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Honeytribe was formed in 1999 in St. Louis, Missouri. Led by singer / guitarist Devon Allman they quickly became one of the top draws in their hometown and won the Jam Band of the Year award in the Riverfront Times Magazine Poll. Some recordings were made, small tours happened and then in late 2000, Devon disbanded the group to spend time with his newborn son, Orion. 

2005 found Devon appearing on a top 10 hit in Spain with bluesman Javier Vargas. He was featured on the album "LOVE, UNION, PEACE" along side several veteran classic rockers. Getting back into the swing of making music prompted Devon to "put the band back together."  Summer 2005 found the members of Honeytribe woodshedding new material that would eventually end up on their late 2006 debut album release, TORCH. Hailed by critics and fans alike, TORCH sold well and was featured heavily on satellite radio. Touring ramped up, and from 2006 to 2008 Honeytribe gained fans the old school way: in a van, almost 300 dates a year, 42 states and 10 countries.  New fans, like Billy Bob Thornton and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, came and rocked out to the Honeytribe show and Devon being asked to sit in with the legendary Les Paul, The Allman Brothers Band, Dickey Betts, Keller Wiliams, Beth Hart, Billy Bob Thornton as well as being featured in Relix, Guitar Player,Guitar World and Guitar One magazines. 

In 2009, a power trio has emerged -with monster world class bassist George Potsos and new drummer Gabriel Strange.

To hear more from Honeytribe, check out:

http://www.myspace.com/honeytribe 

Michael, from Chicago, IL, started playing the piano at age 5 and started playing the guitar at age 10. At 14 MAB was playing jazz and by 16 won an award for outstanding jazz soloist on guitar. Michael started as a session guitarist when he was 19 years old and recorded TV, radio and industrial film music. He earned a B.A. in Music Theory and Composition from Northeastern Illinois University. 

Michael has performed over 1,600 shows in 44 different countries since 1993. He has toured the world performing guitar workshops for Dean Guitars, touring with various bands and as a solo artist. His career includes being signed to 2 major labels: Atlantic Records with the band ?Holland? and Rhino/Warner Brothers Records with the band ?Nitro.? In 1993, Michael started his own record label titled M.A.C.E. Music, Inc. and was one of the first music companies to go on line in 1996. Michael has filmed 6 acclaimed instructional DVDs that are some of the most famous and best selling guitar programs in the world! He is a fixture on ?best of? lists for in fastest guitarists, greatest shredders, and fastest shredders for prestigious magazines such as Guitar One, Guitar World, and Total Guitar. 
As a multifaceted artist, Michael was also a columnist for Guitar World Magazine. His monthly column called ?Time to Burn? also appeared on the GW CD - ROM. Michael has the honor and distinction of being the longest running columnist in the history of Guitar World Magazine.

He is also known for his inventions and innovations that include the world?s first player of the twin-necked, left and right-handed Double-Guitar, String Dampeners that he uses on the Double-Guitar, and his signature stage move called the ?MAB Over-Under? technique. 

To hear more from Michael, check out;

http://Angelo.com

Joe has dominated the world of solo guitar for more than a decade, as can be heard on releases with Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai, Jason Becker, Marty Friedman, Richie Sambora, Michael Angelo Batio, Steve Morse, Buckethead, Alex Skolnick, Bumblefoot, Blues Saraceno, Lars Eric Mattsson, Jeff Pilson, Mark Wood, Ron Keel, Randy Coven, E'nuff Z'nuff, Trixter, Joe Kelley and others. When he was barely 8, Joe exploded onto the music scene with his jaw-dropping abilities on Chicago's premier rock radio station, 97.9 "The Loop" on the Jonathan Brandmeier show.  Years later, his 2006 album, "Short Stories," established seemingly overnight not only his technical ability, but his musicianship and pop sensibilities - leaving the "Shred" and "Virtuoso" guitar scenes behind in favor of reaching the average radio listener. A legend in technique and composition, Joe's career is reaching new heights with every release. A respected musician among both his peers and his fans, Joe continues to play and compose with an ear and level of mastery that many career musicians only dream of.

