Well known to play in the progressive metal band Angra, Kiko delivers with a great solo album of instrumental music. You can judge for yourself by listening to the extracts played before the interview.

Extracts of “Sounds of Innocence” played before the interview :

• Conflicted
• Reflective
• Ray Of Life
• A Perfect Rhyme

Enjoy,

Pierre.

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As Heike is very advanced in her use of the Internet, I found interesting to examine in depth this subject because I think her example is to be followed seeing the results she is getting to play more and to sell her albums.

This interview is available in video on YouTube (see player below) and as an MP3 file in the podcast feed.

Extracts from the album Serenade played before the interview :

• Pianto dell’amante
• Preludio Chopin op.15
• Secondate,aurette amiche ( Mozart, Cosi fan tutte)
• Grands variations sur Don Juan op.6

Enjoy,

Pierre.

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Rodney Branigan is part of this new generation of guitarists which completely revisit the field of acoustic guitar bringing a very personal approach which gives great music.

From the album “Sketches” played before the interview:

• The Songwriter
• Body Language
• Going Gone
• Muddy Jesus

Enjoy,

Pierre.

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The interview is available on YouTube (see viewer below) and in mp3 in the podcast feed.

The superb visual for “Stringweaver” :

Extracts from “Stringweaver” played :

• Awaki-Waki
• Practice Heart
• Nightvisions

You can also check the interview I did with him via Skype in episode #173 in 2012.

Enjoy,

Pierre.

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The video of the interview is available online on YouTube (see player below) and as an MP3 file in the podcast feed.

Extracts from “The Smorgasbord” played before the interview in the MP3 version :

• Musth
• Hells Bells
• Crossing The Rubicon
• That’s Amore

Yes you HAVE to make a stupid crazy face pic when you meet with Mattias, it’s mandatory so here you go :

Mattias Apple Horn model from Caparison :

Enjoy,

Pierre.

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Participants :

• Jonathan Bloomer from GuitarNoize
• PT from Six String Bliss
• Semi from Muzicosphere
• Myself, Pierre for The Guitar Channel
  

We talked about :

• The origin of our respective sites
• Why we enjoy doing it
• The current projects
• Some war stories

I hope you will enjoy listening to this as much as we had fun doing it.

Thanks Jon, PT and Semi for your collaboration.

Pierre.

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In fact, Mike has played behind Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Frank Zappa and many others.

During the interview we talked among other things about his excellent solo album Wing Beat Fantastic which I offer some excerpts before the interview as usual.

Extracts from Wing Beat Fantastic:

• Wing Beat Fantastic
• You Kill Me
• Inglow
• Bobeau

Until the next time, keep on playing the guitar !

Pierre.

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Here’s a legendary bass player in that episode #185 with Glenn Hughes (aka @glenn_hughes on Twitter) who is currently playing with Black Country Communion with Joe Bonnamassa.

He is not only a great bass player but also a very unique singer with a voice you recognize at the first word of a lyric.

Extracts from “Afterglow” played before the interview :

• Cry Freedom
• Afterglow
• Common Man
• Crawl

Enjoy,

Pierre.

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As I say often, there will never be too many blogs and podcasts about guitar, that’s why I am very happy to present you with an interview of Jonathan Bloomer who manages the excellent Guitarnoize I am a big fan of.

Yes, we both talk about guitars. No, we are not competitors. I think we actually complement really well each other as there are so many subjects and musicians to cover.

Coincidentally, Jon has just released a Steve Lukather interview on his blogcast here a couple of days after mine and by listening to both interviews you will be able to realize how much we cover the same subject differently.

Happy listening,

Pierre.

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For the release of his solo album Transition I had the pleasure to meet Steve Lukather for a video interview.

I have fond memories of playing over and over a VHS tape (yes, I am that old) where Steve explained his licks so you can imagine I was quite thrilled to meet the man himself.

Subjects discussed during the interview :

• His new guitar, the Luke III from Ernie Ball Music Man
• The recording of his latest solo album Transition (which I think is great)
• His guitar playing over the years
• His current projects
• And many more

As usual this interview is available in video on YouTube and in audio format in mp3 via the podcast.

