As he approaches his 60th birthday this summer, instrumental rock guitar hero Joe Satriani appears to be trying not to become a nostalgia act via his top-selling breakthrough release, Surfing With the Alien, from 1987. Yet he’s dipping his toe in that water on his current From Surfing to Shockwave tour by playing tunes from that time-tested gem through his latest CD, last … [Read more...]
Guitar master Beck’s SunFest set fights sound problems
Set to turn 67 next month, Jeff Beck is one of three famed British lead guitarists who played with 1960s pop/rock group the Yardbirds, the others being Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page. And each followed that stint by diving into heavy blues-rock: Clapton with Cream; Page with Led Zeppelin, and Beck with his self-titled group. But while Clapton left Cream to pursue simpler pop … [Read more...]
California Guitar Trio offers classic diversity in Jupiter show
The California Guitar Trio drew a near-capacity crowd to Florida Atlantic University's Lifelong Learning Society Auditorium in Jupiter on Saturday night, and entertained a diverse audience (with ages ranging from 20s to 80s) with an equally diverse song list. But diversity is a natural trait for a trio of acoustic guitarists made up of one American (Paul Richards, from Salt … [Read more...]
Revered acoustic-guitar trio celebrates 20th with Jupiter stop
For a group that named itself for the state where it formed -- doubting that it might ever get to play elsewhere -- the California Guitar Trio (www.cgtrio.com) has achieved stratospheric success. The CGT's three acoustic guitarists, Paul Richards, Bert Lams and Hideyo Moriya, have recorded a dozen CDs together and navigated several tours of the United States, Canada, South … [Read more...]