Upfront with Little Feat's Paul Barrere and Fred Tackett, two guys who still get a huge charge out of just sitting down and playing together. After all, they're the guitar heart of the band that brought us "Dixie Chicken" and "Sailing Shoes". Paul, along with the great Lowell George, established the clean, lean Stratocaster slide guitar sound as the calling card of Feat's musical "salad bowl" as he calls it. Fred Tackett has recorded with everyone from A for Allman Brothers to W for Jimmy Webb, as well as Bob Dylan, Rita Coolidge, Jackson Browne, Bob Seger, Rickie Lee Jones, Rod Stewart and Bonnie Raitt in between! He and Paul play and slide their way through the history of one of America's great rock bands.
Slava Gregoryan plays with classical guitar with effortless virtuosity….perhaps because his early training came from his violinist dad. Something must have been right, because Slava became the youngest ever finalist at the Tokyo International Guitar Competition. The New York Times called him "a singular talent". He has a mesmeric left hand, a hip pocket full of talent and the kind of attitude that could shake up anyone's preconception of classical players.
Own an acoustic guitar? Gave up and put it back in its box? Well, Rod McCormack, the studio guitar whiz, is about to help you get it out and get it on! This is one of the simplest series of tips you will ever get… a fingerpicking technique you can use for many different styles, but with no guarantee that it will you into Rod's band until you've practiced it well!
And to take us out, Jack Bruce tells us about the writing of a true rock guitar classic .… original Cream meets more recent Eric Clapton live, as we segue from Sunshine of Your Love to Sunshine of Your Love.
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