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Eric Johnson completes new studio album

Spotted this on Guitar Legends: Eric Johnson has just finished a new studio album, and has scheduled 4 Texas shows with his Alien Love Child band. From the official post on Johnson's site:

"Johnson will now be giving various tracks to three of the top engineers in contemporary music to mix: George Massenberg, Gary Paczosa and Andy Johns. “I’ve spent the last year and a half in the studio, and I really want to get up on stage and do some playing,” says Johnson. After a recent one-off Alien Love Child show in Dallas, “the band was sounding better than ever, so I want to keep that going.”

No word yet on a release date for the new disc, but guests will include Sonny Landreth, Jimmy Vaughan, and Steve Miller. See Johnson's site for more details and tour dates.

New releases

Here's some new or upcoming stuff that popped up on my radar:

Shane Theriot - Dirty Power

I really loved Theriot's last album The Grease Factor. His latest includes Sonny Landreth, Ritchie Hayward, and Adam Nitti among others.

Jason Sadites - Weve

Includes Brett Garsed, Tony Levin, Marco Minnemann, Chad Wackerman, and many others. Sadites has some serious chops.

Mike Stern - Big Neighborhood

Release date: 8/11/09. Guests include Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, Medeski Martin and Wood, and many others.

Robben Ford - Soul on Ten

Release date: 8/11/09. Follow up to Truth. Has anyone seen the cover art for this yet?

New Sonny Landreth album features Ford, Johnson, and others

Slide-guitar master Sonny Landreth's new album From the Reach will be released May 20th. Special guests include guitarists Robben Ford, Eric Clapton, Eric Johnson, Mark Knopfler, and Vince Gill. Dr. John and Jimmy Buffet also make appearances.

From the Reach press release (via Modern Guitars Magazine)