Path: mv.asterisco.pt!mvalente
From: mvale…@ruido-visual.pt (Mario Valente)
Newsgroups: mv
Subject: Canadian Guitar Summit
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 08 22:49:21 GMT
A bit more than 20 years ago, back in 1986, more
dedicated than today to guitar playing, I started
buying Guitar Player magazine. I learned a lot not
only from the lessons in it and from the musicians
interviewed but also from the plastic records that
came embedded in it*.
One of these plastic records was from a gathering
of guitar players called Canadian Guitar Summit.
http://dreamwater.org/art/gtr/cgsbb.htm
The Canadian Guitar Summit got together just to make
this song and this recording, called “Beyond Borders”,
and was composed of Alex Lifeson from Rush, a progressive
rock band, Rik Emmet from Triumph, a hard rock band, Ed
Bickert, a jazz player, and Liona Boyd, a classical guitar
player. All Canadian of course…
http://bandtoband.com/index.php?Page=Search&BandId=5566
The resulting song/recording more than being beyond
borders, is beyond description. A beautiful piece of
music.
http://www.2112.net/sphere/virtualsongs/audio/Lifeson&Emmet-Beyond_Borders.mp3
— MV
* – I first heard Steve Vai’s Blue Powder, another beautiful
piece of music, through the same plastic records…
http://www.vai.com/AllAboutSteve/discography_vinylsingles.html
http://www.bytefest.com/private/MeCHx/My_Music/STEVE%20VAI%20COLLECTION/Steve%20Vai%20-%20Blue%20Powder.mp3
Yes, 20+ years ago, while you were all listening to Duran
Duran and Bryan Adams…