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Now there are FOUR great times to listen live. Listen to THE GUITAR SHOW WITH ANDY ELLIS every Thursday at 11:00pm EST / 10:00pm CST and Friday at 12:00 midnight EST / 11:00pm CST on 107.1FM WRFN Radio Free Nashville and on the web at www.radiofreenashville.org. Catch us every Friday and Saturday night on AM1670 Dewberry Jam Community Radio from San Antonio, Texas. Each Friday, we're on at 10:00pm CST and each Saturday night, we're on at 8:00pm CST. Listen online at www.am1670.net.

In each program, we spend an hour venturing off the beaten path to explore inspiring sounds from great guitarists, past and present. The music encompasses a wide variety of styles and includes new releases as well as rare tracks from deep in the vault. We spotlight guitarists from around the world and also play exclusive, previously unheard interview clips from some of the greats of the guitar world. The goal is provide an eclectic, adventurous and musically satisfying listening experience.

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The featured artist for our September 2nd-4th show is NELS CLINE.

Attempting to place Nels Cline in a convenient stylistic box is an exercise in futility. Yes, he’s an electric jazz guitarist who cites George Benson and Howard Roberts as early heroes. But he also spent years playing acoustic nylon-string and 12-string, inspired by Ralph Towner and Egberto Gismonti. Then there’s his passion for the aural anarchy of the Minutemen and Sonic Youth, as well as a life-long obsession with Jimi Hendrix. All these influences — and more — surface in Cline’s playing, often within the same piece of music. In addition to pursuing his solo career, Cline plays lead guitar with alt-rockers Wilco, a gig he has held since 2004.

In our exclusive interview, Cline describes what inspires him to compose and play. We'll also explore music from Cline’s new double album, Initiate, which perfectly illustrates his multifaceted musical persona.

In this week's Guest Interviewer segment, we'll hear an excerpt from an interview with Ace Frehley — founding member and lead guitarist with KISS — conducted by Matt Blackett, Associate Editor at Guitar Player magazine. In Blackett's interview, Frehley reveals how his playing and musical ideas have evolved and changed over the years.

Hailing from Portland, Oregon, Jamie Stillway is our Player Spotlight guitarist. We'll hear a track from her album, Mell Of A Hess.

We'll also hear beaucoup new music, including a track from Black Dub, Daniel Lanois' latest band, which features Trixie Whitely, Chris Whitley's daughter, on vocals, and a moody instrumental from Spread The Love, the latest album by Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters. We'll travel back to 1929 to hear ragtime guitar master, Blind Blake; bask in the burly Les Paul tones of Gary Moore as he pays tribute to the legendary Peter Green; dig some atmospheric sounds from Duke Levine; check out a Brad Paisley instrumental and more.

Join us on-air or online for an hour of exceptional guitar music. If you're seeking sonic adventure, you'll be glad you did.

Click here for this week's show playlist (Full playlist is available on the day of the show)

GUITARISTS: We're looking for the unheard and the underheard talent of the guitar world. If you're one of those, CLICK HERE to find out about being featured on THE GUITAR SHOW'S PLAYER SPOTLIGHT. Every week, we'll select a guitarist to feature. Visit our Spotlight page and send in your music!

CLICK HERE to check out the new THE GUITAR SHOW WITH ANDY ELLIS blog. It includes Andy's insights on doing the show and interviews plus his thoughts about gear and all things guitar.

CLICK HERE to check out a great article on THE GUITAR SHOW WITH ANDY ELLIS in the March 2009 issue of Guitar Player magazine.

You can listen to most of the interviews featured on THE GUITAR SHOW WITH ANDY ELLIS on our website with our streaming audio player. CLICK HERE to go to the Interviews page or select the "Interviews" menus item from the top of any page.