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Swampland.com introduces Max to its readers

Swampland.com is all about life in the South. I discovered them while doing some online research and they wanted to talk a bit. Penne J. Laubenthal wrote an article. Click for more...

Tuscaloosa Magazine names Max one of six intriguing people in Fall 2008 issue

Tuscaloosa Magazine is published quarterly and each issue includes articles on six intriguing people from the Tuscaloosa area. Ashley Boyd wrote an article about me for the series. Click for more...

Songs Inside The Box screened at the Fingerlakes Celebration of the Cigar Box Guitar

MPNnow.com had an article about the October 2007 cigar box guitar festival in the Rochester, New York area that included a screening of the documentary. Click for more...

Songs Inside The Box Premiere in Huntsville, Alabama

Pat Newcomb of the Huntsville Times dropped in for the premiere of Songs Inside The Box and some cigar box guitar music at the Cigar Box Guitar Extravaganza. Just like me, she became fascinated by the interesting characters and unique music. That's why I did the documentary and that's why she wrote this article.

Songs Inside The Box to premiere in Huntsville, Alabama

Jon Busdeker of the Huntsville Times wrote an article for the June 19th edition about the upcoming 4th annual Cigar Box Guitar Extravaganza at the Flying Monkey Arts Center. In addition to a lot of good music, the event included the premiere of Songs Inside The Box on June 21st. Click for more...

Cigar Box Guitar Revolution in 2008 Blues Festival Guide Magazine

Distributed free at major blues music events, the 2008 Blues Festival Guide came off the press in late April and includes a four page spread on the cigar box guitar revolution including information about the upcoming documentary, Songs Inside The Box. The article is online as a .pdf file.

Ted Crocker Interviewed by Modern Guitars Magazine

Luthier (that's someone who builds guitars) Ted Crocker was interviewed in the 12/27/07 edition of Modern Guitars about the special guitar he made for the John Sayles movie, Honeydripper. Ted is serving as a content consultant for Songs Inside The Box and he mentioned it in the interview.  Click for more...

Lowebow-Hill Harp Guitars Featured in AP Article

Memphis Associated Press writer Woody Baird released this article on 12/19/07 which applaudes the thunderous power of the cigar box guitars that resulted from collaboration by John Lowe and Richard Johnston. You'll hear a lot of this sound in the Songs Inside The Box documentary!  Click for more...

Shooting for Cigar Box Guitar Documentary Begins

The 2007 Cigar Box Guitar Extravaganza took place at the Flying Monkey Arts Center in Huntsville, Alabama on Saturday, June 9, 2007. We recorded performances and interviews there for the documentary, Songs Inside The Box. Click for more...


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