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Brett Garsed video - "Undoing"

A great-looking video of Brett Garsed playing his song "Undoing" at the Southern Cross Club in Canberra Australia. With Craig Newman on bass, Stuart Fraser on second guitar, and Angus Burchall on drums.

via Truth in Shredding

Jimmy Herring's "Lifeboat" now available for pre-order

Jimmy Herring's debut solo album Lifeboat is now available for pre-order through Abstract Logix. The album ships Oct 21. As a pre-order bonus, you can get a copy of the CD signed by Herring for an extra $3.00, or a signed CD and t-shirt for $20.00 extra. Check out the amazing lineup for this disc: Jimmy Herring (Guitar); Oteil Burbridge (Bass); Kofi Burbridge (Piano, Keyboards); Jeff Sipe, aka APT Q-258 (Drums); Special Guests : Greg Osby (Sax); Matt Slocum (Keyboards); Derek Trucks (Slide Guitar); Bobby Lee Rodgers (Leslie and Rhythm Guitar); Ike Stubblefield (Hammond B3), Tyler Greenwell (Drums), Scott Kinsey (Organ).

Check out Abstract Logix for sound clips, and a streaming sampler (Hint: it sounds awesome!).

Jimmy Herring - Lifeboat

Tracklisting:
1 Scapegoat Blues
2 Only When It’s Light
3 New Moon
4 Lifeboat Serenade
5 One Strut
6 Jungle Book Overture (Walt Disney Films)
7 Lost (Wayne Shorter)
8 Transients
9 Gray Day
10 Splash

John Petrucci interview

Modern Guitars Magazine has a great interview up with John Petrucci, conducted by Brian Holland.

John Petrucci interview

Greg Howe - Peru Masterclass video

Here's some nice footage of Greg Howe's Sept 6th masterclass in Peru.

OHM radio interview

Chris Poland and Robbie Pagliari from OHM will discuss the band's new album Circus of Sound on the Bitches Brew radio show in Australia tomorrow at 8pm (Australian Eastern Standard time). You can stream the show from the PBS 106.7 FM website. Look for my review of Circus of Sound soon.

UPDATE 9/20/08: Listen to an mp3 of this interview here.

Scott Henderson radio appearance

Guitarist Scott Henderson will appear on Tony Palkovic's Radio Show on KSPC 88.7FM in Los Angeles this Tuesday 9/9 from 12-2PM PST, with a rebroadcast on Wednesday 9/10 from 2-4AM PST. 

You can listen online through KSPC's live webstream URL - http://216.235.81.103:15302

Guitarist Scott Henderson will appear on Tony Palkovic's Radio Show on KSPC 88.7FM in Los Angeles this Tuesday 9/9 from 12-2PM PST, with a rebroadcast on Wednesday 9/10 from 2-4AM PST. 

You can listen online through KSPC's live webstream URL - http://216.235.81.103:15302

CAB - Highlights from The Baked Potato

Drummer Virgil Donati has posted this highlight video of a CAB gig that took place this past July at The Baked Potato. This iteration of CAB includes Bunny Brunel on bass, Tony MacAlpine on guitar, Otmaro Ruiz on keys, and Donati on drums.

via Truth in Shredding

Steve Lukather concert review

Alun Williams has written a great review of Steve Lukather's August 21st show at The Magic Bag in Ferndale, MI.

Review: Steve Lukather - The Magic Bag, Ferndale, Michigan  Aug 21, 2008

Allan Holdsworth US tour dates

Following his Fall European tour, guitarist Allan Holdsworth will be playing the following US gigs with Jimmy Johnson on bass, and Chad Wackerman on drums.

Nov 6th - Dan's Silver Leaf  Denton, TX
Nov 7th - Continental Club  Austin, TX
Nov 8th - Continental Club  Houston, TX
Nov 14th, 15th, 16th - Yoshi's  San Fransisco, CA

Also, the Japanese gigs Holdsworth will be playing with drummer Terry Bozzio in late November will now include Chapman Stick legend Tony Levin (!). It looks like the originally scheduled stick player Trey Gunn will no longer be performing. This Japanese site has more details (Google's sort-of translated version).