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Joel Paterson, The TVD Interview

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Joel Paterson, The TVD Interview

Joel Paterson knows the guitar. He relates to its history, believes in its progression of instrumental prowess, its evolution of sonics over the course of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and he creates his own version to introduce a new modern guitar dialogue for other players to commune with and respond to. Studying the antics and musical choices of guitarists from long ago and recent pasts, players ranging from Blues pioneer Robert Johnson to The Clash’s Mick Jones, Paterson maintains an intimate relationship with the instrument—which can only result in topnotch musical output.

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Julian Lennon, The TVD Interview

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Julian Lennon, The TVD Interview

The choice of album title, Jude, an allusion to Paul McCartney’s Beatles song written to Julian during a difficult time following his parents’ split—and his choice of album cover photo featuring his young self—suggests a kind of full circle of the individual. As in to know, understand, and feel close to one’s childhood self is to accept one’s truest, most uncompromised self.

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Gerry Beckley, The (2nd) TVD Interview

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Gerry Beckley, The (2nd) TVD Interview

Possessing a penchant for self-examination and introspection, Beckley favors the navigational terrain of the ever-elusive human heart—and its frenemy the mind—and the moments when they do and do not work together when carving out compositions.

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Hearty Har: Shane and Tyler Fogerty, The TVD Interview

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Hearty Har: Shane and Tyler Fogerty, The TVD Interview

Hearty Har, whose creative nucleus consists of Shane and Tyler Fogerty, possesses a plethora of creative influences. And while the duo did cut some of their performative teeth backing up their dad—rock legend John Fogerty, the co-founder of Creedence Clearwater Revival—during recent live tours, Hearty Har’s true gift for musical expression appears to lie in recording studio prowess, or so the band’s debut studio album Radio Astro, released last month, would suggest.

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Devon Allman of The Allman Betts Band, The TVD Interview

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Devon Allman of The Allman Betts Band, The TVD Interview

Much like the families and groups from which it was bred and sprung, The Allman Betts Band has consistently thrived as a live performance act. But just last year they proved their studio mettle by releasing a debut album Down to the River, and in late August of this year—and what a strange and volatile year it has been for the universe—they released Bless Your Heart, a versatile, expansive, and guitar-driven record that serves as a testament to the band’s studio abilities.