Well I'm pleased to announce that I finally used the birthday present that Nisha and Shama gave me for my bday last year. A gc to fye. Today I bought "the Yngwie Malmsteen collection". Wow, this is the first album I've ever owned with his stuff one it. It's pretty rockin'.
I remember when Clay use to always talk about this guy, but I never really listened to this stuff. I figured before I go see him in concert, I should at least at some idea of some of his work. LOL
One thing I'm noticing here, and that I've read and heard many times before is, the band just appears to be 'backing' Yngwie... as opposed to say like Dream Theater where all the musicians are just so unbelievably awesome.
While we're talking about guitar, another less talked about fav of mine is Jason Becker. Jason is without question the master of sweep picking. I took part in a discussion several months ago online, about the quintiessential guitar albums to own, and Jason's "Perpetual Burn" was the top of the list for picking up pointers on sweeping.
Oh the other amazing thing is, the dude was only like 19 when he recorded that album.
Ok, back to listening.
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