Bill Dutcher – Modern Acoustic Guitarist

Let’s face it…. We’ve all been ‘cornered’ and asked to play the typical ‘top ten’ requests that every ‘John Q. Public’ wants to hear, right?  The running joke with just about every working musician I’ve talked with about this is that there is this handful of tunes that are OVER PLAYED TO DEATH!  After all we’re all here as players to ‘broaden your listening horizon!’  I have nothing against Van Morrison, and while he’s laughing all the way to the bank every time the radio stations play that ‘tune about that girl with the certain colored eyes’, it takes a shotgun held to my head to get me to play it!  But what if you forget all the the words when your put on the spot for a request?…Ah…Modern technology!  Read more… Read more »

Throwing your guitar…well, not really throwing it… in the back seat of the car and going to the gig is commonplace, but what about flying to a gig and bringing your guitar?  We’ve all heard horror stories of instruments getting demolished and even stolen through major airlines, but there are some common sense things you can do to protect your guitar. Read more »