Eric Johnson - Up Close - VINYL LP

It's hard to believe that a legend like Lenny Kaye has never released a solo album before. However, after writing songs and slinging guitar with his musical partner Patti Smith for over half a century, building the canon of multiple musical eras through his Nuggets compilations, producing award-winning albums from Suzanne Vega, Kristen Hersh, Soul Asylum and more, it's safe to say he's been busy adding his own flourishes to others' records and spreading the gospel of garage rock and psychedelic history. At age 79, Lenny is finally ready to his debut solo album Goin' Local. There are also a couple of notable guests on the record. Patti Smith co-wrote InchSolsticeInch with Lenny. InchLet's Make a MemoryInch features jazz pianist Matthew Shipp. InchPennsylvania GirlsInch features Tim Carbone of Railroad Earth on violin. David Mansfield provided a string arrangement on the final track, InchYes I Will.Inch Lenny handles everything else on guitar and pedal steel, accompanied by a couple of local rhythm sections.

Vinyl LP pressing. During the pandemic, some people baked, others indulged in TV binge-watching. Eric Johnson emerged with two albums-The Book of Making and Yesterday Meets Today-featuring nine songs on each LP. The Grammy-winning, multi-genre guitarist took inventory-both emotionally and musically-delving into the many unfinished tracks, outtakes, demos, and sonic ideas in his archive to compile the 18 songs that ultimately ended up on the albums.

Double 180 gram vinyl LP pressing housed in a gatefold sleeve. Fasten your seatbelts for an extraordinary ride with guitar hero Eric Johnson. This is the performance that fellow guitarists, wannabes and fans have been waiting and dying for since this show first aired in 1989. And for good reason Johnson's playing has a way of connecting to fans of every guitar style while still eliciting raves from the likes of Carlos Santana, Johnny Winter, Jeff Beck, Stevie Ray Vaughan and even country music legend Chet Atkins. His inspirations are the Inch3J's Inch Jimi Hendrix, Jerry Reed, and Jeff Beck, but his style ranges wide and free throughout the entirety of guitar history while still infusing fresh ideas of his own. A long-time Austin mainstay, he took up guitar at age eleven and had his first professional group at fifteen. In 1974, he defied the musical mainstream by forming Austin's first jazz/rock fusion band, the Electromagnets, and he's been making guitar history ever since. InchGuitar geniusInch is an easy phrase to throw around, but when it comes to blending fires and finesse, Eric Johnson has it all.