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Been A Long Time (Waiting On Love) - From the Cabin Fever DVD and double album Before The Frost...Until The Freeze (2009). Recorded at Levon Helm Studios, in Woodstock, NY
Legendary rockers The Black Crowes came out with their highly acclaimed double live album and movie in 2009 featuring 19 great new songs all recorded with Picks and Stones Gemstone Guitar Picks! Founding member Rich Robinson and North Mississippi Allstars' Luther Dickinson both use gemstone guitar picks throughout the recording of this groundbreaking project. The companion movie "Cabin Fever" takes you behind the scenes of the recording process and puts you right in the front row of a great show!
Suke Cerulo is a professional guitarist/musician living in New York City and has been playing for 25 years. Suke is a founding member of the band "Schleigho" touring nationally for over 10 years averaging over 200 shows a year and released 5 CD's of which 2 were on a "Flying Frog Records" owned and managed by member of the Allman Brothers Band. Currently Suke tours with "Lynch" which features members of the band "Conehead Buddha" and "moe." When not touring Suke teaches over 60 guitar students a week. Suke uses a Brasilian Agate 2mm Jazz Style Grip Pick w/Right Side Sharp Bevel.
Gisle works as a guitarist, composer, producer and arranger in Oslo, Norway. He is used by many schools teaching guitar, harmony, arranging, composing, and music theory. Torvik is first and foremost a jazz guitarist, but has worked in all forms of music. A new album is soon to be released.
Gisle says; "The picks sounds like nothing else I've ever tried. They provide richness, warmth and a distinctive great tone!"
Evolution: Live from Hardingtonar 2009.
Gisle Torvik - guitar
Trond Akerø-Kleven - grand piano
Sondre Meisfjord - doublebass
Andreas Bratlie - drums
Brett Norton has been playing guitar for fifteen years, and teaching for seven with around 35 students at any given time. He has played guitar and sang for the band ZONA under management of Al Nalli (Blackfoot, Brownsville Station, Skynyrd) and tutelage of Rickey Medlocke, also of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Blackfoot fame. The group toured the state of Florida and at one point, had landed on air in no less than ten radio markets nationwide as an unsigned act. He is currently a mechanical engineering student at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, and a guitar instructor at a local Music and Arts Center.
John is a professional musician living in Los Angeles, California. He is currently working with muliple bands and recording projects, and frequently tours the US and abroad. He uses Picks and Stones picks exclusively in his recordings and stage shows. For these recordings, John used a Montana Agate 2mm Traditional Style Pick (he only uses the shoulders.)
Click here to read John March's review of our stone picks.
Pick Demo
backing track written, recorded and performed by Dr. Ika, (Irakli Kikvadze), Hatfield, Herts, AL10 8DN, UK. Guitar overdubs and featured solo by John March.
Leaves
Guitarist John March along with LA session singer/keyboard player Jeff Paris.
Jones
Guitarist John March along with LA session singer/keyboard player Jeff Paris.
David has 2 duo CD's out with saxophonist Mike Murley. Duologue (2002) was nominated for a Juno Award, a National Jazz Award and a Canadian Music "Indie" Award. Duologue Vol.2 was recorded in 2005.
David studied in New York with the legendary jazz guitarist Jim Hall during the mid 1990's.
David has toured in Canada, the US, Europe and Japan.
David Occhipinti teaches guitar at the University of Toronto and at Humber College.
Click here to read David Ochhipinti's review of our stone picks.
Heart and Mind
Original composition by David Occhipinti, from his album Duologue vol. 2. David uses a Brasilian Agate 1mm Jazz Style Pick. Stone pick used on lead guitar only on this track.
Within the Widening Gyre
Original composition by David Occhipinti, from the CD Forty Revolutions available on Itunes and from David's website.
Recognized as an incredibly creative and innovative guitarists, composer and improviser, New Mexico based musician Michelle Webb is one of the most electrifying and original guitarist today. A restless collaborator who constantly seeks the most diverse and personally challenging contexts for her music. Michelle has developed a highly individual, inimitable style from an uncommonly varied range of influences.
Michelle Webb has built an ever mounting reputation as a very talented composer. She scored the music for such independent films as Hospice directed by Ken Forestal & Silent Movie directed by Michael Torrez as well as video games for Cyberlore studios and interactive content for America Online.
Click here to read Michelle's review of our stone picks.
