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Best known for his role as lead guitarist for the Chris Isaak band since 1995, Hershel Yatovitz has had a long and impressive career as a composer, record producer, mixing engineer, guitar player, bass player, drummer, actor and music educator.
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Rock guitarist, Robbie Blunt is best known for his work with Robert Plant during Plant’s early solo career (after he split with Jimmy Page) in the 1980s. After Led Zeppelin’s break up, Plant asked him to join his R&B pickup group, The Honeydrippers in 1981. He was considered key to Plant’s sound.
Blunt worked (before and after Plant) as a journeyman, session player or guest guitarist with a variety of bands and with numerous artists including, Julian Lennon, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Edie Brickell and Clannad to name a few. In the 1970s, Blunt was commonly sought for his guitar playing adroitness by such past bands as Bronco, Silverhead and Chicken Shack.
In 1982, Plant asked Blunt to join him in his first solo foray with, Pictures at Eleven. Blunt’s playing was said to be reminiscent of Page’s with blending of blues, Eastern influences and heavy riffing. Blunt’s contributions were far from over as he continued writing and playing on Plant’s solo breakthrough success, The Principle of Moments, 1983 (Top 10 album in the US and UK) along with its two MTV and radio hits, ‘Big Log’ and ‘In the Mood’.
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Albums
1970: Country Home
1971: Ace Of Sunlight
1973: 16 and Savaged
1975: Broken Glass
1977: The Creeper
1978: That's The Way We Are
1982: Pictures at Eleven
1983: The Principle of Moments
1985: Shaken 'n' Stirred
1988: Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars
1988: See The Light
John Kilzer
1991: Busman's Holiday
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“My language is Jazz, but I have chosen to open it & to feed it with other essential cultures that fascinate me & remind me of my origins,” Nguyên Lê
Nguyên Lê is a self-taught musician, synthesizer programmer, composer, arranger born in Paris to Vietnamese parents. He began his musical odyssey on the drums at 15, then moved on to the guitar and electric bass. He studied Visual Arts and majored in Philosophy, doing a thesis on Exoticism. Music continued to beckon and he co-created the multi-ethnic band, 'Ultramarine' in 1983 from which the CD, 'DE' was forged and considered "1989's best World Music album" by Philippe Conrath of Libération.
Experimenting with a wide array of musical styles, Nguyên Lê participated in and contributed to: rock & funk (Jim Cuomo, Madagascar tour '84), jazz standards & avant garde Jazz (bass player with Marc Ducret, guitar player with Eric Barret), Improvised Music (Yves Robert), singers (Ray Charles), Contemporary Music (André Almuro, Tona Scherchen, Marius Constant, Mauricio Kagel), Ethnic Music: African & Caribbean with Ultramarine ('85), Algerian with Safy Boutella & Cheb Mami, Indian with Kakoli, Turkish with Kudsi Erguner, Vietnamese with his “Dan Bau” (traditional one-stringed instrument) teacher Truong Tang in 1979.
September of 1987 brought him to the O.N.J. (French National Jazz Orchestra), chosen and invited for membership by director Antoine Hervé. Within this big band, he played with such musicians as Johnny Griffin, Louis Sclavis, Didier Lockwood, Carla Bley, Steve Swallow, Randy Brecker, Toots Thielemans, Courtney Pine, Steve Lacy, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Gil Evans, Quincy Jones. Nguyên Le’s work also includes programming synthesizers, effects & computers as well as writing orchestral pieces : 'Processor' composed, arranged & recorded on CD 'O.N.J. 87 & Lunik II' co-arranged with Dominique Borker & performed by the O.N.J. 1989.
