Mr. Media Interviews By Bob Andelman

Today's Guest: Michael Molenda, editor, Guitar Player magazine. Order from Amazon.com by clicking the book cover above Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of folks with more hair than musical talent… in the new new media capitol of the world, St. Petersburg, Florida! My son had a guitar — acoustic — for several years but the instrument never really captured his imagination. Not, that is, until a neighbor sold us her old electric. That guitar looked cool even when I held it; but in Charlie’s hands, its capacity to astonish is infinite. There is just something awe-inspiring about an electric guitar under the command of someone who loves music and knows how to make a wood body and metal strings sing for its life. MICHAEL MOLENDA audio excerpt: "Sometimes I think guitar heroes have just been touched by angels... That all-encompassing desire to communicate through music is certainly a factor."  I think most rock fans will agree that the 1970s generation of guitarists were a special bunch. They stu