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John Frusciante Website:
The Red Hot Chili Peppers was the first & only recording studio band John ever joined. John has played live shows with band members of Fishbone, Thelonious Monster etc. Flea (RHCP), Steven Perkins (Jane's Addiction/Porno for Pyros) and John formed a side project called the Three Amoebas. Even after consulting several different record labels, they have yet to release an official recording.
When John first joined the Chili Peppers, he was a chain smoking 18 year old.
Bob Forrest's band, Thelonious Monster, was looking for a guitarist at the same time the Peppers introduced John to them. John was the Thelonious Monsters first choice, but John didn't like the idea. Bob Forrest recruited him 5 minutes too late, as Anthony signed Frusciante to become a Pepper.
"They were my favorite band in the world. I knew every lyric, every guitar part, every solo, and bass part, and had always felt their music to be a source of peace and beauty in my life. I always felt very spiritually and philosophically connected with the band's ideals and way of life. The moment I joined the band was probably the most intense rush of pure happiness I will ever experience in my life."
During the Christmas season of 88', the Peppers debuted Frusciante as their new guitarist one the lamely named MTV festival "2hip4U" replacing the brief Duane "Blackbird" McKnight.
"John was an absolute Hillel clone", recalls Alain Johannes, a long time friend of the Chili's. "Not only did he play like him, but he stood and moved like him as well."
On May 7,1992, right in the middle of the "bloodsugarsexmagik" tour in Japan, John announced to his bandmates that he was going to leave the band. "I can no longer stay in the band any longer.I've reached a state where I cannot do justice to what we've created. I can't give what it takes to be in this band anymore."
When Gotez (a reporter) asked Frusciante what he should tell the public about his departure, he said, "Just tell them I went crazy."
The VERY expensive ($60+) book entitled "Musicians as Artists" features three of John's paintings, one in which was done by him and Flea's daughter, Clara.
Rejoined the Band (after Dave Navarro left) in May of 1998.
Played his first show with the Peppers since his 1992 departure, in Washington D.C. at the 9:30 Club which was a warm up for their Tibetan Freedom Concert gig the next ...
The Red Hot Chili Peppers was the first & only recording studio band John ever joined. John has played live shows with band members of Fishbone, Thelonious Monster etc. Flea (RHCP), Steven Perkins (Jane's Addiction/Porno for Pyros) and John formed a side project called the Three Amoebas. Even after consulting several different record labels, they have yet to release an official recording.
When John first joined the Chili Peppers, he was a chain smoking 18 year old.
Bob Forrest's band, Thelonious Monster, was looking for a guitarist at the same time the Peppers introduced John to them. John was the Thelonious Monsters first choice, but John didn't like the idea. Bob Forrest recruited him 5 minutes too late, as Anthony signed Frusciante to become a Pepper.
"They were my favorite band in the world. I knew every lyric, every guitar part, every solo, and bass part, and had always felt their music to be a source of peace and beauty in my life. I always felt very spiritually and philosophically connected with the band's ideals and way of life. The moment I joined the band was probably the most intense rush of pure happiness I will ever experience in my life."
During the Christmas season of 88', the Peppers debuted Frusciante as their new guitarist one the lamely named MTV festival "2hip4U" replacing the brief Duane "Blackbird" McKnight.
"John was an absolute Hillel clone", recalls Alain Johannes, a long time friend of the Chili's. "Not only did he play like him, but he stood and moved like him as well."
On May 7,1992, right in the middle of the "bloodsugarsexmagik" tour in Japan, John announced to his bandmates that he was going to leave the band. "I can no longer stay in the band any longer.I've reached a state where I cannot do justice to what we've created. I can't give what it takes to be in this band anymore."
When Gotez (a reporter) asked Frusciante what he should tell the public about his departure, he said, "Just tell them I went crazy."
The VERY expensive ($60+) book entitled "Musicians as Artists" features three of John's paintings, one in which was done by him and Flea's daughter, Clara.
Rejoined the Band (after Dave Navarro left) in May of 1998.
Played his first show with the Peppers since his 1992 departure, in Washington D.C. at the 9:30 Club which was a warm up for their Tibetan Freedom Concert gig the next ...