By September '89 he recorded the second album with Ultramarine, and 1990 his first album as a leader, 'Miracles', was recorded in the U.S. with Art Lande, Marc Johnson & Peter Erskine. At the same time he worked with such musicians as Michel Portal, Miroslav Vitous, Trilok Gurtu, J. F. Jenny Clarke, Aldo Romano, Daniel Humair, Dewey Redman, Andy Emler, Jon Christensen, Nana Vasconcelos, Glenn Ferris, Christof Lauer, Paolo Fresu, Kenny Wheeler, and John Taylor. `
May of 1992 brought his 2nd album Zanzibar, which got the prestigious Télérama 'ffff' award. This came on the heels of a one month tour with Paul McCandless on winds, Art Lande (piano), Dean Johnson (bass) & Joël Allouche (drums). In January 1993 he recorded 'INIT', a trio with André Ceccarelli, François Moutin & guest Bob Berg, while setting up a new band focusing on the music of Jimi Hendrix, with Corin Curschellas (vocals), Steve Argüelles (drums), Richard Bona (bass). 1993 (and on) continued with frequent guest soloist appearances with Köln's WDR Big band especially with composer/director Vince Mendoza. Nguyên Lê played on three of his projects: Jazzpaña, Sketches with Dave Liebman, Charlie Mariano, Peter Erskine, & 'Downtown', with Russell Ferrante.
Nguyên Lê was the guest soloist of 'The New Yorker', a suite by Bob Brookmeyer, with Dieter Ilg (bass) & Danny Gottlieb (drums) in 1994. With these two musicians he formed his first trio, and recorded Million Waves in December of 1994 about which Télérama wrote : "This trio brings him to some musical spaces which he had not even imagined, & which are pure poetry". At the same time Nguyên Lê was playing in trio with Michel Benita (bass) & Peter Erskine, recording on Michel Portal’s new album with Ralph Towner (guitar), & working with Ornette Coleman on one of his contemporary music pieces, 'Freedom Statue'.
In June 95 he was invited by WDR BigBand in 'Azure Moon', with the Yellowjackets & Vince Mendoza. In July 1995, in the Stuttgart Festival, he was one of the guest guitar players to celebrate the “Universe of Jimi Hendrix”, besides Trilok Gurtu, Terry Bozzio, Cassandra Wilson, Jack Bruce, Vernon Reid, David Torn, Victor Bailey, Pharoah Sanders... Later playing with John McLaughlin, Michel Petrucianni, Markus Stockhausen, Enrico Rava, Ray Anderson, Kenny Wheeler, John Taylor, Dave Douglas, Wolfgang Pushnig, Uri Caine, Tigran Hamasyan, Herbie Hancock, John Scofield, Joe Lovano.
In April 1996, Nguyên Lê created Tales From Vietnam, a project on Vietnamese music, with an 8-piece band blending jazz & traditional musicians. With stage director P. J. San Bartolomé, he embarked on 'Of the Moon & the Wind', a complete show where traditional & contemporary Vietnamese dancers are integrated to the 'Tales from ViêtNam' orchestra. The CD, 'Tales From Vietnam' received great acclaim from international critics : Diapason d’Or, Choc du Monde de la Musique, Choc of Year 1996 Jazzman, 2nd best CD 96 for Jazzthing (Germany), Best CD 96 on radio TRS 2 (CH), “a minor masterpiece” Jazztimes (USA).
April 1997 brought the release of his 5th CD, Three Trios, with Marc Johnson/ Peter Erskine; Dieter Ilg/ Danny Gottlieb; & Renaud Garçia Fons/ Mino Cinelu.
JAZZIZ Magazine USA: "At times, jazz guitar can sound staid - but not in the case of N. Lê. He’s forever breaking boundaries for our benefit".
He recorded 2 CDs with Paolo Fresu’s quartet: Angel (February 1998) & Metamorfosi (April 1999). In May 1998, the 6th record was released: Maghreb & Friends, an exploration of Maghreb musical traditions & a deep collaboration with Algerian musicians.
"Far from a false world music, N. Lê simply touches, with force & intensity, to universality", F. Medioni.
