Review: Paul Gilbert – Vibrato
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Sebastian
As you might remember from entries like this about Steve Lukather, Steel Panther and of course my review of the latest Mr. Big album that I am quite a fan of Paul Gilbert. As mentioned not only of his guitar chops but his songwriting as well. For those who don’t know Paul aside from Mr. […]
Review: Richie Sambora – Aftermath of the Lowdown
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Sebastian
Richie Sambora is mostly known as Bon Jovi guitarist and ex-husband of Heather Locklear and Denise Richards. Very unfortunate because he’s a brilliant blues guitarist and composer. Stranger in this Town (1991) and Undiscovered Soul (1998) were great blues records and I was very much waiting for a new record, especially since Bon Jovi are […]
Joyful, joyful: Steel Panther ftw
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Sebastian
As you know bands like Poison, White Lion, Warrant, Baton Rouge and Lynch Mob are among my favorites, hell, Bon Jovi’s Slippery When Wet was my entrence door to harder music. Funny as that might seem when you consider that my later guitar heroes naturally include lads like Nuno, Paul Gilbert, Satch, Steve Vai, Malmsteen […]
Spotify. Yes, it has a future. It’s better than sliced bread.
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Sebastian
I remember very distinctly the moment when I decided that I would not only have my music collection on the server at home but also on my laptop. All of 800+ CDs at my fingertips, all the gems from my adolescent years. Tracks in the order of my Japanese import, as I remember it, not […]
Review: Flying Colors live in Hamburg, Markthalle 9/9/2012
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Sebastian
I said in March that Flying Colors‘ new and first record would be a hot contender for album of the year and that still holds true. Last night they came to Hamburg to play only their third show, first show in Europe. And it was great! (See some bad photos here.) I had to miss […]
A long musical story about 4 1/2 almost perfect minutes
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Sebastian
(the writing might be slightly inspired by three books I read recently: Gentlemen, we’re living on the edge, Red, and Home Ice) As a musician I am not very complicated. I have somewhat high standards in regards to the people I play with, yes, but when it comes to myself I don’t think I suffer […]