Extracts from Transition played in the audio version :

• Transition
• Creep Motel
• Rest Of The World
• Smile (the superb instrumental song we talk about in the interview)

Enjoy,

Pierre.

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We all have in mind the slightly annoying synth riff of “The Final Countdown” when it comes to Europe. At least it was the case for me until I listened to their latest album called “Bag Of Bones” which allowed me to discover a powerful music.

So it was with great pleasure I interviewed John Norum, Europe‘s lead guitar player to talk about this album.

Extracts played from “Bag Of Bones” :

• Riches To Rags
• Demon Head
• Mercy You Mercy Me
• Not Supposed To SIng The Blues

Enjoy,

Pierre.

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It seems that the countries from northern Europe have something special to have so many incredible guitar players, Mika Tyyskä from Finland and also known as Mr Fastfinger is one of them.

“In Motion” is a great music album full of superb guitar playing. Yes you will hear some heavy shredding in there but this is NOT your typical shredder’s album, it’s way more than that. Mika’s music is both intriguing and enjoyable.

Extracts from “In Motion” played before the interview:

• Little Wind
• Motion Beat
• Beach Turtles
• Unravel

Enjoy,

Pierre.

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For the first time ever in the show I present you with an interview of an american musician whose main instrument is NOT the guitar but her great voice.

Beth Hart has played with so many guitar players (from Jeff Beck to Joe Bonnamassa) I thought it was interesting to interview her.

Her last album Bang Bang Boom Boom is full of great songs and cool guitar tones by Randy Flowers.

I can also highly recommend the album she has recorded with Joe Bonnamassa “Don’t Explain”:

Extracts played before the interview:

• Sinner’s Prayer – Beth Hart and Joe Bonnamassa “Don’t Explain”
• For My Friends – Beth Hart and Joe Bonnamassa “Don’t Explain”
• Well, Well – Beth Hart and Joe Bonnamassa “Don’t Explain”
• Bang, Bang, Boom, Boom – Beth Hart “Bang, Bang, Boom, Boom”

Enjoy,

Pierre.

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It’s a very special interview I propose you in this show because you might not know that but I am a big fan of Rory Gallagher who died in 1995 so I jumped on the occasion to interview Rory’s brother, Donal, who followed him a lot on the road and who his taking care of Rory’s legacy now.

In this interview Donal tells the whole story about how Rory almost joined the Rolling Stones after Mick Taylor quit in 1974. You will hear this and many more about Rory’s music.

Who is the guitar player has NOT fantasized about Rory’s battered 61 Stratocaster?

All Rory’s albums are currently rereleased on CD so it’s the perfect time to (re)discover the music of this great guitar player who disappeared way to soon.

Extracts played before the interview:

• Laundromat from Rory Gallagher
• Barley And Grape Rag from Calling Card
• Title track from Calling Card
• Walk On Hot Coals from Irish Tour 74

A really cool YouTube videos where you will hear Rory talking about his 61 Strat:

Enjoy,

Pierre.

PS: please note that at the end of the interview I had a glitch with my phone recording software that’s why the interview is stopping a bit abruptly. Sorry about that.

Update September 3rd 2012

After I put this interview online Donal sent me a mail to give some more details, here’s an extract from the mail.

“…Thank you for the link, however on listening through the interview, I noted that I may have mistakenly said it was the mid-fifties (might be the audio quality mid sixties) as to when Rory purchased his ‘stratocaster’, it should be ’63.”

.

“Also, you asked me of high – points in my brother’s career, I overlooked his meeting and recording with Muddy Waters, for the ‘London Sessions’ album – this was most important to him.”

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Marty Friedman (aka @_martyfriedman_) is one of those guitar super stars who seems to be going from one project to another non-stop.

I had the pleasure to catch him on Skype for the interview you will hear in this episode. He was in Tokyo, I was in Paris so no surprise the sound is kind of weird here and there.

Extracts played before the interview:

• Weapons Of Ecstacy (Bad D.N.A.)
• School Spirit Delin  (Bad D.N.A.)
• Aitakatta (Tokyo Jukebox 2)
• Canon A La Koto (Tokyo Jukebox 2)

Enjoy,

Pierre.