To hear more from Joe Becker, check out;

http://www.joebeckermusic.com/

Bruce has been playing professionally since 1975. He first gained notoriety as a member of the touring band for Meat Loaf's classic "Bat Out Of Hell" album in 1977. Shortly after, Bruce formed the band Blackjack with a then aspiring singer named Michael Bolton.  After the release of two albums, Blackjack folded and Bruce was asked to join KISS, where he remained as their lead guitarist for twelve years. 

After leaving KISS, Bruce formed UNION with John Corabi in 1997, who would go on to release three albums between 1998 and 2000. Bruce and John teamed up with Eric Singer and formed the Eric Singer Project (E.S.P.), releasing an album in 1998. In early 2001, Bruce
released his debut solo album Audio Dog, which was followed in 2003 with Transformer. In 2001 Bruce joined Grand Funk Railroad as lead
guitarist after receiving a personal invitation from drummer Don Brewer. Bruce is still touring with GFR and is currently in his 9th
year as their lead guitarist. Bruce has just completed his third solo disc titled BK3. The CD will feature Gene Simmons, Nick Simmons, Steve Lukather, John Corabi and Doug Fieger from the Knack and will be out in early 2010. 

Visit www.kulick.net for all the info on BK's work.

Visit www.leverty.com for all the info on Bill's work.

Basic fact: Eric Johnson is one of popular music?s most respected and renowned guitarists. Further fact sometimes overshadowed by the brilliance of Johnson?s playing: The reason why he stands both out and above the rest in a world peopled with many ?guitar gods? is that, for Johnson, it?s as much about the music and the song as it playing his guitar.

?He's an extraordinary guitar player accessible to ordinary music fans,? notes the Memphis Commercial Appeal. That?s because Eric Johnson plays music and not just the guitar. And as found on his Vanguard live DVD release, Anaheim, he is also a gifted player of the piano (his first instrument) as well as songwriter, singer and song interpreter. Or more succinctly, Eric Johnson is a diverse, versatile and fully realized musical creator who plays guitar like no one else.

Johnson?s gift for composing and playing songs that evoke vivid imagery and tell palpable stories even without words can be witnessed on his Anaheim performances of the aptly-named ?Trademark? and his signature song ?Cliffs of Dover,? which won Johnson a Grammy in 1991 for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. The effervescent 2006 live performance at The Grove in Anaheim includes ?S.R.V.,? Johnson?s stirring salute to the late Stevie Ray Vaughan, who rose to fame alongside Johnson from the Austin, Texas music scene, and his only recorded performance of ?Manic Depression? by Jimi Hendrix, a seminal inspiration to whom Johnson has often been compared.

Eric's complete bio can be found here: Eric Johnson's Biography

Visit www.ericjohnson.com for all the info on Eric's work.

Versatile musician, guitarist, vocalist, composer, producer and arranger Steve Lukather was born in Los Angeles on October 21 in 1957. Before his father bought him a guitar (a simple Kay acoustic) and a copy of Meet the Beatles at the age of seven, Luke started to play drums and keyboards.
 
In the years following Lukather taught himself how to play the guitar. He hung out with older friends who showed him how to play and how to set the chords. At high school he met the Porcaro brothers. Jeff Porcaro, already is Steely Dan, turned out to be like a brother and mentor for Steve Lukather.
 
After playing and touring with Boz Scaggs, David Paich and Jeff Porcaro asked Steve Lukather, Bobby Kimball, David Hungate and Steve Porcaro in 1976 to create their own band Toto. In September 1977 Toto released their first album, Toto, that generated the hit singles Hold the line, I'll supply the love and Georgy Porgy. With the album David Paich and Steve Lukather started a more than 25 years Toto career.
 
