Review: Mr. Big – What if?
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Sebastian
I remember sitting in a Paul Gilbert guitar clinic and one of the attendees asking “why do all your records open with the best song and then kind of, well, dwindle down?” This must have been after Bump Ahead and the guy was referring to Colorado Bulldog, Daddy, Brother, Lover and little Boy, and Addicted […]
Review: Yngwie Malmsteen – Relentless
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Sebastian
For a time I used to dread new Yngwie albums because they seemed to be a collection of old riffs put together differently and feature little variation. Seeing him live over the years I got the impression that he gets fatter, faster and sloppier. His newest release Relentless is a bit more original though uninspired […]
Review: Jack Johnson – To the Sea
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Sebastian
I am an old-school Jack Johnson listener, meaning I mainly listen to Brushfire Fairytales and On and On. The kids record and Sleep through the static not so much. To the Sea feels like the direction is more with the old stuff, however, with a more refined instrumentation. There is an ever present piano/keyboard in […]
Review: Bret Michaels – Custom Built
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Sebastian
Ok, let me be honest about it: I love Poison’s Flesh & Blood. It is one of the albums that has influenced me and my guitar playing most and I have listened to it countless times and still do. Poison after that has ups and downs, mostly downs though. Michael’s latest solo effort is… an […]
Jamie Cullum mood lift
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Sebastian
I think I mentioned somewhere that we saw Jamie rock the rain in Hamburg in August, opening with a mash-up of Singing in the Rain and Rihanna’s Umbrella. Here he is playing guitar and commanding the crowd to sing along nicely, on one of my favorite tracks.
Got my Stevie Salas back
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Sebastian
Three years ago when we moved back to Hamburg we decided to not display the 800+ CDs in our living room anymore, since everything was digital anyway. That is a lot of CDs, I can tell you, we used to have a thin rack behind the door up the wall. Anyway, it turns out that […]