N. Lê produced the 1st CD of Huong Thanh, 'Moon & Wind', entirely accomplished in his home studio. He was also nominated for the 'Victoires de la Musique' award, 1999. His CD, Bakida, is based on his regular trio with Renaud Garçia Fons (bass) and Spanish percussionist Tino di Geraldo (percussion, drums) plus guests from all over the world like Kudsi Erguner, Chris Potter, Carlos Benavent. This CD has been voted "best jazz album of the year" by "CD Compact" (Spain).
In September of 2002, the Huong Thanh CD, titled Dragonfly, was released. In June of that year N. Lê was invited by the Metropole Orchestra (Netherlands) to play his music arranged by Vince Mendoza. Purple: Celebrating Jimi Hendrix, was released in September of 2002. This was and is one of Lê’s most successful albums, with rocketing CD sales & non stop touring all over the world.
'Mangustao', Huong Thanh’s 3rd album, released in January 2004, was awarded as “Choc de la Musique” by French magazine, Le Monde de la Musique. In March of 2005 Walking on the Tiger’s Tail was released. This was a new album with his great friends Art Lande, Paul McCandless & Jamey Haddad.
“A universe where the alliance between acoustic and electric, improvisation and writing, inner delicacy and virtuosic expressivity reach the ideal balance.”(Le Monde).
Several projects were executed in 2006 : the score writing of “Le Sheitan”, a movie by Kim Chapiron with Vincent Cassel & Homescape a very electronic, improvised & mystical recording in collaboration with Paolo Fresu & Dhafer Youssef, all done at home. There was also the score for the Vietnamese movie “Saigon Eclipse” by Othello Khanh; the recording of “Mozart” last Uri Caine’s album; a 13-gig tour in the USA with “Tiger’s Tail” quartet, thanks to a CMA/FACE grant; two “classical” compositions commissioned by the Ahn Trio & the Laguna Beach Fest in Los Angeles. In addition, Nguyên Lê was unanimously awarded the guitar “Django d’Or” 2006.
In 2007, after tours in US & China, he released Fragile Beauty, the 4th album with Huong Thanh.
"Simply an album that captures the heart from the first note and leaves it hungering for more as the last one fades." (All That Jazz)
In 2008 he recorded Othello Syndrome for Uri Caine, Blauklang for Vince Mendoza & also Dream Flight, a new ELB (Erskine, Lê and Benita) album, with guest Stéphane Guillaume on sax.
His 2009 project, 'Saiyuki', assembled Japanese koto and shamisen player Mieko Miyazaki and Indian tabla player Prabhu Edouard. It draws on a renowned Chinese 16th century novel. The story’s epic excursion from China to India becomes a metaphor for the three players’ musical journeys, real or imagined(3). The CD features Mieko Miyazaki (koto) & Prabhu Edouard (tabla) and special guest Hariprasad Chaurasia (flute).
As a sound engineer he mixed and co-produced Dhafer Youssef's album, 'Abu Nawas Rhapsody', Céline Bonacina’s, 'Way of Life' & Mario Canonge's, 'Mitan'. A double-CD album covering 20 years of music creation, 'Signature Edition', was released by ACT in march 2010.
"The ample evidence of an artist whose voice has been his own from the very beginning". AllAboutJazz
He was guest soloist on Erkki Sven Tüür’s 5th symphony with Bremen Philarmonic. For the 2nd time Nguyên Lê received the CMA/FACE grant which supports the 'Saiyuki inviting Rudresh Mahanthappa' project to tour in US in the fall 2010. In 2011 he was awarded the rank of 'Chevalier de l’ordre des Arts & des Lettres' by the French Cultural minister & received the Django Reinhardt prize by French Academie du Jazz.
2011 saw the release of Lê's 'Songs of Freedom', an album with exotic interpretations of pop song hits from the 1970s with Illya Amar, Linley Marthe, St. Galland & guests Youn Sun Nah, David Linx, Dhafer Youssef, a.o. It received great acclaim from the international press - 'Record of the Year' & the cover story in Jazzmagazine/Jazzman and topped the jazz charts of Itunes and Amazon. N. Lê joined Vince Mendoza in his last album, 'Nights on Earth' and took part in the 1st International Jazz Day celebration at Unesco with Herbie Hancock.
