By: Wayne Klinger
A pretty famous CD I'm holding here as "Straight Ahead" was licensed to MTV for "Road Rules", "Real World" and both shows' alter-ego, "Extreme Challenge" as the official bumper music. Besides this little hook-up, Jeff also has a nice list of airplay all around the world for this album and this 341/2-minute CD is done for the sake of music only. Jeff wasn't looking for fame or fortue, just wanted to write songs and play; not expecting what would happen next. The album itself has the "Satch" and Vai vibe but also has radio-friendly influences of stuff like maybe David Matthews, Matchbox 20, The Verve Pipe and Blues Traveller. Of course, minus any of the vocals but you get a wide variety of Rock (soft and hard) to Blues and even a couple Metal-tinged tracks here and there. Something for everyone on this release and Jeff's fluidness and knowledge of the music scene and having that extra horizonal expansion makes him even more diverse musically.
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