It’s officially the middle of summer (which is easy to tell because it’s deader than a doornail around here)  - no ‘Slow Jam’ until Sept. 8^th, no Allmost Brothers shows until Sept. 12^th, no guitar show’s until Oct. (thank goodness) – it’s hot and slow.
What we do have going on is a nice, new batch of sweet and gently used Les Paul’s have come our way – and nice collection of new Tom Anderson’s have arrived – new arrival’s of Divided by 13 amps this month – new arrival’s of Bogner’s and Dr. Z’s (always a welcomed constant around here) – and loads of new and used pedal’s.

So while things are slow out there and the ground is melting from the heat and you’re trying to get over that post vacation slump, come on down and take advantage of our A/C and make Steven get down that guitar you've been wanting to check out and relax a bit.

A lot has been happening here at Charley's Guitar Shop. We are slowly but surely building our inventory back up from the Christmas season. it is always hard to replenish quickly when you deal primarily with very high-end, highly desired brands. Luckily, we are well stocked with Dr. Z amps, Bogner amps and Tom Anderson guitars. And as we all have come to accept, it is also difficult to build our used inventory back up, but it is happening. Come on in and check us out, we've got some cool stuff.

We are also happy to be taking on some new products, most notably the Divided By Thirteen amplifier line. We are always searching for products that we would both use and find to be "a cut above". We believe these products certainly fit the bill. Stay tuned as we start to get some inventory built up in this new area.

Unfortunately, we have had to cancel our April 14th Bluegrass jam due to an illness in the family, but we will be back hosting the monthly event on the second Monday of May. This is always a fun evening. If you haven't been, grab your instrument and drive on down.

On the band front, there are plenty of opportunities coming up to see our store band, The Allmost Brothers Band. Plus . . . . . if you are a fan of Brian's (and who isn't), you can see him also playing again with Queen For A Day and Lord Tracy. In fact, be on the lookout for Lord Tracy's latest album (CD) to be released soon. I don't see how Brian keeps up with 3 different bands, but he DOES.

See you next time.

My how time gets away from you – and the next thing you know, you’re months behind in wirting a new blog.Okay, here’s the short and sweet updates on the ‘What’s Happening’ at Charley’s.

First up, we’ll be having our monthly Slow Jam on March 10^th, starting at 7pm at the shop – staring Gerald Jones and his favorite side-kicks, taking you by the hand for serious Slow Jamming.

Next up will be the Steve Kaufman workshops, starting with his mandolin workshop on March 13^th at 7:30pm.
Followed by Kaufman’s Flat-picking workshop, March 14th and 15th.
The 14^th will be from 7pm to 9pm, and the 15^th will go from 9:30am to 3:30pm.
For further information on these workshops, please go to the home page and click on the one you are interested in.

On the Allmost Brothers front; the boys will be playing an early evening show on Feb. 24^th at the Curtain Club in Dallas, starting at 7pm to 9pm.Then they’ll be at Firewater on March 28^th.
For all the info on the Brothers, go to www.theallmostbrothersbanddallas.com ; that’ll get you up to speed on the boys.

All kinds of cool stuff on the gear front; lots of new Tom Anderson’s coming in (that aren’t spoken for).  New Collings and Bourgeois guitars arriving every week.
On the amp front -We’re loaded to the gills with Bogner’s (a rarity around here) so now you can finally see and hear one in person.
And as always, loads of great used stuff coming through the doors daily.
Always keep your eye on the web site for updates. 

See ya.

Sweet, sweet December is finally here and we have a full schedule of activities planned for the shop (along with plenty of stuff for last minute gift shopping for the picky guitarist on your list).

December 10th is the date for the 'world famous' Gerald Jones Slow Jam, starting at 7pm - so come one, come all for an evening of Slow Bluegrass Goodness with Gerald, Sheila and ol Cousin Clay.

December 15th is the date for the mighty Pete Huttlinger to make his return to Charley's for a finger style Clinic and Concert, starting at 7pm. If you've never experienced the amazing work of Pete, do yourself the favor and sign up - you won't regret it.

On the Allmost Brothers front: the boys will be laying it down, in true Allman Brothers fashion, Dec. 7th in Fort Worth at 6th Street Live and again on Dec. 14th in Dallas at Firewater.

So glad to see October come to an end.

What a weird month that was; the store would go from feast to famine each week, there was an illness spreading around the shop and we were dropping like fly’s and then there was the Arlington Guitar Show - a pure beating! 

I’ve never so happy to see Halloween come and put this month out of its misery.

The Arlington Show was the strangest guitar show that I have seen in years – ton’s of vendors, but horrible foot traffic (something that is not the norm when it comes to the Arlington Show). We did what we could, and then loaded up for home, happy it was behind us.

Without a doubt ’07 was a bad year for Guitar Show’s as far as we’re concerned.

As for the month of November, we have plenty to keep us busy.

On the 12^th we will feature the Gerald Jones “Slow Jam” – a standing room only event, if we’ve ever had one. Come on out and enjoy your favorite Bluegrass standards and play along with Gerald, Sheila and Clay (if you can keep up!).

On the 16^th “The Allmost Brothers Band” will be headlining another fine show at Dan’s Silver Leaf in lovely Denton. The boy’s will be rolling out their finest interpretations of the Allman Brothers “Duane era” catalog.

On the store front; we are currently in the best position we’ve ever been in when it comes to the acoustic guitar inventory at this time of the year.

We are fully loaded on Collings, Bourgeois and Martin guitars – something that never seem to happen this late in the year – so now’s your chance to play test what some would consider to be the best made acoustic guitars in the world (not to mention the fine selection of Collings Mandolins we also have).

On the electric front: we are also enjoying an unusually large inventory of Tom Anderson’s for this time of year as well. We also have another very nice collection of Historic Gibson Les Paul’s at this time. And to top it all off; we have a killer ’51 Nocaster Relic, from the Vince Cunetto era.

So come on by if you’re in the neighborhood.