In 2013 Lê produced the album, 'Doc Dao' for & with Hanoian singer Tung Duong, for which he received 3 awards in Vietnam : 'Best Song of the Year', 'Man of the year' and 'Best Show of the Year'. In 2014 he released, 'Celebrating the Dark Side of the Moon', a very personal version of the famous Pink Floyd album, with the NDR Bigband, Youn Sun Nah, Gary Husband & Michael Gibbs orchestrations.
He was nominated as best international guitarist for the ECHO JAZZ 2015 (German Music Award) beside Bill Frisell & Pat Metheny.
2017 brought the release of Nguyên Lê’s 16th album, 'Hà Nôi Duo'. This work was brought about through the meeting and collaboration with the Vietnamese, traditional musician, Ngo Hong Quang, with the goal of expressing & sharing with the world the soul of Vietnam, and bringing together the roots and the future of Vietnamese music.
In November, 2018 N. Lê is featured in an article in the Italian, Axe Guitar Magazine (p.22), in which he also mentions his choice of Zexcoil pickups for his renowned Tiger’s Tail guitar (p.26).
N. Lê’s much anticipated album, ‘Streams’, was released in February of 2019. Also much awaited, his album, ‘Overseas’, was released not much later in October 2019.
"Nguyên Lê’s guitar playing is technically assured and always to the point, his writing pulls the various elements impressively into shape and the album captures the sense of a world in flux“ (Financial Times)
"Vibrant music fusing jazz-inspired arrangements and the hip-hop zeitgeist, plus Vietnamese folk music on traditional instruments, it's inspiring and brings vivid images of today's Vietnam to mind" (Jazz thing)
Few musicians embody the word "fusion" more than Parisian-born guitarist Nguyên Lê. For the past 25 years he's been mining a combination of fusion by the more conventional definition — the infusion of rock energy into the jazz sphere—with fusion in a broader sense, the seamless integration of music from cultures around the world. (All About Jazz)
Nguyên Lê is a masterful, inventive player who has cultivated a wholly unique voice on the intsrument, he ranks right up there with Frisell, John Scofield, Mike Stern & Allan Holdsworth in the post Hendrix world of jazz guitar (Jazztimes)
1 The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002, edited by Andy Gregory
Walter Becker was an American songwriter and guitarist, and in partnership with Donald Fagen, formed Steely Dan in 1971. While Fagen played keyboards and sang lead vocals, Becker played bass guitar and sang background vocals in addition to co-writing (with Fagen) all of Steely Dan's compositions. Later, during the recording of Pretzel Logic, Becker picked up the guitar and left the bass playing to Chuck Rainey. The band toured for several years initially but soon decided to work only in the studio changing musicians for each album. The two collaborators gained a reputation as studio perfectionists known for making copious takes - sometimes as many as forty of each track. This fastidious persistence and steadfastness resulted in nine meticulous albums.
After several personal setbacks for Becker, he and Fagen shelved their partnership in 1981. Soon after, he moved with his family to Hawaii, focused on health and sobriety and set about producing a number of albums for various artists including Michael Franks, Fra Lippo Lippi and Ricki Lee Jones on her 'Flying Cowboys' album (Gold by the RIAA in 1997).
Becker and Fegan reunited in 1986 to collaborate on several projects and in 1993 reconstituted Steely Dan and remained active and touring until Becker's death in September of 2017.
In 2000 Becker and Fagen released four time Grammy award winning, Two Against Nature. It also won Album of the Year and was their first album collaboration in twenty years. A year later they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and received honorary doctoral degrees from Berklee College of Music. Becker would also be inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2008.
Becker would release two solo albums over his career, '11 Tracks of Whack' in 1994 and fourteen years later, 'Circus Money'.
Steve Hunter is an American guitarist and session player best known for his collaborations with Lou Reed and Alice Cooper. His numerous contributions of talent, tone and style to the projects of other artists such as Peter Gabriel, Dr John, Jack Bruce, Tracy Chapman and Aerosmith are legion.
