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Tone Meister Strikes
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For his first solo release, Nashville guitarist Glen Kuykendall put together eight all instrumental rock/blues and country numbers which showcase his great chops and liquid tone. Tasty from start to finish, the EP-length Can You Hear It Ring? will energize fans of buttery solos, Vaughan-like riffage, tube-melting overdriven Strats and wicked phrasing. The last track on the CD, "Sundown" was featured on Guitar Player magazine's Soundpage in 1990 - interestingly, the track was a studio out take, recorded when the record button was accidentally pressed during a session. Never short for hyperbole, GP editors wrote "a profoundly musical rocker with a too-good-to-be-true tone." Would that your own accidents were this happy - highly recommended.
As a guitarist and bassist, Glen has been playing over 35 years, and is originally from northern Virginia. He moved to Nashville in the late '90s, with the goal of wanting to do music full time. Glen currently perform in several different groups covering a wide range of styles, performing on the road or on the Grand Old Opry with country music legend Eddy Raven, and locally with the Lot 18 classic rock cover band. During the festival season he regularly covers bass duties with his wife in her Bluegrass group, Karen Pendley & Heartstrings. During the day, Glen and his father share duties with their publishing company, Wynwood Music, Inc., and they recently placed two cuts in the movie "O Brother Where Art Thou?". He also teaches guitar and bass in the Nashville area, and does recording session work either as engineer, producer, or performer.
These days, Kuykendall's other interests include spending time with his lovely wife, riding and racing vintage motocross bikes, and flying RC airplanes (he's currently working on getting his private pilots license).
MP3 Songs
Can You Hear It Ring?
Sundown
Contact Information
Glen Kuykendall
PO Box 128096
Nashville, TN 37212
United States
E-mail:
Glen Kuykendall
Web site:
www.myspace.com/glenkuykendall
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Guitar Music At Its Best
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Luna Blanca's Guitar Island provides listeners with the unforgettable delight of new sounds and creations, conveying an extraordinary and pleasant sound of harmony. Delivered in the New Flamenco style, German guitarist Richard Hecks impresses with beautiful sounds and environments, occasionally trading melodies with pianist Helmut Graebe. European flamenco guitarist Bino Dola also contributes on rhythm guitar, while Sascha Popping adds his award winning percussion stylings. If your one of the hundreds of thousands of Ottmar Liebert fans out there, you might want to check out someone truly inspired by his music - Richard Hecks - and his recordings with Luna Blanca.
In 1999, Richard had his first performance together with a friend from Bocholt in the concert hall of the same city near the Dutch border. Both musicians were pleased, almost amazed, with the reception enjoyed by their classical guitar music. At the time, Richard couldn't know what the musical future would bring him. The ocean of music that engulfed him and his guitar - built by the famous guitar builder Hermann Hauser - years earlier was to sweep him away from classical music and wash him ashore on a new musical island. Inspired also by Ottmar Liebert's "Nouveau Flamenco", Richard quickly found his new guitar style.
Awards recently received include a recommendation on Happyday New Age Radio as Best New Flamenco Guitar Group. As a result of some very enthusiastic reviews from GarageBand.com members, "Island Reggae" was Track of the Day on Thursday, the 18th of January and reviewer's pick as "Best guitars in Latin" for the week of 29th January 2007.
MP3 Songs
I-AI-DO
Island Reggae
Contact Information
Richard Hecks
Nordstr. 20
D-46399 Bocholt
Germany
E-mail:
Luna Blanca
Web site:
www.lunablancamusic.com
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Vol. 17, No. 2: Feb.-Mar. 2012
