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Live with New West Guitar Group

The virtuosic trio takes your questions, talks about their approach to gear, and plays their arrangements of tunes by Nirvana and Peter Gabriel.

Jason Shadrick
By Jason ShadrickJul 28, 2017
Jason Shadrick
Since attending a Dave Matthews Band concert as a teenager, Jason has been into all things guitar. An Iowa native, Jason has degrees in Music Business from Minnesota State-Mankato and Jazz Pedagogy from the University of Northern Iowa. Since then, he has spent time doing everything from promotion at an indie music label to organizing guitar workshops all over the country. Currently, Jason lives with his wife, son, and daughter in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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