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I was very happy to interview Simon McBride (aka @smcbridemusic) via Skype as his music kept on showing up when I did some listening in shuffle mode to go through all the music I receive.

And each time it happened I said to myself  ”I really MUST have this guy in the show!”.

That’s the method I use: I hit play and if the music I hear interests me I take a note. When it happened several times for the same artist, it really means I am on to something.

Extracts played before the interview:

• Devil’s Road (Since Then)
• Tear Down Your Soul (Since Then)
• Down To The Wire (Nine Lives)
• Rich Man Falling (Nine Lives)

Happy listening,

Pierre.

PS: note that toward the end of the interview there is a weird offset between our voices so it sounds like we are talking at the same time and like there were some long silences during our conversation. I had to way to correct that after the fact. Sorry about that.

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For this episode #150 I am very happy to present you with an interview from guitar super star Richie Kotzen (aka @Richie_Kotzen) himself! He was in Paris a couple of weeks ago for a concert and I had the opportunity to meet him right before the gig.

I cannot recommend enough his latest CD “24 Hours” which is shock full of good songs, excellent singing and awesome guitar parts.

Extracts from his album “24 hours” played before the interview:

• Get It On
• 24 Hours
• I Don’t Know Why
• Help Me

Richie’s guitar pics right before the show (notice the inboard tuner around the volume pot):

Enjoy,

Pierre.

PS: thanks Michelle (aka @mholland5001) for putting me in contact with Richie’s management to organize the interview.

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I am very happy to present you with the second interview on the Channel of a women guitar player with Clare Free (aka @ClareFree1).

As a reminder the first women interviewed was Heike Matthiesen whom I interviewed in french in episode #103 at last year MusikMesse. I also did more recently an interview with her in english that I will publish in the near future.

We need more women playing the guitar!

Let’s concentrate now on Clare who has just released a great blues album called “Dust And Bones”:

 Extracts played before the interview:

• Believe In Me
• Stronger Than You Think
• Smaller Miracles
• Scars

Fours songs from the a previous EP “How It Is” are downloadable for free from Clare web site, check this page: www.clarefree.co.uk/download-songs/

Enjoy,

Pierre.

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Another guitar super star on this episode with none other than Lee Ritenour.

I had the opportunity to call him on his cell during a 15 minute break he was taking during a recording session of his next album.

Extracts played in the episodes are from the “Six String Theory” album published in 2010:

• Lay It Down (feat. Lee Ritenour & John Scofield)
• 68 (feat. Neal Schon, Slash & Steve Lukather)
• Why I Sing the Blues (feat. Keb’ Mo’, B.B. King, Vince Gill, Lee Ritenour & Jonny Lang)

Enjoy,

Pierre.

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Last week in episode #145 I published the interview with Eric Bibb, now is the time to enjoy a song performed by him and beautifuly filmed as always by my usual partner in crime for video, Nicolas Esposito (aka @nesposit) from Rendez-Vous Création.

The link to Nicolas’s blog post on his own website is here.

Enjoy,

Pierre.

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It’s a great pleasure for me to present you with a second interview with the great blues man Eric Bibb (aka @ericbibb). The first one is in episode #68. He was in Paris for a cameo appearance at the New Morning but he will be back to play his own gig on April 2nd.

Extracts from Deeper In The Well:

• Dig A Little Deeper In The Well
• Could Be You, Could Be Me
• Money In Your Pocket
• Movin’ Up

Three great photos taken during the interview by Nicolas Esposito from Rendez-Vous Création (www.rendezvouscreation.org):

Don’t forget if you are in the Paris area, Eric Bibb is playing at the New Morning on April 2nd 2012.

Enjoy,

Pierre.

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Last week I published the Bryan Beller interview in episode #142, this week none other than Guthrie Govan himself.

As you can guess I was thrilled to speak to Guthrie who is one of the srongest rising star of guitar playing. It’s the kind of musician you hear about in guitar magazine way before you hear their music then you discover what they do and you’re blown away!