He began his affinity with the guitar from the age of eight when he learned to play the lap steel and later moved onto the guitar while serving in the army. Starting with Mitch Ryder in 1971, he did an arrangement of Lou Reed's 'Rock and Roll' for Ryder's 'Detroit' album, which caught Reed's attention and moved him to engage Hunter and Bob Ezrin for his follow up to 'Transformer', 'Berlin'. Bob Ezrin would later remark that Hunter's copious contributions to rock music have earned him the designation of "Guitar Hero".
Hunter is also known for playing legendary riffs such as Aerosmith's "Train Kept A Rollin'", the acoustic intro on Peter Gabriel's "Solsbury Hill" and he wrote the legendary intro interlude that made Lou Reed's live version of "Sweet Jane" a first gold record (the Rock 'N' Roll Animal live set).
Hunter taught at The Musicians Institute in Hollywood for two years as a private tutor. He credits the late great LA guitar teacher Ted Greene with renewing his interest in playing after a low period in the 80's. He took lessons with Ted for about four years.
Hunter has contributed to seven Alice Cooper albums, starting in 1973 with Billion Dollar Babies up to 2010 when he featured heavily on the new, ‘Welcome 2 My Nightmare'. He completed a World tour with Alice in 2011 but left at the end of that year to write and record his new solo album, 'The Manhattan Blues Project'. This was Hunter's fifth self produced solo album. It was released in April of 2013 and featured guests, Joe Satriani, Joe Perry, Johnny Depp, Marty Friedman, Michael Lee Firkins, Tony Levin, Phil Aaberg, Tommy Henriksen, 2Cellos and Jason Becker.
In 2014 a live DVD/CD (Tone Poems Live) was released with Tony Levin (bass) Phil Aaberg (keyboard) and Alvino Bennett (drums) for a project funded and produced by Brian Brinkerhoff.
After the sad loss of his old boss, Lou Reed, in late 2013, Steve was featured in a documentary about Reed for a BBC4 Documentary by Chris Rodley called, 'Lou Reed Remembered'.
In 2015 after gathering the required evidence, Steve's wife Karen managed to get some long overdue performance royalties for Steve established with the UK based Society PPL for some classic solos that he had never been given credit for, including the opening solos on Aerosmith's 'Train Kept A Rollin' and six 'Billion Dollar Babies' tracks.
Hunter also works on music for licensing out to TV and Film as well as Chillout projects with Karen under the name 'Rue la Mer'. He recently released a solo album called, 'Before The Lights Go Out'.
Born in Bogota, Colombia to a family of musicians, Camilo Velandia grew up with so much music inside that it inevitably had to pour out. With a natural musical talent, Camilo studied piano, violin, and guitar from the age of four. Upon graduating from high school and studying with some of the nation's well known players like Jonathan Kreisberg, Mitch Farber, and others, it wasn't very long until Camilo was playing music professionally four to five nights a week and recording sessions for local artists in South Florida along the side of many grammy winning producers and artists.
Soon after, Camilo was offered the opportunity to work with Three-time Grammy Winner and internationally acclaimed singer/songwriter Jon Secada. Camilo toured several countries with Jon and got to play for large audiences in the United States and South America, and Asia. Despite his young age, he was offered the opportunity to join the top selling latin artist in history, Julio Iglesias, in his 40th anniversary world tour. With Julio, Camilo visited over 40 countries in nearly every corner of the world. He performed in stadiums and arenas for audiences of up to 250,000 people.
During his tour with Julio, Camilo had the pleasure of sharing the stage with international artists such as Alexander Kogan, Alexandre Pires, Paula Fernandes, Antonis Remos,Sally Yeh, Liel Kolet, Sherina Munaf, Caroline Campbell, and many more. Camilo continued to tour with Julio several years playing historic venues like Carnegie Hall in NYC, the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Royal Albert Hall in London, and many more. In late 2014, Camilo began touring with latin actor/artist Jencarlos Canela, traveling the US, Canada, and some of Europe.
