Black Label Society has a new album entitled Shot to H-ll coming out in September. You can stream a song entitled Black Mass Reverends (ooh, scary) from the Road Runner website.

There is a Zakk Wylde Song Contest that is calling for musicians to submit entries. Wylde himself will review the top ten songs culled from a peer review.

I went to the grand opening of Guitar Center last week. I picked up two Boss pedals and a couple dozen sets of guitar strings including some bass strings for my brother Kevin There were a lot of fun toys there including drums, DJ equipment, keyboards and microphones. Excuse me while I practice a little 8-bar blues.