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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The maker of the Gibson guitar, founded in Kalamazoo more than a century ago and omnipresent for decades on the American music stage, is filing for bankruptcy protection after ...
Editor's note: This is one in a series of stories about Kalamazoo's guitar-making heritage. Go here to read the full series. KALAMAZOO, MI -- Owners of Kalamazoo-made Gibson guitars have been proudly ...
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The former Gibson plant in Kalamazoo will soon become a REVERB by Hard Rock hotel, according to a news release Monday. REVERB by Hard Rock Kalamazoo is expected to embody the ...
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — A new hotel by Hard Rock Hotels is expected to move in to the Kalamazoo site that was once home to Gibson Guitar. The new business casual hotel on Parsons Street in the ...
KALAMAZOO, MI — Heritage Guitar Inc. stepped in front of possible pending litigation by filing a defensive lawsuit against Gibson Brands Inc., who they say is threatening legal action over perceived ...
From its mandolin-making origins to today’s status as one of the most iconic guitar brands in the world, Gibson has seen its fair share of brave new shapes, sounds and technologies, alongside the rise ...
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The iconic Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Manufacturing Co. site in downtown Kalamazoo will be redeveloped into a new hotel property, under plans that will retain the smokestack. Historic ...
Read full article: Watch: Fireworks tent in northern Michigan catches fire, spectacularly explodes Orville H. Gibson, the founder of Gibson guitars in Kalamazoo, died on August 19, 1918. (WDIV) ...
Gibson Brands, maker of iconic guitars that allowed the likes of Elvis and B.B. King to tell their musical stories, filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday. Gibson has a downtown factory within the ...
For decades, Gibson built its acoustic guitars at a factory in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Artists such as B.B. King and Johnny Cash made the instruments famous. Mandolin designer Orville Gibson opened the ...
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H Irene Stearns was one of the gals in Kalamazoo. The Glenn Miller Orchestra proclaimed in 1942, “I Got a Gal in Kalamazoo ...
Gibson is delving into its storied past to build a new series of limited-edition guitars called the Archive Collection, and the first model has been crafted from a drawing penned in 1957 by the ...