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Special Thx to Phantom Electric Ghost Podcast
Huge shoutout to @expansive_sound_experiments out of New Hampshire for having me on their show! 🎙️ We talked music, the future of the...
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Aug 24, 20251 min read


Coverin Monkees
Here in status symbol land… where the wildest thing on the block is a freshly waxed SUV. Covering Monkees’ Pleasant Valley Sunday. Keep...
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Aug 19, 20251 min read


Lip Skid
Morning jog started strong… then my foot went rogue. Left went left, branch went right, and did a perfect lip skid! 10/10 for style,...
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Aug 13, 20251 min read


Get this guitar to Eddie Vedder
🛑 Pearl Jam fans… help me out. 🎸Les Paul himself–signed this guitar… made out to Eddie Vedder himself. My buddy Murray wants to get it...
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Aug 11, 20251 min read


Island Eacape
Mainland was getting on my nerves… so I ghosted it. 👻Caught a boat, found an island, now I’m 73% coconut water.#SpontaneousCombustion...
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Jul 22, 20251 min read


Meet the Band
🎸 Meet Death & Sons. Built from the wreckage of rock’s wildest chapters — louder, tighter, and meaner than ever. Legends in the making....
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Jul 21, 20251 min read


Working out a New Song…
Death & Sons - Workin’ out the Kinks on a New Song in the Sonic Lab 🤘🔥🤘 What do ya think?#DeathAndSons #NewMusic #StudioVibes...
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Jul 17, 20251 min read


DR Strings and Ray Ray Star
What do Sting, Brian May (Queen), Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath), Derek Trucks (Tedeschi Trucks Band ), Jay Buchanan (RIVAL SONS), Les...
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Jul 10, 20251 min read


Do Not Enter
When the sign says “DO NOT ENTER,”🎭 Clearly it means:“WELCOME, we’ve been expecting you.”#RedFlagsAreMyLoveLanguage...
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Jul 8, 20251 min read


Rays Music Exchange
South Side of Chicago — Ray’s Music Exchange, where legends walk in and badasses walk out. Vintage soul, heavy riffs, and zero apologies....
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Jul 7, 20251 min read


Covering the Cure
Summer got you sweatin’ like Robert Smith in a Leather Trench? Don’t worry—I got The Cure 😎☀️🎸“Daylight licked me into shape,I must...
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Jul 2, 20251 min read


Making a Racket!
🎸Here with my modded, beloved “ Marsha” head 🔥 Jacked into a Vai Legacy Cab and my Angry, Modded Gibson SG, at tonight’s rehearsal....
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Jul 1, 20251 min read


Real Music Luve is Back!
🎸 REAL MUSIC LIVE is BACK — and louder than ever. 🔥No lip syncing. No backing tracks. No BS. Just real artists playing real music with...
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Jun 27, 20251 min read


Here with Matteo Mancuso
Here with another brother from another mother… Matteo Mancuso. Future Guitar Legend and Pure Fire!. 🎸🔥 #RealMusicLive...
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Jun 25, 20251 min read


In the Studio
🎙️ Studio vibes have been 🔥 lately…Can’t wait to share what we’ve been cookin’ up behind the glass.New music is on the way — and it’s...
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Jun 20, 20251 min read


Recording at Armoury Studios
Cooking up sonic magic at The Armoury Studios—where AC/DC, Kiss, Van Halen, Queens of the Stoneage, Bon Jovi, The Cult, Joan Jett, Bruno...
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Jun 17, 20251 min read


Late Night Rehearsal
Last night’s “Death and Sons”rehearsal: part sweat, part shred, all business. 💼🎸Shoutout to Art Pohl at Charts for posting the mayhem...
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Jun 13, 20251 min read


Straight to the Top!
Hour hike straight up a steep mountain. Sweated like a pig. Questioned all my life choices. Got to the top… and yeah, the view slapped....
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Jun 12, 20251 min read


Hot Hot Rehearsal
On today’s episode of ‘Some Like It Hot!’… we rehearse in a sauna. Sooooo freakin’ hot, but this room sounds so good! Bonus: the...
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Jun 9, 20251 min read


Office Today!
🎸 Today’s office: somewhere between nowhere and everywhere. Off the grid, up in the mountains, making music with rivers and ravens....
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Jun 4, 20251 min read
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