

      AJA-OSR-29 _______________________________________________________________JZH-1 Bubinga V (semi-hollow body)

       

      Jean Beauvoir

      Jean Beavuoir

      • Jarrell Model Played: JZS-2 Warp Speed

      • Discography: Appears on close to 80 releases as a member, writer or producer for many influential bands.

      • Jean Beauvoir is a multi-talented artist, writer and producer who has ¡°been there and done that¡±, and more. A founding member of the extravagant punk-rock group, The Plasmatics, his exciting career has also included being in such projects as Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul, Voodoo X, and Crown of Thorns. Besides these projects he is also a platinum selling solo artist, and has produced and written songs for and with legendary artists such as KISS, The Ramones, The Pretenders, John Waite, Lionel Richie, N¡¯Sync and others, selling over 30 million records worldwide throughout his career.

      • His current main project is Crown of Thorns, where he is the lead singer, guitar player, producer and main songwriter for this band. The other members are Tommy Lafferty, Michael Paige and Hawk Lopez.

      • Crown of Thorns released their latest album ¡°Faith¡± in June 2009 on Little Steven Van Zandt's new label imprint - Lost Cathedral. Recorded at the Mondrian Hotel on LA's Sunset Strip, April 16, 2009

      • CoT has just returned home from some dates in Norway, Sweden and Spain and is currently working on new material and additional tour dates. ¡¤ Jean typically plays to audiences from 5000 to 80,000.

      • http://jeanbeauvoir.com

      Mike Wead

      Mike Wead Mike with his JZS-1 Zebra M
      • Jarrell Model Played: JZS-2 Flamz with 3 single coil blackouts and JZS-1 Zebra (M)

      • Discography:  Mike has appeared on over 19 albums to date

      • Currently Wead is the guitarist of Mercyful Fate, King Diamond, The Project Hate, and Bibleblack

      • Other projects he¡¯s been a part of include Hexenhaus, Memento Mori, The Haunted, Edge of Sanity, Witch, Firegod, and Candlemass, Mike also works as a Producer and Engineer.

      • In 2009, bibleblack was nominated to ¡°Best Newcomer¡± at the Swedish Metal Awards.

      • Wead  received a 2008 Grammy nomination for his production work on King Diamond's "Never ending Hill" in the ¡°Best Metal Performance¡± category

      • bibleblack has spent the last year touring and playing shows with bands like The Haunted, Nile, Scar Symmetry, Onslaught, Melechesh to name a few.

      • In 2009 bibleblack was nominated to ¡°Best Newcomer¡± at the Swedish Metal Awards.

      • bibleblack¡± is currently hard at work recording their second album.

      • Mike is currently in the studio finishing writing a follow up to bibleblack debut album ¡°Black Swan Epilogue¡±

      • Quote: "Great craftsmanship and an outstanding tone along with amazing playability
        and a cool touch of retro looks makes the Jarrell ZS-1a guitar above the rest.
        With this guitar you'll be able to play anything from the smoothest of jazz to
        the blackest of metal...I know I will."

      • Mike plays regularly to audiences of 5000- 30,000 people.

      • http://www.myspace.com/bibleblackofficial

      JZS-2 Flamz S MetalJZS-2 Flamz with 3 single coil blackouts

       

       

      Simon Johansson

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        • Jarrell Model Played: JZS-1 Zebra (H)

        • Guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. Best known in the Metal World as the guitar player for Memory Garden, Bibleblack

        • JZS-1 Zebra (H) and (M) are the official bibleblack band guitars for the 2011 tour season.

        • bibleblack has spent the last year touring and playing shows with bands like The Haunted, Nile, Scar Symmetry, Onslaught, Melechesh to name a few.

        • In 2009 bibleblack was nominated to ¡°Best Newcomer¡± at the Swedish Metal Awards.

        • bibleblack¡± is currently hard at work recording their second album.

