Steve Lukather & Friends
Santamental
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In June 2002 Lukather started the recordings for a solo album with jazz-rock style covers of classic and brand new Xmas songs, (re)arranged by Luke himself and Jeff Babko. The album (almost entirely instrumental) also will contain two new songs as a surprise gift. One of the special guests on the album, entitled Santamental is Eddie Van Halen. Lukather in July, "Ed and I have been friends for 24 years or so. I got him out of seclusion to come rip on one of the Xmas tunes." Van Halen joins Lukather on a rendition of the standard "Joy To The World" that Lukather tells will sound a bit different than what most people are used to, "I did a version of "Joy To The World" that sounds like it's "Hot For Teacher" or "Space Boogie". It's that tempo, that groove, and we re-arranged the voicings around the melody. Me and him go back and forth on some solos. Santamental sounds like a Big Band based on Weather Report, Frank Zappa and Van Halen." Destined to become a classic, the album is specially packaged in an 4-panel Digipak. Instrumental Guitar, total running time, 42:28
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In Review
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'A Christmas Carol'
Review Featured In Pitch Magazine, December 10, 2004
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By: John Hayes
ew Hampshire guitarist Bill Perry tried the band scene, taught music for a while, studied classical guitar and eventually gave up on music altogether. After 20 years away from the frets, he picked up his nylon-string with the hope, he wrote, of "bringing the true spirit of Christmas to the guitar repertoire."
There`s nothing Scrooge-ish about Perry`s "A Christmas Carol," and nowhere to hide on his first self-produced CD. Solo classical renditions of six holiday standards are well-played if a bit predictable, and four original compositions continue the familiar holiday theme.
Then, like an unexpected Christmas gift, Perry unwraps a captivating 10-minute five-movement musical telling of Charles Dickens` classic story. Musical embodiments of Marley`s spirit and the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future are clearly distinct, and the story climaxes with the warm glow of the true meaning of Christmas.
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