Jim Duff Music Blog

Growing up in Kentucky, Jim Duff counted the legends of traditional Country music as his heroes. Artists like Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and Townes Van Zandt made a huge impact on the young songwriter and helped shape his sound. However, music was not his only talent and life took him in another direction for a while.


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Monday, September 26, 2011

GuitarPlayer: David Grissom’s Awesome Open Strings

DAVID GRISSOM HAS BASED A CAREER ON GETTING a great sound, playing perfectly tasty lines that are at home in a variety of styles and never upstage the singer, and being an easy hang. On both his high-profile sideman gigs and his solo albums, a key ingredient to Grissom’s trip is his use of open strings clanging against fretted notes or bends to create big, complex sounds that are simultaneously clean and dirty.

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GuitarPlayer: David Grissom’s Awesome Open Strings

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