Yes, Guthrie is THAT good.

Photo by Alex Solca

Song extracts from the album played before the interview:

• Get It Like That
• Sweaty Knockers

They will be playing in Paris on March 14th 2012 in Paris at La Scène Bastille (www.la-scene.com) so if you are around, don’t miss that! The rest of the tour dates are on their website here.

Enjoy,

Pierre.

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The Aristocrats is what you can call a super group with Guthrie Govan on the guitar, Bryan Beller on bass on Marco Minnemann on drums. I had the great opportunity to talk to 2 out of the 3 members of the band.

Here is part 1 of 2 with the interview of Bryan Beller who also played with none other than Steve Vai among many others.

I tremendously enjoyed the Aristocrats debut album. Yes, it’s chock full of incredible technical work but it is even more full of great songs with great melodies and feelings all over the CD.

We are talking music here, it’s NOT a boring intellectual jazz-fusion thing. I can’t wait to see those guys play live.

Song extracts from the album played before the interview:

• Flatlands
• I Want A Parrot

They will be playing in Paris on March 14th in Paris at La Scène Bastille (www.la-scene.com) so if you are around, don’t miss that! The rest of the tour dates are on their website here.

Next episode will have the Guthrie Govan interview.

Enjoy,

Pierre.

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I am happy to present you with an interview of Tony Macalpine, one of the not-so-numerous survivor of the 80s shredder era. He has a very rich career so far and his latest album rocks big time.

If you are into metal and high class guitar playing, you will sure enjoy Tony’s work.

Extracts played before the interview:

• Blue Maserati
• Dream Mechanism
• Ölüdeniz
• Flowers For Monday

If you are in the Paris, France area, Tony will play March 21st at Le Divan du Monde. All the tour dates are in the Tours page of his website.

Enjoy,

Pierre.

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Philip Sayce (aka @philipsayce on Twitter) is a very prolific and talented singer and guitar player, here he is with another very powerful album called Steamroller (Release date: February 27th 2012).

To speak about it we did a Skype interview just last week so, hot from the press if I can say, here is the second interview of Philip on The Guitar Channel (the first one is in episode #058).

Steamroller extracts played before the interview:

• Steamroller
• Black Train

Enjoy,

Pierre.

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For the second time I had the pleasure to meet and interview Bjorn Berge the great norwegian guitar player. The first time was last year in episode #78. The guy can be pretty intimidating but he is very cool and extremely nice.

I was at his New Morning show the night before we did the interview, he gave a superb show. The place was packed and the crowd very responsive to Bjorn. I highly recommend seeing him on stage, he rocks BIG time with “only” his 12 string guitars.

Here he is now with his latest CD called Blackwood.

Extracts played before the interview:

• Blackwood
• Woodstock
• Sick’N Tired
• Blues For One

Enjoy,

Pierre.

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I met Eric McFadden when he was in Paris for a couple of shows as well as promoting his latest album “Bluebird On Fire”. He has a great voice, knows his way around a guitar and has a very wide range of styles he masters, from rock to deep roots blues to more funky stuff as well as more melancholic music.

It was a pleasure to discuss with him, check out his music or his show if you live nearby.

www.EricMcFadden.com

Concert dates:

15/11 - Mantes La Jolie - Blues Sur Seine
16/11 - Mantes La Jolie - Blues Sur Seine
17/11 - Mantes La Jolie - Blues Sur Seine
18/11 - Mantes La Jolie - Blues Sur Seine
19/11 - Roanne - Papillon Bleu
20/11 - Ensisheim - Caf’ Conc’
22/11 - Ensisheim - Caf’ Conc’
25/11 - Blois - Maison de Begon

Bonne écoute,

Pierre.

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Hello,

After the interview published in episode #124, here is the video of “Pound Of Flesh” song from the lasted Popa Chubby album ”Back To New-York City”.

Once more, Nicolas Esposito de Rendez-Vous Création has done a great job to capture on video this moment. Thanks A TON Nicolas.

Here a few pictures taken during the session:

Pierre.