The year 1982 turned out to be the most successful (commercially) in Toto's and Lukather's career. Lukather, Paich and Jeff and Steve Porcaro contributed heavily to Michael Jackson's Thriller album. The album Toto IV went platinum and the hit singles Rosanna and Africa became all time classics. A year later, Toto received six Grammy Awards including a Grammy for Lukather for best rhythm & blues song Turn your love around, co-written with Jay Graydon and Bill Champlin.
Throughout the following years, Steve Lukather continued touring with Toto, his own new band El Grupo (with Steve Weingart, Oskar Cartaya and Joey Heredia) and musicians such as Jeff Beck, Simon Phillips, Carlos Santana, Larry Carlton and his mate Edgar Winter.  While working with Carlton, they recorded a couple of shows and in 2001 released a selection of songs recorded in the Blue Note in Osaka on their live album No substitutions, which received a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Album for solo artists, duos or groups.
 
He also contributed to projects of  David Garfield, Richard Marx, Mike Terrana, Pat Torpey, Gregg Bissonette, Joe Cocker, Les Paul, Tommy Lee, Van Halen, and Edgar Winter and worked on albums with Toto [including Kingdom of desire  (1992),  Tambu (1995), Mindfields (1999), Livefields (1999), Through the looking glass (2002), 25th Anniversary Live
in Amsterdam, and Falling in between (2006)] as well as solo albums [Lukather (1989),  Candyman (1994),  Luke (1997), Santamental (2003), and Ever changing times (2008)]

Visit www.stevelukather.net for all the info on Steve's work.

It's no wonder that Lee Valentine Smith of Creative Loafing has named the Critical Darlings "a great little buzz-worthy band" and dubbed McKay "power pop potentate."

You can check out what Chris is doing at the following links:

www.chrismckay.net
www.myspace.com/criticaldarlings
www.reverbnation.com/criticaldarlings
www.facebook.com

Marco comes from a very musical family and started playing the guitar at an early age.

Marco is perhaps best known for his work with a number of rock bands and artists such as Thin Lizzy, Blue Murder, Whitesnake, Ted Nugent, Neal Schon and Soul SirkUS.  Marco is currently working with Dolores O?Riordan from the Cranberries project and touring with the Lynch Mob.

Marco is living in Los Angeles. When he's not touring he can often be found playing local jazz clubs with Joey Heredia and Renato Neto.

Visit www.marcomendoza.com for all the info on MM's work.

Ronny plays his own signature brand of instrumental guitar rock and is a So Cal guitar hero. In 2006 he won Best Male Guitarist Award at All Access Magazine Music Awards, after which, Ronny was featured in a cool interview in All Access Magazine to talk about the win.

Ronny sells CDs and gets airplay all over the world. he also regularly does clinics trade shows all over the U.S. His music was even used on MTV's Real World reality show. Ronny is regularly featured in ad campaigns for his many sponsors (He's endorsed by 50 different music equipment manufactures and even has his own signature guitar by Tregan guitars) Ronny recently was honored with his own RN Day at his former school Norwalk High. He has also been featured in numerous music publications and Guitar Player Magazine head editor Michael Molenda said some very complimentary things about Ronny?s playing.

The Traveling Guitar is excited to add Ronny North as a performing sponsor as he also has a philanthropic side: he has performed at the Special Olympics Summer Games for the last ten consecutive years and has performed at numerous events for Toys for Tots, the Vets and the Troops. He has also has performed for benefits for Tsunami Relief, The Norwalk/Lamirada School District, Heart of Gold Charities and musicians in need.

Ronny North is tomorrow's guitar hero today......

Definitely check out Ronny and see what all the excitement is about (www.ronnynorth.com).