        • Quote: ¡°I must say that I really love my Jarrell ZS-1, it has a great tone, the craftsmanship and appearance are impressive, and it plays like a charm, and that makes it a top choice for me both live and in the studio.¡±

        • Simon plays regularly to audiences of 5000- 30,000 people

        • www.myspace.com/bibleblackofficial

         

        Steve Cooke

        SC

        ¡¤ Jarrell Model Played: 6-string acoustic- AJA-DSR-229

        ¡¤ Discography: Steve Cooke¡¯s acclaim- internationally and nationally- have led to collaborations with such heavy weights as Malcolm Foster, Steve Postell, and Monte Pittman to name a few, and has seen him perform in front of Royalty and Presidents. Most recently, Steve recorded a studio album on which he is backed by an all-star band including Monte Pittmann on guitar, Phil X on lead, Marcus Brown on bass and keys, and Steve Sidelnyk and Niki Haris on backing vocals. The album was written and produced by Mick Jones and engineered by 2 time Grammy winning engineer Alfonso Rodenas.

        ¡¤ Steve Cooke¡¯s musical style can best be described as a marriage of Blues, Hard Rock, Americana and Acoustic music. His strongest guitar influences are Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, and Pete Townsend.

        ¡¤ His renown has recently seen him nominated in the 2008 Hollywood Music in Media Awards, not once, but twice for the song "Working for the USA" off of the Broken Country LP, which won ¡°Best Song¡± in the Americana and Adult Contemporary category. He also won best video and song for ¡°Live for the Moment¡± as New Zealand entertainer of the year in 2004.

        ¡¤ Steve typically plays to audiences from 1,500-10,000

        ¡¤ http://www.steve-cooke.com

         

        Erik Fincher

        Eric Fincher
        BMF Photography

        • Jarrell Model Played: JZS-2  Flamz (Blackouts)

        • Erik Fincher has been around the block¡­a few times. As a tech and manager for some of the biggest names in the Rock and Metal world (including Static-X, Ministry and Meshuggah), he has a wealth of experience about instruments, with what gear works with what, and the industry in general. Combine this with his serious chops as a musician in his own right, and he is well on the road to a highly visible and successful run with his newest project.

        • His new band Blood Red Summer just put the final touches on their Self Titled Debut Album Blood Red Summer, which was co-produced with and mastered by Ken Jay (Static-X).

        • Erik plays regularly to audiences up to 2500 people.

        http://bloodredsummer.com

         

        Jake Langley

        JL

        ¡¤ Jarrell Model Played: JZS-1 Bubinga V & AJA-OSR-29 Acoustic

        ¡¤ Guitarist Jake Langley has emerged as one his generation¡¯s great young talents on the instrument and is at home playing world class jazz as well as soul, funk, R&B, Rock and Pop. His Jazz credits read like a who's who with the likes of Jazz icons Bobby Hutcherson, Houston Person, Pee Wee Ellis, Scott Hamilton, Garth Hudson, Ron Blake and Bill Cosby and others.

        ¡¤ As a bandleader Jake has recorded five CD's, the latest titled ¡°Here and Now¡±. He was featured at the 2005 IAJE convention, and the Montreal and Toronto international jazz festivals. Jake was nominated for a Juno Award "Best jazz recording" in 2007 and he won a JUNO Award in 2003 for his participation in Richard Underhill's award winning CD "Tales from the Blue Lounge". He won the Canadian National Jazz award in 2004/05. He is also well known for writing and producing music for film and television at his New York Studio and production house Tone Poet Music.

        ¡¤ Most recently he has been producing legendary bluesman Pinetop Perkins, performing in the Broadway production of "Hair", and working with David Clayton Thomas from Blood, Sweat and Tears.

        ¡¤ Jake plays regularly to audiences of 1,000- 15,000

        ¡¤ http://www.jakelangley.com/

         

        Jay Johnson

        JJ

          • Jarrell Model Played: JZS-2 Warp Speed (Blackouts)

          • Currently with Skinny Molly. Jay Johnson began his professional music career at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio as a session guitarist for Malaco Records artist Mary Burns. Since that time Johnson has evolved into a broad spectrum musician, songwriter, producer and audio engineer. Projects he is associated with include Radio Tokyo, The Rossington Band (they performed for over a million fans from 1986-89!), Blackfoot, and the Southern Rock All-Stars.