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For the 2nd time (see #81 for the 1st interview), I had the pleasure to interview Popa Chubby as he was in paris to promote his latest album Back To New York City. After the interview we did a video recording of the song Pound Of Flesh you will see in next week episode.

Picture: Nicolas Esposito (http://rendezvouscreation.org)

Meeting and interviewing Popa is always some kind of adventure, this time we were supposed to to the interview in a radio studio but during the show he broke two strings so we had to go back to the hotel to get some new strings. We ended up doing the interview in the basement of his hotel in the gym room!

Extracts from Back To New York City played before the interview:

• Pound Of Flesh
• Back To New-York City
• A Love That Will Not Die
• She Made Me Beg For It.

Don’t forget to check out next week episode with the video recording of Pound Of Flesh!

Happy listening,

Pierre.

PS: Popa will play the Olympia on November 20th with Walter Trout.

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Do you have any idea how it feels to get to interview such a guitar legend a Mr Leslie West?? Maybe be Mr West is not THAT famous among younger guitar players but he is cited as an influence by many people.

I had a blast discovering his latest CD “Unusual Suspects” which is full of georgous guitar tones with an incredible range of guitar guests:

• Billy F Gibbons
• Slah
• Zakk Wylde
• Steve Lukather
• Joe Bonamassa

I hope you will enjoy the interview I did with him on the phone.

Extracts:

• Standing On A Higher Ground
• Third Degree
• I Feel Fine
• My Gravity

Happy listening,

Pierre.

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Here is a transcription by Jenn at Random Chatter Music of the Bjorn Berge interview I did back in episode #78.

Link to the PDF transcription

Good reading,

Pierre.

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For the first time ever, a guitar player from Central America on show, please meet Hedras Ramos from Guatemala!

This musician is only 19 but is showing a musical maturity way beyond his age. His latest album (no, it is not his first CD, it’s the third one!) “Atoms And Space” is a great CD I took a lot of pleasure to discover. For sure Hedras is only getting started.

Extracts played from the album “Atoms And Space”:

• Glorious War
• Virtual Tangles
• Stars and Comets
• Atoms of Distortion

Links:

• www.reverbnation.com/hedrasramos
• www.youtube.com/hedrasramoslive
• www.facebook.com/hedrasramoslive
• www.roland.co.uk/bosscomp/

Enjoy,

Pierre.

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Hello,

Here is a video soundseeing of my beautiful Rittenhouse Telecaster (www.rittenhouseguitars.com).

The whole Rittenhouse Telecaster Story of this guitar is there in 5 parts:

• Part 5
• Part 4
• Part 3
• Part 2
• Part 1

If you want sone more there is another video in french here and also an audio only episode with a soundseeing of the same guitar here.

Enjoy,

Pierre.

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For this episode #107 I have very happy to have Jon Herington with me on the show. I really enjoyed his album Shine (Shine Shine) which is an excellent mix of Rock, Soul and Blues at the same time.

Extracts played in the show:

• Aveline
• Everything
• Harsh Light
• Say You’ll Stay

Links:

• www.jonherington.com
• facebook.com/JonHerington
• twitter.com/HeringtonBand

Happy listening,

Pierre.

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Hello,

Mini-interview with Paul Reed Smith done at the 2011 MusikMesse 2011 on Friday April 8th.

After that there is some image of the PRS booth then extracts from the mini-concerts with Orianthi, David Grissom, Davy Knowles and PRS himself.

Enjoy,

Pierre.

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For the second time I had the great pleasure to interview the very tall Paul Gilbert while he was in Paris finishing his 40 date solo tour to promote his own album “Fuzz Universe”.

Last time I met the guy was last year when he was touring with MrBig, the interview is on episode #26.

During the interview I asked questions on “Fuzz Universe” but also on “What If…” the next MrBig record which will be released in Europe early 2011.

Great shot of Paul by Nidhal Marzouk (www.yog-photography.com) during the Trabendo show in Paris on December 19th:

Extracts heard by order of appearance:

• Olympic (Paul Gilbert – Fuzz Universe)
• Mantra The Lawn (Paul Gilbert – Fuzz Universe)
• Bach Partita In Dm (Paul Gilbert – Fuzz Universe)
• American Beauty (MrBig – What If…)
• Around The World (MrBig – What If…)
• Unforgiven (MrBig – What If…)

Happy listening,

Pierre.

