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ANDY
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World
renowned guitar instructor Andy Aledort steps out of the shadows with
the 2010 release of his in concert solo CD Live At The North Star
2009 by Andy Aledort & The Groove Kings. Top
rock, blues and fusion guitarists like Joe Satriani, Joe Perry, Steve
Vai, Hendrix bass ace Billy Cox, Johnny Winter and Warren Haynes have
all been quoted praising Andys guitar chops. Guitar students
may know him as a first rate instructor but with Live At North
Star 2009, heres the perfect chance to find out about the
excitement Andy brings to the live stage. With his live band featuring
Mike DiMeo (keyboards, vocals), Dennis Metzler (bass),
and Vito Luizzi and Richard Rosch (drums), Andy summons
up scintillating covers of rockin classics from the pens of
American music icons like Freddie King, Albert Collins, Ray Charles
and B.B. King in addition to a couple of original compositions. Aledort
describes the new album as, a sprawling, 70+ minute live document
of intense improvisation and band interaction. Available as
both in download form from the Digital Nations imprint and available
as good old silver disc CD from Andys web site, Live At The
North Star 2009 is a fine introduction to the white hot, blues-rock
guitar sound of Andy Aledort & The Groove Kings. I started
on the guitar at age 11 and was initially inspired to start playing
because of the Beatles. Another significant moment was seeing BB King
perform live on TV, after which I really wanted to get an electric
guitar. At 17 I became obsessed with Jimi Hendrix and formed a band
with which we played about 30 Hendrix songs, along with songs by Johnny
Winter, Jeff Beck, Cream, Mountain, Frank Zappa, Mahavishnu Orchestraanything
with heavy guitar in it. Along the line I began to play bass, too,
which is an instrument I really enjoy and still play today.
My new
live CD is called Live at North Star 2009 and was recorded
at a club/restaurant in Pound Ridge NY called the North Star. Wed
been playing there steadily for two years to really good crowds, and
one of the owners, Phil Maniatty, is also a recording engineer. Wed
begun work on a studio album with him, but we decided it would be
faster to get a live album out. So he recorded us live on five different
occasions, and we picked or favorite stuff for the record. The musicians
on the CD along with me are Mike Dimeo (keys., voc.), Dennis Metzler
(bass) and Vito Luizzi and Richard Rosch (drums; Vito is on 6 tracks
and Rich is on 2). There are two original songs on the record--Right
By Your Side and Do You Have a Sister and they both
combine an R&B vibe with a harder-rocking style. Overall, the
band plays with great improvisational interaction, which is showcased
very well throughout all of the tracks.
I only
used one guitar on the album, my old 1961 all-original Stratocaster
that I bought when I was 17. Its a great sounding guitar that
has been all over the world with me, and has been played by everyone
from BB King to Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Winter, Buddy Guy and John
Scofield. The amp is a 1967 blackface Fender Super Reverb,
and in my pedal board I have a Teese RM4 wah, a TS-9, an OCD, an MXR
Carbon Copy delay, a Lizard Leg Flying Dragon, and an Ultra-Vibe modulation
pedal. Strings are DAddario EXL 110s.
Along
with Jimi Hendrix, other favorite guitarists are Johnny Winter, Jeff
Beck, Eric Clapton, Leslie West, Frank Zappa, John McLaughlin, John
Scofield, Pat Martino, Pat Metheny, Mike Stern, Jimmy Bryant, Dickey
Betts, Duane Allman, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Django Reinhardt, Wes Montgomery....among
others! Most influential albums would include everything by Jimi Hendrix,
but especially Electric Ladyland, Jeff Becks Truth,
Beck Ola, Blow by Blow and Wired, Mahavishnu
Orchestras Inner Mounting Flame and Birds of Fire,
everything from Pat Martino but especially Desperado, Live, Consciousness,
El Hombre and Well Be Together Again, and Wes Montgomerys
Boss Guitar, Grooveyard and Live At The Half Note. I have
two studio albums worth of material in the can that I need to finish
as soon as possible, and I have some dates coming up opening for Johnny
Winter and touring as a member of Dickey Betts and Great Southern.
Im looking to tour nationally with my own band. The web
site: www.andyaledort.com
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