          • Skinny Molly Tours across Europe this fall to promote their new CD, No Good Deed¡­

          • Jay plays regularly to audiences of up to 5000 people.

          • http://www.skinnymollyrocks.com

          Mike Estes

          SM
          • Jarrell Model Played: JZS-1 Zebra (M)

          • Currently with Skinny Molly.  Mike was previously with Lynyrd Skynyrd writing and recording, appearing on the ¡¯94 Capricorn release Endangered Species, 1995¡¯s live recording, Southern Knights and the ¡°100 Minutes with Lynyrd Skynyrd¡± video. Mike also co-wrote a song with Johnny VanZant and Gary Rossington for Sony Music¡¯s Hotter Than Asphalt CD called White Knuckle Ride that broke the Billboard charts.

          • Since leaving Skynyrd, Mike has released two CD¡¯s;  Drivin¡¯ Sideways and Brave New South, logged over 200 European dates, and has appeared on many major European TV and radio music shows. He has been profiled in ¡°Guitar Player¡±, ¡°Guitar¡±, ¡°Acoustic Musician¡±, and other major music magazines, and was inducted into the Hollywood Rock Walk of Fame in 1995.

          • Mike¡¯s other band Helen Highwater (named by Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Allen Collins) had played just about every club and had opened for almost every national Southern rock and Outlaw country band throughout the Southeast and Midwest for ten years.

          • Skinny Molly Tours across Europe this fall to promote their new CD, No Good Deed¡­

          • Mike plays regularly to audiences over 5000 people.

          • http://www.skinnymollyrocks.com

           

          Randy Johnston

           

          ¡¤ Jarrell Model Played: JCH-1x (z&m)

          ¡¤ Discography: 9 releases to date

          ¡¤ Randy Johnston is a professional guitarist based in New York, NY. An expressive, often funky hard bopper who is quite comfortable in soul-jazz settings, Randy Johnston has evolved into one of the finest straight-ahead jazz guitarists of the Baby Boomer generation. In the 1980¡¯s he played with Houston Person and Etta James. He¡¯s recorded ten albums as a leader and more than 40 as a sideman with Lionel Hampton, Joey DeFrancesco, Brother Jack McDuff and Dr. Lonnie Smith. These days his main gig is as hard-bop/soul jazz legend Lou Donaldson¡¯s guitar player. With Donaldson and with his own groups, Randy has played throughout all of Europe, Asia, South America, South Africa and Morocco.

          ¡¤ Randy typically plays small to medium sized venues.

          ¡¤ http://www.randyjohnston.net

          Rick Carnes

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          ¡¤ Jarrell Model Played: AJA-OSR-29 Acoustic

          ¡¤ Rick Carnes is the current President of the Songwriters Guild of America and an accomplished Nashville-based song writer. All in all, Rick has 21 million records sold with tunes he has written or co-written on them.

          ¡¤ In 1983, Carnes wrote Reba McEntire¡¯s first #1 hit ¡°I Can¡¯t Even Get The Blues No More¡± and co-wrote with Janis and Chip Harding three top ten hits for the Whites: ¡°You Put The Blue In Me,¡± ¡°Hangin¡¯ Around¡± and ¡°Pins And Needles.¡± An exclusive staff writer with Peermusic Nashville, recent cuts include: Garth Brooks¡¯ ¡°Longneck Bottle,¡± included on both of the albums Sevens and Double Live and selling in excess of 18 million copies; Steve Wariner¡¯s ¡°Burnin¡¯ The Roadhouse Down¡± and ¡°If You Don¡¯t Know By Now¡±; and Alabama¡¯s ¡°When It All Goes South.¡±

          ¡¤ He has also had success with recordings by Dean Martin, Conway Twitty, Karen Brooks, Loretta Lynn, Lacy J. Dalton, Johnny Rodriguez, Janie Fricke, Ronnie McDowell, T.G. Sheppard, Pam Tillis and many others.

          ¡¤ Rick Carnes http://www.songwriterstudio.com/shows/rickcarnes.asp

           

           

           

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