Shawn Lane : Lead Guitar
Brett Garsed : Lead Guitar
Frank Gambale : Lead Guitar
Mike O'Neill : Rhythm Guitar
Steve Tavaglione : Sax
Freddy Ravel : Keyboards
Jimmy Earl : Bass
Joey Heredia : Drums
Kevin Ricard : Percussion
T.J. Helmerich did a guest(guitar) solo on the song 'Lovestruck'
Lots of you will probably have heard of these guys, but never actually heard any of their stuff or just a few songs. These guys are mad. ( Tavaglione is amazing as well.)
This is rather a fusion album then a shred album, but, if they go and shred....oh boy.
Actual Proof
Starts off funky right away, that's basically what this album is about, very nice sax theme, with some variatons after that. After that a sax solo, really jazzy, of course. Great stuff. Guitar and sax solos all over the place after this. Good track, good start.
So What
Starts off funky again, bit faster than Actual Proof. Keyboards are taking the lead now, really cool melody, don't listen to much to it though, or else you'll be singing it all day long ;) Really nice bass solo after that, the tone ain't really bassy, not really warm, too trebly in my opinion, still a good solo though. After that the masters are there again, some really nice phrasing as usual, playing their ass off. Really nice, nothing sounds the same.
Hey Tee Bone
This is pure class, really nice themes, the guitars begin quite early with their solos compared to the other track = GOOD. Really melodic, stylefull and fast haha. Sometimes it even sounds like if I'm listen to some Mario tunes, really corny melody lines at times, sounds awesome though.
Tokyo Blue
Now this is without a freakin' doubt the best song from this album, this is seriously one of the best 'instrumental' songs ever written imo. This is the ballad of the album, really relaxing. Really nice clean tones. The sax starts with a really nice theme as usual, loads of talent that Tavaglione, really nice tone as well. Awesome guitar solos, but hey, what else can you expect from these guys ? :p:
Splatch
This song starts off a little bit different compared to the rest of the album. First a couple of drum riffs and then the keys and guitars come in very soft. After that, the usual sax theme. Again, very cool, with some nice rhythm ideas, cool funky rhythm guitar in the backing. Key solo in this one, pretty darn cool, nice melodys and some fast licks, with variatons on the sax theme. This track is 12 minutes long, the first 6 minutes is basically soloing 'battle' between the keys and sax, after that the guitars are all over the place again. Some
INSANELY fast playing here, by all 3, probably the fastest licks from the whole album can be found in here. These guys are seriously out of their freaking mind.
Elegant People
Starts of with a funky bass line, after that a really mellow key/guitar melody theme. Really laid back, almost falling into asleep haha. Sax comes in, tastefull as phuck of course, jeez that guy can play. Lots of sax solos in this one, ain't got mucho to say about this one. Really tastefull, lots of guitars of course :cool:
Love Struck
Starts of really funky, sax enters, usual stuff. Helmerich does the openings solo in this one ( Guest guitar solo ) Really funky, one of the better songs of this album in my opinion. Some really fast playing in here again, nice solos as well.
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Overall this is without a doubt one of the most amazing albums that I've ever heard, a perfect example of 'how good can you get'
Really funky, like the title already says.
I hope that you guys get your arse in Fusion now :D :p:
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