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MUSIC
WEB EXPRESS 3000 presents Guitars Center Stage Hunter
Perrin: I started on classical guitar when I was a little boy after
playing piano and drums for a spell. Then, I was quickly bit by the
rock and roll bug. Two of my uncles are great musicians who encouraged
all of us to play, play, play. All of the family would get together
and lay into some heavy garage classics like “Gloria” and
“Dirty Water.” Too cool.
Hunter
Perrin: The new self-titled CD, Thunderado, was recorded in
two days at Steve Lukather's Steakhouse Studio. We cut everything
live with guest drummer Kenny Aronoff. It really is the sound of the
live show captured by ace-enginneer Steve Churchyard. Because of the
nature of the recording, bassist Paul Beebe would often make his lines
fill more space in the mix by playing extremely active bass parts.
Hunter
Perrin: Some of my favorites include: Keith Richards, Billy Gibbons,
Angus and Malcom Young, John Fogerty, and Neil Young. Tres Hombres
and Sticky Fingers for albums. Having said that, the funny
thing about the Thunderado record is that it turned out way
more Southern California meets West Texas than was first intended.
Somewhere between The Rock and Roll Trio, Chet Atkins, The Cramps,
Django Reinhardt and Tom Waits.
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Coming
full circle from Texas, to teaching around Manhattan and out to recording
on the Left Coast, guitarist Hunter Perrin joins forces with
his home town Texas buddy Paul Beebe for the 2009 release of
the self-titled CD debut from their new band Thunderado. Releasing
his solo debut in 2000, Perrin studied classical guitar at Yale university
and closer to home in Austin but, clearly on Thunderado his
love of rock and roll supersedes his classical and experimental guitar
chops. Perrin’s 2003 mood music CD, Subtitles, was an
eighteen track musical expose on the acoustic guitar that merged a
number of different styles into a concise and expansive instrumental
mosaic. Moving back into a rock style for Thunderado, the ten track
CD finds Beebe and Perrin harmonizing vocally on a low key, gently
rocking CD that zig zags between a west Texas Buddy Holly style R&R
sound in the studio and a blusier pop approach that all told will
likely appeal to fans of Chuck Berry and Paul McCartney. There’s
even a surf-style Tex/Czech style instro rock number on the CD called
“Juarez” that kicks up some dust. Backing up Perrin and
Beebe on the Thunderado CD is drummer Kenny Aronoff. An accomplished
guitarist who clearly enjoys a wide-ranging musical palate, Hunter
Perrin is currently on tour in the latest John Fogerty band. That
altruistic musical chemistry and affinity for great song writing apparent
on Fogerty’s excellent 2009 CD—which also includes Perrin
and Aronoff—is also clearly at the core of Thunderado's CD. Fans
of Fogerty’s 2009 album with The Blue Ridge Rangers will no doubt
catch a buzz from Thunderado. 