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This month on HDNET:
Guitar virtuoso Eric Johnson delights the audience at the Grove of Anaheim, California, with his epic style of instrumental guitar playing. Known for his trademark melodic style, Johnson showcases his extraordinary talent with fusion grooves and funk rhythms in this high energy and always entertaining show. Johnson and his band perform his biggest hits as well as several inspired covers, including Jimi Hendrix’s "Manic Depression." Watch and listen as Johnson treats viewers to a feast for the ears, and bear witness to this true guitar hero! Eric Johnson - Live at the Grove premieres Sunday, February 24th at 10:30 PM ET. Check HDNET’s website for future airings.
Eric’s cover of the Jeff Beck song, "Beck’s Bolero" is now available on i-Tunes. The cost is 99 cents. Click here to purchase and download it into your Itunes player! The rhythm section is Simon Phillips (who has played on many of Beck’s records and tours) on drums and Stu Hamm (Joe Satriani) on bass. It was recorded for inclusion on the "Freeway Jam - To Beck and Back" tribute which was released in August on the Tone Center label.
If you are looking for Eric Johnson CDs, Tab Books, and Tour Merchandise here is the link!
There is a new six part Eric interview on the Musician’s Friend website located here . See Eric talk about electric and acoustic guitars, effects, amps, song writing and life in general.
Eric Johnson, who spent the majority of last year touring behind .."Bloom".. which was released June 14th, 2005 through Favored Nations, is considered to be one of the most technically-proficient live performers on the scene today. In fact, Pollstar called his last routing "..One of the best live shows of a rock guitarist of our time..."An avid live performer, Johnson says that he doesn’t mind all of the touring, even after spending almost a year and half straight on the road. In fact, he is so focused on making his live performances accessible to his audience that he recently released two new DVDs...."The Art of Guitar",.. an instructional video by the master himself, and "Live from Austin Texas", a never-before-released DVD and CD (New West Records) that captures the essence of the guitarist’s legendary December 14th, 1988 performance on Austin City Limits! "Live from Austin Texas" includes many of Johnson’s hit recordings from his Grammy nominated "Ah Via Musicom" and the first release of two fan favorite Jimi Hendrix covers; "Love or Confusion" and "Are You Experienced"."I prefer playing live because I can take the music and expand it through improvisation..", he said. "..It’s also great to see how the audience receives it..." If these shows are anything like his last, it’s safe to say that the fans will be eating it up, after all as Pollstar wrote, "..If you love rock guitar you’ll love the energy of his show." Don’t miss him on this tour...These dates will mark a reunion of sorts for Johnson, as the rhythm section that appeared on Eric’s 1986 debut, "Tones," is back on board - bassist Roscoe Beck and drummer Tommy Taylor. Both players have appeared sporadically with Eric over the years, but this will mark the first time since 1986 that all three will be on stage together. Since the trio’s last tour was dubbed "Big Texans from Outer Space," the 2007 tour has been named "Return of Big Texans from Outer Space."Roscoe (who has also played alongside the likes of Leonard Cohen, Robben Ford, Jennifer Warnes and the last Dixie Chicks World Tour) was last seen on stage with Eric circa the first-ever G3 Tour - then in support of "Venus Isle." Your comments are appreciated. Please do not send personal messages to this site as we cannot guarantee that Eric will be able to respond.