Originally from New York State, Matthew studied finger style and classical guitar at an early age under the tutelage of Ignacio (Nate) Veccio. He advanced his study of the guitar by attending Boston's Berklee College of Music from 1980 to 1984 and graduating with a Bachelors of Music degree in guitar performance.
Matthew's playing styles are primarily Classical, Jazz and Latin guitar but he has studied and played many different styles of music. He has performed in bands in the Boston area playing Rock and Blues as well as playing in a variety of acoustic formats.
The following tracks were recorded using Jazzbacks backing tracks.
Round Midnight
Recorded with a 3mm Montana Agate Jazz Style Pick
How Insensitive
Recorded with a 3mm Brasilian Agate Teardrop Style Pick
Altered Ending is an up and coming hard rock band from Acron, Ohio, featuring twins Cody and Corey Gregis on guitar and bass. Guitarist Cody Gregis made a marginal leap towards his future after having secured the title "Best Guitarist/Cleveland" in 2006 at the Emergenza Festival held at Cleveland's infamous Peabody's Night Club, while his twin, Corey Gregis secured runner up in "Best Bassist".
Both Corey and Cody use Picks and Stones Gemstone Guitar Picks.
Than Medlam has been playing music for 21 years, and guitar for 18 years. He's played professionally around the Kansas/Oklahoma area since 1996, playing guitar, trombone, and singing just about any style from jazz to rock, country, blues, and even reggae. His current group, Equilibrium is a neo-urban-soul-jazz quintet based in Oklahoma City. They are currently working on a studio EP that should be ready for release in 2009. Than uses Picks and Stones picks exclusively, as well as Keeley effects and an Ear Candy cabinet.
From the High Desert
Recorded with a Brasilian Agate 2.5mm Jazz Style Double Grip Pick.
Don Scott is a guitarist and composer based in Toronto, Canada. Notably, he has performed and recorded with jazz luminaries David Binney, Chris Potter, and Ernest Ranglin, and also performs in many diverse projects featuring his original music. He is in demand as a bandleader, sideman, and teacher in Canada.
Don studied guitar in New York with Ben Monder and Adam Rogers. He is also the recipient of numerous grants to compose, record, tour, and promote his music.
Look for new and upcoming albums featuring Don Scott’s compositions by these groups: Don Scott Quartet; Peripheral Vision; God’s Gift To Yoda; Run Stop Run
Go To Bed
(Peripheral Vision) – recorded with a 2mm Brasilian Agate (1-4-D) Combo Grip Pick. Guitar solo is featured from 3:00-4:40 of this track.
Whiteboy Slim was born in Vancouver, raised in the Canadian prairies, and came of age in the Blues clubs of Toronto, with many stops along the way. He is now based in Saskatchewan where he has released three CDs of music that are both traditional and experimental at the same time. On his newest release, "I'm Still Here", released May 31, 2010 on Desmond and Hodi Records, most of the guitar solos were played with a 2mm Brasilian Agate Jazz Style Guitar Pick.
Hey Little Girl
Solo recorded with a 2mm Brasilian Agate Jazz Style Guitar Pick.
Live Wire
Solo recorded with a 2mm Brasilian Agate Jazz Style Guitar Pick.
Tung Le was born in Saigon, Vietnam and trainned in Jazz discipline at McMaster University and Mohawk College (BA Music). He is a professional musician/teacher for 22 years. Tung is a Featured Artist on Guitar9 Records
"With these beautiful polished stone picks, the ease of playability, the quality of service, and, most importantly, the control over tone you have as a player; Why anyone chooses to stick with crappy plastic picks is beyond me. Thank you, Picks and Stones!"
"The best $25 dollars I have ever spent on anything period!"
"I've owned stone guitar picks for over 15 years, but these are by far the best I've ever seen. The quality is excellent and the finish is perfect.
I highly recommend these picks."
Wow. My tone is changed completely. As soon as I got used to the pick (about 2 days)
I was acheiving the tone I had been stiving for for years. Worth every penny.
I've used stone for 20 plus years, but none have had the bevel just right...till now! Thank you.
I didn't know what to expect from a stone pick, and spending this much on a pick was either going to be a great decision or a really bad one. Now that I've played with it a few hours, I'm delighted with the brilliant tone and wonderful resonance. It will take some getting used to, but I'm looking forward to rediscovering my guitar - this is how it's supposed to sound!
The attack is not as agressive as plastic, very smooth. Triplets are effortless. I seem to get from string to string quicker, but who knows. I was a little wary of spending twenty bucks on a pick, but there is no wear at all and after a year I still have it.
