Greg Howe is a virtuoso, a master of his instrument. His playing style is incredibly fluid, informed by fusion and jazz, in addition to pure shredding rock. Below is a transcript of my interview with him following the Las Vegas debut of his new band, Maragold, at Backstage Bar ...

  I was very excited to see the invite for Maragold’s first Las Vegas show. Their guitarist, Greg Howe, was prominently featured in ads in Guitar for the Practicing Musician magazine, from which I mostly taught myself to play guitar in the late ’80’s. His first solo album, as well ...

  Guitarist and singer extraordinaire Richie Kotzen has made a major impact recently as a member of rock supergroup The Winery Dogs, along with drummer Mike Portnoy (Flying Colors, Transatlantic, ex-Dream Theater) and bassist Billy Sheehan (Mr. Big, ex-David Lee Roth). As possibly the least well known of the trio, ...