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Kirby Kelly Crowned King of the Blues

On Thursday November 12th in front of a capacity crowd at House of Blues in Hollywood CA, Kirby Kelly of Sherman, Texas beat out more than 4,000 guitarists to be crowned Guitar Center’s 2009 King of the Blues.

King of the Blues District Winners Declared!

Last Wednesday, the top 24 undiscovered blues guitarists in the nation were selected to move on to the King of the Blues Regional Finals, moving one step closer to being crowned Guitar Center’s King of the Blues and $25,000 cash …

Guitar Center is pleased to announce the return of King of the Blues, the nationwide search for the next great undiscovered blues guitar player. With sign-ups launching July 1, 2009, Guitar Center’s King of the Blues will feature competitions in over 200 Guitar Center locations across the country …

Guitar Center is pleased to announce the next installment of Guitar Center Sessions: An Evening of Dialogue and Music with guitar legend Dick Dale. Scheduled for Thursday, March 5, 2009 at the Guitar Center in Fountain Valley, CA, the evening will focus on Dale’s historic role in the evolution of rock guitar …

Guitar Center is pleased to announce the next installment of Guitar Center Sessions: An Evening of Dialogue and Insight with Grammy nominated blues/rock guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd …

On Wednesday, January 14, 2009, Guitar Center’s Drum-Off ‘08 champion Jerome Flood II made his television debut with a performance on Last Call with Carson Daly.
This past Saturday the 22-year-old resident of Atlanta was crowned winner of Guitar Center’s Drum-Off ‘08, the world’s largest drum competition …

Guitar Center is pleased to announce the next installment of Guitar Center Sessions: An Evening of Dialogue and Insight with Joe Bonamassa …

Guitar Center is pleased to announce the next installment of Guitar Center Sessions: An Evening of Dialogue and Insight with Slash. Taking place Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at the Guitar Center in Northridge, CA, the evening is free and open to the public …

Guitar Center announces launch of world’s largest drum competition – Guitar Center Drum-Off ‘08 – celebrates 20th anniversary offering Grand Prize worth over $45,000 …

Guitar Center is pleased to announce the next installment of Guitar Center Sessions: An evening of dialogue and insight with Dave Mustaine. This exclusive event is powered by Marshall amps …

On Friday, June 20, 2008, Guitar Center hit the road with the Vans Warped Tour, activating two programs designed to provide the artists on the tour with support-based tools that improve their chances for success as pro musicians: the GC Web Lab and the GC Axe Smith.
The Guitar Center Web Lab, a custom 32′ climate [...]

Guitar Center is pleased to announce a very special installment of Guitar Center Sessions: An evening of dialogue and insight with Vans Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman.
Taking place June 12, 2008 at the Guitar Center in Hollywood, CA, the evening will also feature Epitaph Records founder Brett Gurewitz (also of the band Bad Religion), Joe [...]

Guitar Center and Charlie Sexton will join Gibson Guitar for a special event to launch the world’s first guitar with robotic technology, the Gibson Robot Guitar. True to the spirit of innovation, Gibson Guitar is set to make musical history …

A grand finalist in the nation’s most respected guitar competition, Guitar Center’s “Guitarmageddon,” Jay Soto proved his talent immediately by winning the local, district and regional rounds and then made his way to the finals held at Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar festival in Dallas to an audience of 15,000 people. In the end, Jay [...]