You may know Steve from The Sopranos (he plays Silvio Dante) or as the longtime guitarist from Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band. Now you can get to know him as the coolest DJ in the country, a proud throwback to the late-night hipster jocks of long-gone 1960s and ‘70s FM radio.
- Kurt Loder, MTV News.com, April 15, 2002.
little steven's underground garage, sopranos, abc, cbs, fox, dj, bruce srpingsteen, southside johnny, asbury jukes, artist united against apartheid, darlene love, lone justice, gary u.s. bonds, michael monroe, lords of the new church, arc angels, songwriter, little steven and the disciples of soul, hearts of stone, sun city, rolling stone, the rising, born again savage, renegade nation, affection, peppers & eggs, nobody loves and leaves alive, the lost boys, jon weiss, caverstomp!,
Paul Nelson was influenced early on by such guitar players as Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Michael Schenker and Billy Gibbons as well as fusion players Allan Holdsworth, Larry Carlton, Tommy Bolin and blues great Albert King. An exceptional guitarist, producer, arranger and songwriter, Paul is equally at home with rock, funk, blues, jazz, and pop and just about anything else that crosses his path! While attending Berklee College of Music, he became one of Steve Vai's first guitar students soon after he joined the band Liege Lord who then signed with Metal Blade Records. Paul co wrote and performed on the band's two most popular classic power metal albums. These releases were "Burn to My Touch" produced by Joe Buchard of Blue Oyster Cult and "Master Control" produced by the great Terry Date, known for his work with Nirvana, Sound Garden, Def-Tones, Pantera. Also released was Metal Blade's Vol. 3 compilation album distributed by Enigma / Capitol. These releases led to Paul being featured in magazines that "I could only have dreamed of seeing myself in when I first started out as an aspiring guitar player." He has since appeared in literally hundreds of magazines and on radio stations world wide, some of the most notable being Billboard, BBC, TCG, Circus, Guitar One, Kerrang, Rock Hard, Total Rock, About.com and Scream and fanzines, too many to count, along with appearing in 5 music documentary books ...
Pat Travers was born in Toronto, Canada on April 12, 1954. Soon after picking up the guitar at age 12 Pat saw the legend Jimi Hendrix perform in Ottawa. This obvious inspirational concert must have sparked the young Pat to go after the dream of becoming a star like so many of his early influences. Inspired by such guitarists as Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page, Pat began playing in bands early in his teens. His first bands were "Red Hot" and "Merge" who played in Quebec area clubs. While the early years were hard, they would eventually pay off in the form of improved musicianship, style, and exposure.
While performing with Merge, he was noticed by the 50's rock artist Ronnie Hawkins who soon had Pat off on the road performing with him. While Hawkins music was mostly old rock and roll, country and rockabilly, Pat used this experience to hone his skills and voice as Hawkins lead guitarist. After a year on the road with Hawkins, Pat traded in the tuxedoes and ties to go after his true dream, to have his own band and become a star....
pat travers,pt,ptrocks,pat travers band,pat thrall,tommy alderidge,mars cowling,sean shannon,dave la rue,kevin rian,eric frates,rick navarro,ed tierney,edtheedge, albums:
Makes No Difference,
Pat Travers
,Makin' Magic
,Putting It Straight
,Heat In The Street
,The Pat Travers
,You Missed
,Go For
What You
Know,
,Live! Boom Boom
(Out Go The Lights)
,Crash And Burn
,Is This Love
(Japanese Single)
,Is This Love
Snortin' Whiskey
(US Single)
,Snortin' Whiskey
Stateboro Blues
(Single)
,Evie
(Single)
,Black Pearl
,Valley Girl
,Hot Shot
,Best Of Pat Travers
Boom Boom
,School Of Hard Knocks
,Anthology
Vol 1
,Anthology
Vol 2
,Best Of Pat Travers
,Boom Boom
,BBC Radio 1
Live Concert
,Blues Tracks
,Just A Touch
,Hats Off To
Stevie Ray Vaughn
,Fit For A King
,Songs From The Better Blues Bureau
,Masters Of Metal
,Blues Magnet
,Cream Of The Crop
,Animal Magnetism
,Halfway To Somewhere
,Lookin' Up
,King Biscuit
,Summerdaze
,Whiskey Blues
,Best Of Blues + Live!
,King Biscuit
,Blues Tracks 2
,Don't Feed The Alligators
,Boom Boom
,BBC Radio 1
Live!
,Voices Of Classic Rock
Voices For America
,Etched In Stone
Live - Tempe, AZ
NYE 2002
,Putting It Striaight
Heat In The Street
Double CD
,Power Trio
,20th Century Masters
Best Of Pat Travers
Jean-Paul Bourelly, guitarplayer:
Born in Chicago, Bourelly's strongest impressions of the city include two formative experiences: inadvertently stumbling upon a Muddy Waters sound check outside a club; the second, playing Carlos Santana style hard rock of his first grade school band. From this perspective, his musical language began to form, blending a Haitian-American upbringing of meringue and voodoo, roots music against the backdrop of the Windy City's soulful southside - freedom (with notes), but who were really coming from a hard-edged, city blues, acid sound.I experimented with this sound, once I got it, it was time to move on ...
Devoted to jazz rhythm guitar and the man who epitomized the big band guitar style.
This site is dedicated to the master of the rhythm guitar - Freddie Green - and exists to collect and share information that will aid the big band jazz guitarist in keeping this style alive and well. Musicians, scholars, and Freddie Green fans from around the world continue to collaborate in assembling technical explanations, transcriptions, historical information, and photos for this on-line resource.
This web site is strictly a not-for-profit, educational endeavor. All research, writing, and editing is done by volunteers. The site is continuously expanding. We hope that you will find it useful throughout its evolution.