Results tagged “12-string” from Birmingham Post - Lifestyle Blog

With my old friend and very rude blogger Richard McComb going public with his new-found addiction to guitar, I thought I would indulge my own deep-vein nerdery.

It's not the sort of thing I normally condone in a hack. Most women writers I have worked with are really bad in this respect. They get engaged and immediately write about it. Get married - ditto. Have children - ditto. Have an affair - ditto. Change of life, knitting, alcoholism, child abuse, plans for assisted suicide (three cheers!) it all goes into the great grinding mill of angst and emotional turmoil.

Well, they've done a grand job those Guide guys at The Guardian and Observer. In the democratic and freethinking spirit that typifies the brave and wonderful world that is blogging and the internet, not to mention the sheer untrammelled niceness that is the hallmark of the Post, I recommend that you go to http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk and search out the Guitar Guide.

Full of great stuff and they've done a good job of trying to include some female players - not easy in a world where the instrument has unfortunate and obvious phallic overtones.