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Popa Chubby is a New-York born guitar player which is pretty famous in France, I had the pleasure to interview him just before he played the Cabaret Sauvage in Paris.

As usual, before the intervie you will hear some extracts from his latest album “The Fight Is On”:

• The Fight Is On
• We Got Some Rocking To Do
• The Right Time
• Steelhorse Serenade

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Here is a great acoustic norwegian guitar player in this episode. I had the pleasure to meet Bjorn Berge while he was in Paris for a couple of shows.

I saw him play for the Dixiefrog label party in Le Bataclan, it is quite something to see and hear this giant play for a packed house, he knows how to set the audience on fire.

Happy listening,

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Back in april I had the pleasure to meet none other than an idol of mine, Nuno Bettencourt while he was in Paris for the Rihanna tour, here is a word-by-word complete written transcription done by Jenn at Random Chatter Music (metalichicka.wordpress.com).

The audio recording of the interview is in episode #57.

Direct link to the PDF transcription

Happy reading,

Pierre.

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For the second time I had the opportunity to talk with Dave Weiner. The first time was in episode #32 to talk with Dave about his life as the guitar player for Steve Vai (whom you can hear the interview in episode #25), this time the occasion was to talk about his solo album called “On Revolute”.

Happy listening,

Pierre.

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I had the pleasure this quiet but VERY intense bluesman, believe me, he has a DEEP voice and it is quite a feat to interview such a nice gentleman with such an articulate way to express himself.

His album “Booker’s Guitar” is a pure joy and if Eric plays near you, go check him out!

Eric official website: www.ericbibb.com

Happy listening,

Pierre.

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Let me tell you it was quite a ride the past 12 months. Even in my wildest dreams when I started I did not think about being able to meet so many great musicians, from Steve Vai to Pierre Bensusan??? No Way!! And here we are, 50 episodes later with many interviews and guitar soundseeings, one year later, going stronger than ever.

The VERY impressive equiment Vernon uses on stage:

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As a follow-up to episode #025 (where you can listen to a Steve Vai interview) I did a Skype interview with his guitar player for the last 10 years, Dave Weiner.

The 35 minutes plus conversation was recorded through Skype so please excuse the couple of drop-outs you will hear here and there.

Thanks a ton to Dave who took the time to answer all my questions.

Watch out on his website for his up-coming solo album very soon…

Links:

• www.daveweiner.com
• www.riffoftheweek.com
• www.youtube.com/riffoftheweek

Happy listening,

Pierre.

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I was able to meet Paul Gilbert for a 15 minute interview a couple of hours before the MrBig show in Paris at Le Bataclan on September 16th 2009.

As per his reputation, Paul was very nice and answered all my questions.

Happy listening,

Pierre.

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For the first time (and most probably not the last) this episode is 100% in english. It is the same Vai interview available on show #024 but with an english intro and outro. This way all the english speaking people will be able to get the full “LCG” experience.

During the 30min interview, Steve talks about his latest live CD/DVD “Where The Wild Things Are”, his music, his band, his guitars, etc…

The full audio interview is available in this episode.

PLEASE let me know what you think: post a comment here, drop me a line at pjournel@gmail.com, on Twitter @theguitarchnnl or on the fanpage www.facebook.com/theguitarchannel.

Happy listening,

Pierre.

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Hello,

Here is a small part of the Tommy Emmanuel soundchek I shot with my iPhone 3G at the New Morning in Paris on 04/05/09.

Pierre.

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Here is an audio recording of the Tommy Emmanuel soundcheck, recorded on 05/05/09 at the New Morning in Paris.

Pierre.

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The intro of this show is in french then the interview in english kicks of at 8:22 into the mp3 file.

Links:

• www.tommyemmanuel.com
• www.maton.com.au: Tommy’s guitar
• www.pamrose.com: opening artist
  

Enjoy,

Pierre.

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