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Echoes (Album Version)

Album: Echoes

Released: Jul 7, 2008

Label: Inner Knot

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Genre: Acoustic / Experimental / Progressive
Location Los Angeles, California, Un
Profile Views: 215871
Last Login: 10/29/2012
Member Since 2/4/2006
Website cgtrio.com
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"Pioneers of the New Acoustic Age...Worlds Best Acoustic Band" - Guitar Shop Magazine. .. "Winning, energetic and highly accessible..." - Los Angeles Times .. "Concert of the Year!" - Radio Alpha, Buenos Aires Argentina .. "A California Guitar Trio performance is like a night at the theater: Drama, passion, humor, joy , pathos, it's all there." - Acoustic Musician Magazine .. "Energetic. Eclectic. Frenectic. Dynamic. Guitar music has never sounded quite like this before." - Deseret News .. "This group skips merrily among genres...the trio's tongue-in-cheek humour becomes full-blown when it bursts into Ventures-style surf music." - The New York Times ..With a whirlwind of instrumental styles fusing classical, rock, blues, jazz, world music, progressive, as well as the quintessential California musical genre surf music, the California Guitar Trio's stunning virtuosity and sly sense of humor have earned them an enthusiastic following and wide notoriety, with significant crossover in the progressive, acoustic and classical music scenes. ..Notably, CGT music was featured on the television coverage of the 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2004 Olympics, and also on CBS, NBC, CNN, and ESPN TV programs. The CGT performed on the 2003 Grammy Awards nominated track Apollo on Tony Levin's CD Pieces of the Sun; and CGT music was sent into outer space as wake up music for the crew aboard NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavor. ..Over the past 14 years of nearly incessant touring, the California Guitar Trio has shared the stage with superb musicians and performers such as: King Crimson, Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman, John McLaughlin, John Scofield, Tito Puente, Taj Mahal, Peter Rowan and Tony Rice, Dark Star Orchestra, Leftover Salmon, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Steve Lukather, Simon Phillips, David Sylvian, Adrian Legg, Kaki King, Monte Montgomery, Jake Shimabukuro and many more. ..Paul Richards of Salt Lake City, Utah, Bert Lams of Brussels, Belgium, and Hideyo Moriya of Tokyo first met in England at one of Robert Fripp's Guitar Craft Courses in 1987. After completing several of these intensive courses, the three toured worldwide with Fripp's League of Crafty Guitarists. Wanting to continue working together after the League had run its course, Bert, Paul and Hideyo convened in Los Angeles and founded The California Guitar Trio in 1991, honing their intricate original compositions, surf covers, and classical re-workings. ..Since their inception in 1991, the Trio has released 12 CDs: six studio CDs featuring original works from the CGT and a variety of classics such as Bach’s “Toccata and Fugue” and Beethoven's 5th Symphony. Four live releases that show the trio at their best onstage, and a Christmas CD with familiar and not-so familiar Christmas music, which continues to receive rave reviews. ..In February of 2007, the CGT released Highlights, a brilliant musical anthology that showcases a career’s worth of flow and versatility. Each piece resonates with it’s own story, and each story contributes to the CGT’s 15-year journey of creative exploration, collaboration, and commitment to their craft.
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.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ....View the complete ....California Guitar Trio tour.... schedule .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..Join Our Mailing List.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..Email:.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..New CGT CD "Echoes" now available on the: ..CGT Online Store.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
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Coffee, Red Bull, India Pale Ale, Vodka, Red Wine, Beethoven, King Crimson, Philip Glass, Arvo Part, Pink Floyd, Steve Reich, The Ventures, Peter Gabriel, Bach, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Yes, Kronos Quartet, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Ennio Morricone, John McLaughlin, John Fogerty, Jimmy Page, John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Bill Frisell, Jerry Douglas, Ben Harper, Bela Fleck, Zoe Keating, Radiohead, Andy Summers and Robert Fripp. ..
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.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..CGT plays The Marsh at Redlands California. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. ..CGT playing Bach's Toccata and Fugue at Redlands California .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .."Unmei" Beethoven's 5th Surf Guitar Style at Woodsongs Radio show in Lexington. .......... .. .. .. .. .. ....CGT with Tony Levin, Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman at the Quebec Summer Festival.... ..

