Blue Muse by Dave McGrew McGrew’s lyrics speak of fragmentation and isolation. The self is in pieces and the part with a mouth is lonely. To read the song sheets is sad. To listen to the songs, though, is to hear the McGrew I first met in the sunshine when I was a teenager, who […]

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The Mighty Flood by Alabama Slim & Little Freddie KingThis is easily one of the deepest tracks in the Music Maker catalog. Close your eyes and Alabama Slim‘s low raspy voice, silky smooth guitar style and a heavy bass line immediate transports you to a smoke filled bar on St. Claude where they are grilling oysters […]

The Beginning Of The Music Maker Story by Guitar Gabriel As Music Maker heads into it’s 25th Anniversary this year it seems like a good time to reflect on our founding artist, Guitar Gabriel. Music Maker founder Tim Duffy’s was a student Traditional American music from a really young age, but it was under the […]

Things haven’t been easy for Ironing Board Sam over the past couple of years. After partnering with Music Maker, Sam’s career got a phenomenal rebirth and he started playing shows all over the world and releasing records again. Sadly, in late 2015 right before the release of his album Super Spirit, Sam suffered a major […]