Tony Rice in Acoustic Guitar
The June issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine has a cover feature on Tony Rice. The in-depth piece by Scott Nygaard looks at Tony’s career in music of more than 30 years, and also includes a side piece on “the guitars and gear of Tony Rice.”
This June issue is the current one, recently mailed to subscribers, and available now at newsstands and booksellers.
They describe the Rice piece thusly:
In this exclusive interview, he discusses the roots of his technique and the freewheeling nature of his approach to the instrument. PLUS: We deconstruct Rice’s unusual picking-hand style.
All Acoustic Guitar content is available online, but only to subscribers. Any print subscriber can access the web content, which generally include accompanying audio content for major features. A separate online-only subscription is also available.


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