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Gavin Lurssen is an acoustic guitarist who uses a wide range of musical styles that sometimes go to the cutting edge of experimentation and technique. He is signed with Zebra Records. Distribution and marketing is through Warner/Elektra/Atlantic Corporation and Sire Records.
His original compositions and unique percussive, melodic, playing style draw upon his South African heritage to entertain full and enthusiastic audiences. He recently completed his first album of acoustic guitar instrumental music entitled, Restless, and is currently in production on a second album.
Being the son of a political journalist, Gavin came to the United States from South Africa at age sixteen and settled in the Washington, D.C. area. He attended high school in McLean, Virginia and then went on to Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts to pursue his musical interests. He played with a number of musicians around Boston, but focused mostly on his acoustic guitar music. Gavin holds a degree in Film Scoring from Berklee.
He now concentrates only on his original acoustic guitar instrumental music and occasionally works with other musicians including a guitarist, vocalist, fretless bass player, mando-cellist, percussionist or saz player (middle eastern mandolin-type stringed instrument) ...
His original compositions and unique percussive, melodic, playing style draw upon his South African heritage to entertain full and enthusiastic audiences. He recently completed his first album of acoustic guitar instrumental music entitled, Restless, and is currently in production on a second album.
Being the son of a political journalist, Gavin came to the United States from South Africa at age sixteen and settled in the Washington, D.C. area. He attended high school in McLean, Virginia and then went on to Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts to pursue his musical interests. He played with a number of musicians around Boston, but focused mostly on his acoustic guitar music. Gavin holds a degree in Film Scoring from Berklee.
He now concentrates only on his original acoustic guitar instrumental music and occasionally works with other musicians including a guitarist, vocalist, fretless bass player, mando-cellist, percussionist or saz player (middle eastern mandolin-type stringed instrument) ...
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Robert Johnson influenced the future of American music through his unassuming recordings of Delta blues in the 1930s. This site analyzes Johnson's songs as poetry, providing rudiments of verse analysis, critical discussion, full-text of the songs lyrics, and audio clips.
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Dodi Battaglia: guitar:
Dodi Battaglia nasce a Bologna il 1 giugno 1951 da una famiglia di musicisti, il padre suonava il violino, lo zio la chitarra, il nonno il mandolino e il pianoforte.
Inizia a studiare musica e a suonare la fisarmonica a cinque anni, ancora prima di leggere e scrivere. Studia questo strumento fino all'età di 14 anni poi un giorno, ascoltando un brano degli Shadows, decide che da quel momento in poi era la chitarra la sua vera passione.
Suona in vari gruppi locali fra cui i Meteors che accompagnavano Gianni Morandi, poi il grande incontro con i Pooh nel 1968.
Diventa così membro del più popolare e longevo gruppo italiano.
Inizia a suonare anche il pianoforte e a comporre sviluppando uno stile particolare che rispecchia due approcci strumentali diversi. Sua è la voce in molti brani dei Pooh fra cui Tanta voglia di lei; il primo vero grande successo del gruppo.
Ma tutto questo non gli fa dimenticare il suo grande amore per la chitarra; inizia cosi a studiare perfezionando uno stile fatto di gusto tecnica virtuosistica e di personalità.
Nel 1986 durante un tour in Germania ottiene il riconoscimento quale "miglior chitarrista europeo" insieme a Ella Fidgerald "miglior cantante".
Anche la critica italiana l'anno dopo gli conferisce il premio quale miglior chitarrista in assoluto. A tutt'oggi rimane un punto di riferimento nel panorama chitarristico italiano.
Molte sono le collaborazioni con altri artisti: Zucchero Vasco Rossi, Gino Paoli, Mia Martini, Raf, Enrico Ruggeri, Franco Mussida, Maurizio Solieri, Tommy Emmanuel e tanti altri.
La Fender, storica azienda produttrice americana di chitarre, ha voluto dedicargli una "Signature Model" una chitarra costruita e messa in commercio su sue specifiche soprannominata "Dodicaster" ...
Dodi Battaglia nasce a Bologna il 1 giugno 1951 da una famiglia di musicisti, il padre suonava il violino, lo zio la chitarra, il nonno il mandolino e il pianoforte.
