Mac is currently CMA' s "Musician of the Year", and this is the third year in a row.
He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2007, and was nominated in 2009 for a Grammy for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals on Kenny Chesney¡¯s "Down the Road".
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 hit as a singer.
He is also a member of Jimmy Buffett's backing band, The Coral Reefer Band.
Mac plays regularly to audiences from 5000 to 50,000 people.
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.
Discography: 13 Album releases between 1988 and 2009. Latest : Goodbye Hello
Both Peter and Mac McAnally are playing their JZH-1x on this summer tour of 2011. Peter says, "The guitar has been a great addition to the show, and it is completely different than any of my other instruments. I'm enjoying the coil taps in that I often use them for Rhythm to solo switches, bringing in the full humbuckers for more sustain and volume. Our guitar tech Doug Breidenbach, who has worked with Steven Stills and a tons of others was commenting on the nice work you've done. I'll take a few photos and along the way try to send you something when I record with it. Many thanks for your excellent work. "
Click here to see some great shots of the Peter with Jimmy Buffet and the Coral Refer Band, performing in Tampa, April 16, 2011.
Lee Ranaldo is an artist, writer and is perhaps most well known as a member of Sonic Youth, the seminal genre defining rock band, now in its¡¯ 30th year. 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 aJarrell JZH-1x.
¡°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.¡± To find out more about Lee Ranaldo please visit his website at
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
In addition to, all of the above, Steve has just launched a new iPad app, for guitar/music instruction. A project he has developed with Alan Kozlowski and Derek Penn. As of May 7, 2011, about one week after it's release it is the #5 free download app, for Apple iPad. Check it out at this link,
