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Celebrating A Double Anniversary

May 16, 2013

Any anniversary celebration is special. But when it’s a double anniversary, that’s extra-special. And when one of those anniversaries marks 130 years…well, that’s unique.

So it was with the Gretsch 130th Anniversary celebration, which was held this past May 4 at Randy Wood’s Pickin’ Parlor in Bloomingdale, Georgia. The location was appropriate, since Bloomingdale is just “down the road a bit” from Pooler, which is where my wife Dinah and I reside. And the Gretsch USA Custom Drums factory is located just across the river, in Ridgeland, South Carolina.

The setting for the event had a somewhat rural... Read More

Vintage Trouble's Richard Danielson Update

May 08, 2012

Gretsch/Gibraltar endorser, Richard Danielson has been keeping up with his busy schedule with the popularity of Vintage Trouble and getting our Gretsch logo out there! Aside from national TV appearances, they were selected as one of the very first bands to launch a new music/artist campaign that Google is putting out called Google Music. They did a national TV campaign ad for Supercuts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUJsiVtTX8o. They will be doing the Best Buy media network for 3 weeks, which means they will have a 2 minute loop on the hour on every single TV in every Best Buy retail location in the country! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJk26T9_Lyw

Their U.S. album released 2 weeks ago and they are currently on tour with the Cranberries in the U.S. They will also be playing some festivals and headlining slots in the U.S., will be heading overseas to Europe in June for two sold-out headlining nights in London; and will be opening for Lenny Kravitz throughout Europe. If that's not enough, they will be heading to Japan after Europe for the Summer Sonic Festivals in Osaka and Tokyo then back to Australia!