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From mortgages to music: Alton luthier Michael Nickel builds guitars by hand

Nickel is the one-man show behind Flyway Guitars, Alton’s own guitar-making and restoration business. Started two years prior ...

Phil Upchurch, Jazz Guitarist and Sideman to Stars, Dies at 84

A self-taught session man extraordinaire, he played with a constellation of stars, including Michael Jackson, Curtis Mayfield, Chaka Khan and Dizzy Gillespie.