Inizia a studiare musica e a suonare la fisarmonica a cinque anni, ancora prima di leggere e scrivere. Studia questo strumento fino all'età di 14 anni poi un giorno, ascoltando un brano degli Shadows, decide che da quel momento in poi era la chitarra la sua vera passione.
Suona in vari gruppi locali fra cui i Meteors che accompagnavano Gianni Morandi, poi il grande incontro con i Pooh nel 1968.
Diventa così membro del più popolare e longevo gruppo italiano.
Inizia a suonare anche il pianoforte e a comporre sviluppando uno stile particolare che rispecchia due approcci strumentali diversi. Sua è la voce in molti brani dei Pooh fra cui Tanta voglia di lei; il primo vero grande successo del gruppo.
Ma tutto questo non gli fa dimenticare il suo grande amore per la chitarra; inizia cosi a studiare perfezionando uno stile fatto di gusto tecnica virtuosistica e di personalità.
Nel 1986 durante un tour in Germania ottiene il riconoscimento quale "miglior chitarrista europeo" insieme a Ella Fidgerald "miglior cantante".
Anche la critica italiana l'anno dopo gli conferisce il premio quale miglior chitarrista in assoluto. A tutt'oggi rimane un punto di riferimento nel panorama chitarristico italiano.
Molte sono le collaborazioni con altri artisti: Zucchero Vasco Rossi, Gino Paoli, Mia Martini, Raf, Enrico Ruggeri, Franco Mussida, Maurizio Solieri, Tommy Emmanuel e tanti altri.
La Fender, storica azienda produttrice americana di chitarre, ha voluto dedicargli una "Signature Model" una chitarra costruita e messa in commercio su sue specifiche soprannominata "Dodicaster" ...
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5. BB King
The Official BB King Website:
His reign as King of the Blues has been as long as that of any monarch on earth. Yet B.B. King continues to wear his crown well. At age 76, he is still light on his feet, singing and playing the blues with relentless passion. Time has no apparent effect on B.B., other than to make him more popular, more cherished, more relevant than ever. Don't look for him in some kind of semi-retirement; look for him out on the road, playing for people, popping up in a myriad of T.V. commercials, or laying down tracks for his next album. B.B. King is as alive as the music he plays, and a grateful world can't get enough of him.
For more than half a century, Riley B. King - better known as B.B. King - has defined the blues for a worldwide audience. Since he started recording in the 1940s, he has released over fifty albums, many of them classics. He was born September 16, 1925, on a plantation in Itta Bena, Mississippi, near Indianola. In his youth, he played on street corners for dimes, and would sometimes play in as many as four towns a night. In 1947, he hitchhiked to Memphis, TN, to pursue his music career. Memphis was where every important musician of the South gravitated, and which supported a large musical community where every style of African American music could be found. B.B. stayed with his cousin Bukka White, one of the most celebrated blues performers of his time, who schooled B.B. further in the art of the blues ...
His reign as King of the Blues has been as long as that of any monarch on earth. Yet B.B. King continues to wear his crown well. At age 76, he is still light on his feet, singing and playing the blues with relentless passion. Time has no apparent effect on B.B., other than to make him more popular, more cherished, more relevant than ever. Don't look for him in some kind of semi-retirement; look for him out on the road, playing for people, popping up in a myriad of T.V. commercials, or laying down tracks for his next album. B.B. King is as alive as the music he plays, and a grateful world can't get enough of him.
For more than half a century, Riley B. King - better known as B.B. King - has defined the blues for a worldwide audience. Since he started recording in the 1940s, he has released over fifty albums, many of them classics. He was born September 16, 1925, on a plantation in Itta Bena, Mississippi, near Indianola. In his youth, he played on street corners for dimes, and would sometimes play in as many as four towns a night. In 1947, he hitchhiked to Memphis, TN, to pursue his music career. Memphis was where every important musician of the South gravitated, and which supported a large musical community where every style of African American music could be found. B.B. stayed with his cousin Bukka White, one of the most celebrated blues performers of his time, who schooled B.B. further in the art of the blues ...
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