Show Date: Fri. March 23, 2001
Show #165
USA 1990's - volume 3



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Playlist:
# Artist Song (click to play) Album Year CD label My
Gnosis
Rating
1 Leger de Main Crystal Fortune A Concept of Reality 1995 PMM 15 (Alan's)
"LdM is a band/project from Pennsylvania, USA that started as an outgrowth from the band Drama. It features the Rodler brothers on guitar/keys and drums respectively, and the captivating vocals of Melissa Blair. Starting points would obviously be Rush, but the tracks here are long and engaging with many twists and turns, with much more technicality than Rush uses. At times the music gets heavier approaching progmetal territory, but doesn't quite cross over. Vocals are lovely, with captivating and meaningful lyrics. This is one of my top favorite albums, and I play it regularly without getting tired of it. Highly recommended!" - Alan Mallery
Progressive Music Management
 
2 Geno White Army of the Gone Standing in Stereo 1996 Lolo Records 10
On this album, Geno White plays a hard-edged instrumental guitar fusion with Hansford Rowe on bass and guest guitarists Harvey Mandel and Bon Lozaga. The music is pretty similar to other things like Ronnie Montrose's late 80's & 90's fusion albums, and Gongzilla. Geno also has an acoustic solo guitar album "Music from Inside the Lighthouse", and is due for his 2nd release on Lolo Records soon.
Lolo Records
 
3 Strunz and Farah El Jaguar Americas 1992 Mesa Records NA
Strunz and Farah are flamenco/spanish style guitar who also blend in elements of folk and world music. I am reminded of some of the duets of Al DiMeola with Paco DeLucia, though, Strunz & Farah augment the music with other acoustic instrumentation throughout. Jorge Strunz was also the guitarist for the fusion band Caldera in the 1970's.
Strunz and Farah
 
4 Doctor Zero Onde Crepusculaire Unsettled Scores 1993 Cuneiform 12
"Unsettled Scores" is a double-CD collection of Cuneiform artists playing cover songs, interpretations, and tributes to other Cuneiform artists. Artists include Forever Einstein, Peter Frohmader, Philharmonie, Birdsongs, Hugh Hopper, Happy Family, Djam Karet, and many more. This is an essential slice of progressive music and a great introduction to many interesting bands on the Cuneiform label. And you do not have to worry about having duplicate material as all tracks here are exclusive to this collection. The song here began as a composition written for Univers Zero that was never performed or recorded by them. Some of this track was fleshed out in Belgium by musicians I am not familiar with, then later taken over by Steve Gore of The Rascal Reporters and Nick Didkovsky of Doctor Nerve who completed the track with additional musicians. It's quite an interesting piece that almost seems to parody Univers Zero at the same time as paying homage to them.
Cuneiform Records
 
5 John Scofield You Bet Grace Under Pressure 1992 Blue Note 11
John Scofield is a very prolific guitarist having released at 25 solo album, in addition to lending his distinctive style to probably hundreds of studio sessions as a guest player. On this album, Scofield's flat-out in-your-face style is contrasted with Bill Frisell's squelched, compressed and ethereal guitar style. This is a very good album to start checking out Scofield's large repertoire. You can also hear Scofield & Frisell together on Marc Johnson's Bass Desires.
John Scofield
 
6 Mike Keneally Egg Zooming Sluggo 1997 Immune 11
Mike Keneally first saw his musical career take off as a guitarist with Frank Zappa in the late 1980's, and the influence of that experience can be heard throughout all of Keneally's music since. Overall, Mike's music has an optimistic uplifting vibe in a modern jam rock style that reminds me mostly of Phish. Many of his songs have a sing-a-long character while other manifest complex song structures and guitar virtuosity similar to Zappa's music or Steve Vai's instrumentals.
Mike Keneally Page
 


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