High energy blues played with passion !! Innes Sibun made his first album with legendary producer Mike Vernon who produced the John Mayall/Eric Clapton Beano album as well as all the Peter Green era Fleetwood Mac albums. In 1997 Innes met his hero when he opened up for Peter Green at a show in New York, he also played on "Rattlesnake guitar" a tribute cd dedicated to Peter Green which also featured Rory Gallagher, Ian Anderson, Harvey Mandell, Billy Sheehan & Snowy White. He played guitar for Robert Plant on his "Fate of nations" tour throughout America, Europe & South America & can be heard on Robert's "Sixty six to Timbuktu" album as well as on a track on his box set "Nine lives". He has made 5 albums with various independent blues labels such as Viceroy, Provogue & Ulftone. He has toured with Blues legends Johnny Adams, Wild child Butler, Jay Owens & Jesse "guitar" Taylor & opened up for Johnny Winter, Joe Louis Walker, Ronnie Earl, the fabulous thunderbirds, Roger Chapman, Taj Mahal, Chris Farlowe,Jools Holland, Walter Trout, Boy George, Dr.Feelgood, the Levellers, Nine below zero, the Bluesband, Kevin Coyne, & Moody Marsden to name but a few. He has also recorded or played live with the following......Wilbur Bascombe (Jeff Beck, aretha Franklin), Rob Stoner (Bob Dylan), Bobby Chouinard (Gary Moore), Jeff Simon (George Thorogood), Jimmy Kunes (Cactus), Leo Lyons, Ric Lee & Chick Churchill of Ten years after,Robert Hart (Bad company), Hamish Stewart (Average white band), Tony Remy, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Chris Youlsden (Savoy Brown), Stackridge, the Korgis, James Cotton, Sherman Robertson & more. His current band fuses blues with rock, jazz & more modern influences. 

Visit http://www.myspace.com/innessibun for all the info on Innes's work.

In his 40-plus years of playing the instrument, Carl has created a wildly successful, multi-faceted career. He is a critically-acclaimed musician with ten CD?s released worldwide and is commonly regarded as a guitar virtuoso capable of playing any style of music with remarkable mastery and conviction. He has been one of LA?s elite ?first call? session players for the past 25 years, playing on hundreds of records, movie soundtracks and television shows. Carl has graced the pages of countless industry publications and been the subject of numerous articles chronicling his rise to the forefront of the modern day guitar scene. Carl has won numerous polls and musical honors in the US, Germany, France, Italy and the UK. 

A member of the smash hit British rock group Supertramp since 1985, Carl has played to millions of enthusiastic fans in sold out arenas worldwide. As the creative force behind The Carl Verheyen Band, he has released an impressive and eclectic discography that showcases his endless talents across a wide array of musical genres.  

Complete Bio for Carl Verheyen>>

To find out more about Carl, visit www.carlverheyen.com.

Bobby Vogel began his music career at age 12 when he was asked to join an international gospel radio program called ?Children?s Bible Hour,? where, for the next 4 years he sang and played guitar on over 500 radio stations worldwide.  

After high school, Bobby formed his own band fronting a country rock group that toured the United States for the next 10 years, playing concerts with stars such as Tanya Tucker, the late Ricky Nelson, Johnny Paycheck, the Kingston Trio, and The James Gang with Joe Walsh, to name a few.

Bobby has a Degree in Music. During his studies, he received the ?Jimmy Forrest Jazz Scholarship" and performed with some Jazz greats including the late Stan Getz. He also performed with his band and was awarded a personal letter of recommendation from President Gerald R. Ford for outstanding service to the community.

In 1991, Bobby moved his family to Nashville, where he found work as a session picker. His most notable sessions were with Harold Shedd recording with Davis Daniels. He was asked to join a recording and touring act on the Epic/Sony label. After two years of touring, Bobby returned to Nashville and formed a new band, Nevada, where he played Lead Guitar. 

In 1996 Bobby auditioned for Loretta Lynn who hired him on the spot. Bobby has played Lead/Acoustic Guitars and the 5-string Banjo for Loretta Lynn for the last decade.