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"Pioneers of the New Acoustic Age...Worlds Best Acoustic Band" - Guitar Shop Magazine.

"Winning, energetic and highly accessible..." - Los Angeles Times

"Concert of the Year!" - Radio Alpha, Buenos Aires Argentina

"A California Guitar Trio performance is like a night at the theater: Drama, passion, humor, joy , pathos, it's all there." - Acoustic Musician Magazine

"Energetic. Eclectic. Frenectic. Dynamic. Guitar music has never sounded quite like this before." - Deseret News

"This group skips merrily among genres...the trio's tongue-in-cheek humour becomes full-blown when it bursts into Ventures-style surf music." - The New York Times

With a whirlwind of instrumental styles fusing classical, rock, blues, jazz, world music, progressive, as well as the quintessential California musical genre surf music, the California Guitar Trio's stunning virtuosity and sly sense of humor have earned them an enthusiastic following and wide notoriety, with significant crossover in the progressive, acoustic and classical music scenes.

Notably, CGT music was featured on the television coverage of the 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2004 Olympics, and also on CBS, NBC, CNN, and ESPN TV programs. The CGT performed on the 2003 Grammy Awards nominated track Apollo on Tony Levin's CD Pieces of the Sun; and CGT music was sent into outer space as wake up music for the crew aboard NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavor.

Over the past 14 years of nearly incessant touring, the California Guitar Trio has shared the stage with superb musicians and performers such as: King Crimson, Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman, John McLaughlin, John Scofield, Tito Puente, Taj Mahal, Peter Rowan and Tony Rice, Dark Star Orchestra, Leftover Salmon, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Steve Lukather, Simon Phillips, David Sylvian, Adrian Legg, Kaki King, Monte Montgomery, Jake Shimabukuro and many more.

Paul Richards of Salt Lake City, Utah, Bert Lams of Brussels, Belgium, and Hideyo Moriya of Tokyo first met in England at one of Robert Fripp's Guitar Craft Courses in 1987. After completing several of these intensive courses, the three toured worldwide with Fripp's League of Crafty Guitarists. Wanting to continue working together after the League had run its course, Bert, Paul and Hideyo convened in Los Angeles and founded The California Guitar Trio in 1991, honing their intricate original compositions, surf covers, and classical re-workings.

Since their inception in 1991, the Trio has released 12 CDs: six studio CDs featuring original works from the CGT and a variety of classics such as Bach’s “Toccata and Fugue” and Beethoven's 5th Symphony. Four live releases that show the trio at their best onstage, and a Christmas CD with familiar and not-so familiar Christmas music, which continues to receive rave reviews.

In February of 2007, the CGT released Highlights, a brilliant musical anthology that showcases a career’s worth of flow and versatility. Each piece resonates with it’s own story, and each story contributes to the CGT’s 15-year journey of creative exploration, collaboration, and commitment to their craft.

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Members:

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View the complete California Guitar Trio tour schedule

Join Our Mailing List

.. .. .. Email: .. .. ..

New CGT CD "Echoes" now available on the: CGT Online Store

Influences:

Coffee, Red Bull, India Pale Ale, Vodka, Red Wine, Beethoven, King Crimson, Philip Glass, Arvo Part, Pink Floyd, Steve Reich, The Ventures, Peter Gabriel, Bach, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Yes, Kronos Quartet, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Ennio Morricone, John McLaughlin, John Fogerty, Jimmy Page, John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Bill Frisell, Jerry Douglas, Ben Harper, Bela Fleck, Zoe Keating, Radiohead, Andy Summers and Robert Fripp.