Gary Melvin


Guitarist : Singer : Songwriter — I aspire to inspire


Rest in Peace, Mitch Mitchell

Today we lost the last living member of The Jimi Hendrix Experience. We lost Jimi in 1970, bassist Noel Redding in 2003, and now drummer Mother Goose, a.k.a. Mitch Mitchell. I have to say, as a guitarist who is massively inspired by Hendrix, almost as influential as Jimi himself are the incredible musicians who played [...]

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Hotels

Every once in a while I find myself taking inventory on things that I’ve done in my life, and while finding myself in that place today, I noticed the stack of hotel keys I’ve been collecting over the past 6 months or so. I can’t say why I’ve been collecting them as the reason is [...]

I got my sticker

At around 9:10 this morning I turned in my vote-by-mail ballot and got my sticker. Rock on. I spoke with my friend Jini today, who is currently living in Texas while attending college, and she explained the excitement of today pretty well: “It’s like a sporting event.” People are watching this election like no other. [...]

New CDs

It’s a very regular occurrence for me to go to Amoeba Records here in L.A. to buy new CDs. Yesterday I picked up four, and I’ve listened to two of them so far. Why come no one has told me about this guy yet? Mark Ronson is (from what I’ve read) a DJ-turned-producer. “Here Comes [...]

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