It’s Microwave Dave Day!

Microwave Dave Onstage - Trace“Microwave” Dave Gallagher is one of the giants of the Cigar Box Guitar performance world, and a legendary figure in and around Huntsville, Alabama. He has been a big part of Huntsville’s cigar box guitar festival over the years and this year has been honored by the city with his own day – June 28 is officially Microwave Dave Day!

In honor of this special day, AL.com has published a nice article that tells the story of Microwave Dave, the man and the musician.

Click here or on the image to the right to check out the article.

John Nickel and Joe McCormack talk Cigar Box Guitars on Absolutely Alabama TV Show

Our friends John Nickel of Nickel Cigar Box Guitars and Joe McCormack of ALNA Cigar Box Guitars recently spent some time in front of the cameras, talking cigar box guitars with Fred Hunter of the Absolutely Alamaba TV show. John and Joe run the world’s first cigar box guitar retail shop down in Huntsville, Alabama, and are the center of an amazing community of builders and players in that area.