Camilo was also the houseband guitar player for the latin hit TV ShowCHARYTIN Y FELIPE SHOW during its entire running time. In the show, he had the opportunity to play with artists such as Gilberto Santarosa, Olga Tanon, Cabas, Fanny Lu, Charlie Zaa, and many more. In 2015, he began touring with latin artist Diego Torres. Camilo has also performed with Sofia Reyes, Teedra Moses, Daddy Yankee,Marger, Dudu Fisher, to contemporary christian artists like Marcos Yaroide,Ricardo Rodriguez, and Blest. Camilo's recording credits include Frank Quintero, Marcos Yaroide, Grupo Treo, Zondre & Unstoppable Praise, and many more along the side of grammy winning artists and producers.
Sound Engineer for over 54 years, over 50 years of global touring with music, trade shows, film shoots, TV. Guitar technician, production manager, Tour manager.
Nitebob is the road manager/production coordinator for Walter Becker and Donald Fagen at Steely Dan and has worked with Ace Frehley, Lez Zeppelin, Paul Rodgers, Ian Hunter, New York Dolls, Hanoi Rocks, Silvertide, Rich Robinson, Jesse Malin, Alana Davis, Zebrahead, Silver Ginger 5, Ted Nugent, Aerosmith, REM among others.
"It’s an exceptional pickup. In the 40 plus years that I’ve been doing this, the voicing of the single coil style pickups is the best I’ve ever heard – and they don’t hum."
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Carl Harvey’s career in music spans over four decades, to the mid-1970s when he recorded with reggae immortals such as Jackie Mittoo, King Tubby and Prince Jammy, a decade which for Harvey culminated with Willi Williams’ international hit record Messenger Man and his own first solo album Ecstasy of Mankind, which since its first legitimate release on Makasound in 2005, has become a much sought-after collector’s item. Also during that time, Harvey joined Crack of Dawn, Canada’s seminal black funk band that has recently reunited for several special concerts. In 1980, Harvey joined the literal originators of the word reggae, Toots & The Maytals. Thirty-three years later, the Maytals remain one of the top touring reggae bands in the world. In just over half a century since the great Toots Hibbert founded the Maytals, they have released more than 30 albums and compilations; Harvey appears on more than 15 of these records including 2004’s Best Reggae Album Grammy Award-winning True Love. Toots & The Maytals have performed with the some of the world’s most popular artists including the Rolling Stones, Dave Matthews and Sheryl Crow; and headlined stages at major eclectic, jazz and reggae festivals worldwide such as Glastonbury, Bonnaroo, Montreal Jazz Festival, Reggae on the River, Fuji Rock,Summerjam (Cologne, Germany) as well as hundreds of others along with the global A-list of clubs & theatres. Harvey’s 2005 solo album The Times also received wide-ranging critical acclaim.
Harvey’s body of work as an engineer and producer, and his overall contribution to the development of Canadian reggae & RB, is equally as impressive as his musical canon. Three-time Juno award winner (and 4-time nominee) Kim Richardson, Canada’s first international reggae supergroup Messenjah, Sway (he produced their Juno-nominated 1989 worldwide hit ‘Hands Up’), Ojiji (with his brother Rupert), Alexis Baro and Crack of Dawn head the long list of Canadian solo artists and bands whose success bear Harvey’s indelible stamp as a producer and creative contributor.
"The guitar sounded awesome at the gig Saturday night. I found myself using less effects because I was able to pull so much nuance from the guitar I was afraid I would cover something up, however when I did use an effect it just jumped out! I'm really digging these pickups! I spent some time last night doing some AB comparisons with my other guitars and I must tell you, it was scary! There was a noticeable amount of detail missing when I went back to my stacked single coils, which I thought were really good and I was willing to make the slight tradeoff in tone loss for the absence of noise. However, the Zexcoils exhibit all the tone of a great single coil without the hum and inherent noise. I also noticed that I was able to obtain a great tone at a much lower volume as I was using an amp in my condo in the middle of the night. The stacked singles improved as I brought the volume up but at low volume they were lost! This presents quite the dilemma! I'm going to be compelled to switch out the pickups in at least a few more guitars! Lol They are truly revolutionary. It's like taking a blanket off the sound (well maybe a veil, lol) when compared to other noise canceling pickups and there is none of that ice pick tininess associated with some true single coils.”
