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Whitefish

11-13-2008, 12:08 AM

He is simply awesome!

nightliner

11-13-2008, 01:30 AM

Excellant! I really loved the acoustic stuff he did with McGlaughlin(sp) and DeLucia.

Steve Mahoney

11-13-2008, 01:31 AM

Thane man is a legend .

PhaseDance

11-13-2008, 04:00 AM

Technically, very impressive. You'd be hard-pressed to hear anyone cleaner or faster.

http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/9cadbYIzhqQ/default.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cadbYIzhqQ)http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/sa-GfWknNPk/default.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa-GfWknNPk)http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/sGCo9XHmKck/default.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGCo9XHmKck)
http://i3.ytimg.com/vi/VfHuHucgLY8/default.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfHuHucgLY8)http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/aRpJM9Cj0B0/default.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRpJM9Cj0B0)http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/ObROi0xCwgw/default.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObROi0xCwgw)

yesyadda

11-13-2008, 04:31 AM

I think I saw him years ago. Must check tickets stubs. Yesh an accomplished musician.

michael

11-13-2008, 02:07 PM

Cielo e' Terra and Soaring Through a Dream are my two favourites from Al. I met him briefly in Toronto before a gig.

PhaseDance

11-13-2008, 02:29 PM

Cielo e' Terra and Soaring Through a Dream are my two favourites from Al. I met him briefly in Toronto before a gig.
Good call. He recorded those two (along with Tirami Su) for Manhattan Records. By the mid-eighties, he started to develop a bit of depth which was sorely lacking from his earlier speed-and-volume-for-their-own-sake approach.

I've got a nice snapshot of the two of us from his last 'World Sinfonia' line-up tour. He played acoustic the entire show, which is my preference. Great concert.

edarnold

11-13-2008, 02:37 PM

I saw Al a couple years ago acoustic no less with Stanley Clarke and Jean Luc Ponty (Rite of Strings). Fabulous musician.
I missed Return To Forever, AGAIN. :(

oliasdoug

11-13-2008, 07:12 PM

Having seen Al in person on the Romantic Warrior tour of 1976, I agree with you 101%. The only other guitarist I've heard come close to him is Allan Holdsworth. It would be incredible if those 2 were ever to do a duet album.

BTW, I had to miss RTF's reunion tour this summer, too....really tore me up. The only comfort I'm taking from that is knowing that they are making a DVD of the concert tour.

chipperoo

11-13-2008, 07:50 PM

Having seen Al in person on the Romantic Warrior tour of 1976, I agree with you 101%. The only other guitarist I've heard come close to him is Allan Holdsworth. It would be incredible if those 2 were ever to do a duet album.

Agreed.......although Mr. McLaughlin is incredible too......Al has been one of my guitar heroes since he joined RTF

YESMAN90125

11-13-2008, 08:16 PM

oliasdoug

11-14-2008, 06:28 AM

nightliner

11-14-2008, 02:58 PM

I think I saw him years ago. Must check tickets stubs. Yesh an accomplished musician.

Thanks for the reminder. I did see him years ago and the warm-up act was UK.

GeddyRules

11-14-2008, 06:59 PM

This past summer I splurged for a VIP package for "Return To forever" in Atlanta and had the honor of meeting Al (and his co-horts), and he was nothing short of a gentleman (as were they all).

Incredible player.

NP: OPETH ~ Watershed