Jude Gold (also credited as Judah Gold) is an American guitarist who has toured with

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since 2012 and has toured with

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, JGB (formerly the

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Band),

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, and more. He has been the Los Angeles editor of ''

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'' magazine since 2001, with numerous cover stories to his credit.

Career

Jude Gold is a graduate from

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. He has performed with

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, 2 Live Crew,

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and

The String Cheese Incident The String Cheese Incident (SCI) is an American jam band from Crested Butte and Telluride, Colorado, formed in 1993. The band is composed of Michael Kang (acoustic/electric mandolin, electric guitar, and violin), Michael Travis (drums and percus ...

. He has also toured with JGB (formerly known as the Jerry Garcia Band, featuring original members Melvin Seals, Donny Baldwin, Gloria Jones, and Jackie LaBranch) and Kristin Chenoweth, in addition to BX3, a group made up of bass players Stu Hamm,

, and

Billy Sheehan William Sheehan (born March 19, 1953) is an American musician. He is best known for playing the bass guitar with acts such as Talas, Steve Vai, David Lee Roth, Mr. Big, Niacin, and The Winery Dogs. He is also known for his "lead bass" playing ...

. His credits include playing on

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' ''

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'' and ''Get Salted Vol. 2'', as well as

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's ''Beach House''; Gold is also mentioned in the liner notes of

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's ''6 String Theory''. In October 2012, Gold joined Jefferson Starship as lead guitarist. He has performed in Europe, Brazil, America, Japan, Mexico, Scandinavia, and Canada with the band Gold played guitar on the Academy Award-nominated documentary, ''Daughter from Danang''. He is a well-known guitar journalist, and the subjects of his writing and interviews include

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and many ''Guitar Player'' magazine "Master Classes" (a popular column of ''Guitar Player''). Gold has also written for ''

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'', ''Rumble'', ''Frets'', and ''

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'' magazines. Gold is director of the

Guitar Institute of Technology Musicians Institute (MI) is a private for-profit music school in Los Angeles, California. MI students can earn Certificates and – with transfer of coursework taken at Los Angeles City College – Associate of Arts Degrees, as well as Bachelor ...

in Hollywood. Since 2015, Gold has been the host of a guitar podcast called No Guitar Is Safe where he interviews famous guitarists while they are both playing guitars.

Credits

*2 Live Crew, ''Shake a Lil' Somethin (Guitar) *Miguel Migs, ''Outside the Skyline'' (Guitar) *JGB, ''Welcome to our World (For Members Only)'' (Guitar) *Lee Ritenour, ''6 String Theory'' (Liner Notes) *Hed Kandi, ''Beach House'' (Guitar) *Miguel Migs, ''Get Salted, Vol. 2'' (Guitar) *Miguel Migs, ''Those Things'' (Guitar) *Stuart Hamm, ''Outbound'' (Guitar) *Stuart Hamm, ''Live Stu x 2'' (Guitar) *Stuart Hamm, ''Just Outside of Normal'' (Guitar)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gold, Jude American rock guitarists American male journalists American music journalists American music critics Jefferson Starship members American podcasters Living people Year of birth missing (living people)