Carl Harvey Instruments - Carl’s line of guitars (Rastacastas) which feature Zexcoil pickups.
Dr. Lawing recently had the opportunity to spend some time with Elliott at his home studio in London. In addition to cutting some demos, the Dr. conducted an extensive interview with Elliott covering his personal and professional music history as well as Elliott’s advice for guitarists and other musicians. Highlights include details on his work with Steely Dan and anecdotes from throughout his career including: Jimi Hendrix, The Band, Eddie Kramer and more.
Elliott Randall’s illustrious career has encompassed a wide and varied cross-section of World Musical forms. These include: record production, composition, electronic research and development, lectures and teaching, and of course, a legendary contribution to popular guitar performance and recording.
His guitar solos on Steely Dan’s “Reelin’ In The Years” and “Fame” (the motion picture) have entered Rock history annals.
Elliott has recorded and performed with artists as diverse as The Doobie Brothers, Carly Simon, Seatrain, The Blues Brothers, Carl Wilson, Peter Wolf, Peter Frampton, James Galway, Richie Havens, The Rochester Philharmonic and The American Symphony Orchestra, among many others. In addition, he is a favorite of esteemed songwriters Jimmy Webb, George David Weiss, Don Covay and Laura Nyro. Other credits include: music consultant for NBC Saturday Night Live and Oliver Stone, and projects with producers Jerry Wexler, Joel Dorn, Steve Lillywhite, Eddie Kramer, David Kershenbaum, Bill Szymcziyk, Eumir Deodato, Bob Crewe, Andrew Loog Oldham, Elliot Scheiner and Gary Katz among many others.
"Strat #1 has had its first hardware change since the late '70s. It's a Zexcoil Guitar Pickups SV5O in the middle position. And what an addition to the tonality of my fave solid body! One word : WOW. Totally new and different voice to my fave guitar. You rock. How can one really describe "compelling new tone due to increased frequency response?”… an additional sparkle --- not treble, but an airiness that's hard to put into words, the SV5O is absolutely outta this world. It has a character like no other (and I have quite a few pickups). Totally magical, sounds amazing … Great work, Scott!”
Johnny Oskam first landed on the music scene in Southern California when he was invited to play on stage with Jonny Lang a month before his 20th birthday. This incredible honor began the snowball effect of what would become an avalanche of success in only two and a half year's time. Since then, Oskam and his extremely talented band have opened for artists such as Shawn Jones, Tab Benoit, Tower of Power, Lee DeWyze, Eric Burdon, Albert Lee and Kenny Wayne Shepherd. Among these artists, Shawn Jones and Tab Benoit also have invited Johnny on stage to play a few songs. As time moves forward, Johnny Oskam and his band continue to gain attention from audiences and artists all over Southern California.
Anthony is the owner of Texas Blues Alley, and is the author of a large catalog of blues guitar courses and free lessons. For 6 years he ran StevieSnacks.com, a site dedicated largely to teaching the style of Stevie Ray Vaughan. In 2014 he launched Texas Blues Alley to replace it, and widen the focus.
Read MoreJohn Bendy was born in Brooklyn, New York October 5 1980. He started playing guitar at age 10. His first gig was a school talent show at age 12.
Since then there have been hundreds upon hundreds of gigs and late night jams. In his early twenties he was taken under the wing of blues masters Bill Perry and Popa Chubby. He has shared the stage with the Bendy Pastorius Group of which he was a founding member along with his brother Mike Bendy on bass and Julius Pastorius on the drums since 2007. He played guitar on Chrissie O'Dell's 2010 release 'If I had a dime' which charted extremely well on blues music charts around the nation.
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