Happy Valentine`s day!

Love celebration in the Square of all Times.

Ivan (Funkboy) Bodley.

I first met Ivan (Funkboy) Bodley
in 2003 when made my Transatlantic move from Athens
to New York City.

He was playing bass with the house band in this amazing place,
club,recording studio,which was located in my neighborhood,
Midtown Manhattan ,
called Le Bar Bat.

I remember the freezing cold night i walked into this place,
and through the corridors and walls decorated with gold and platinum records
from artists and bands such as Jimi Hendrix,
John Lennon and
The Rolling Stones,
who used this huge, spacious, wooden room to get the best drum and live sound possible.

On their break i went up to the stage, introduced myself
and i gave him my Greek CD "Fota Tou Iliggou", so he could get an idea of what i was doing,
and asked him,if he liked what he heard,to contact me so we could do some gigs together.

That was that.

We have been playing together ever since.

He played bass on my "Transblues" record and for the last four years we regularly
play together at BBKING`s.

Last Friday,another freezing cold night, just as the first time we met,
he played with his own trio at the Blue Note,
songs form his recently released instrumental cd "Pigs Feet & Potted Meat".

His presence,music and bass skills warmed the room, our hearts and soul
and we left the place humming "Pigs feet and potted meat"
although we are vegetarians.

In the year 2010-2010.

So we are already in the middle of January but i still recall
the last days of 2009.

I spent Christmas Eve playing at BBKING`s,
my favorite blues club in the city, right here in my famous neighborhood
Times Square!

20 minutes long waiting list for a table, the place was crowded
with tourists from around the globe.

It was such a fun night to remember.

I sold so many Transbluescds too, which is always a good thing!

Sunday January 3nd i was playing the same room again
but with a vastly different crowd,many New Yorkers this time
and many friends too.

Actually my dear friend Helen shot some fun videos that she put up
on the U-Tube .

Check out the slow blues "Who`s loving you tonight",
one song i`ve heard a long time ago in an acoustic version
by Buddy Guy and Junior Wells,
but this is my electric version of the song.
Hope you`ll enjoy it.
Happy New Year!

Friday nIght.

Friday night i was invited to the Waterfront Ale House
where my friends The Black Coffee Blues Band was performing.

It was a very beautiful warm Indian Summer night
so Kathleen and I holding hands walked for half an hour
to the corner of 30th st. and 2nd ave, Waterfront`s
Manhattan location.

We arrived there at 11:30 pm, just in time before the kitchen closes at 12:00
and ordered dinner while the band was setting up.

Our friend Jill who lives close by joined us soon.

They started playing by the time we finished eating and we were ready to rock.

The band was smoking in a non smoking environment and everyone soon started dancing.

Mr. Big Ed Sullivan on lead guitar and vocals
was mesmerizing the audience with some crazy sliding, using ketchup bottles,
beer bottles and whatever else was available to nail those high pitched notes.

Galea on the bass and vocals,
was fun to watch and steady as a rock, and Dimitri Archip
was doing a great job on rhythm guitar and vocals.

We had so much fun listening and dancing to the originals and cover tunes
these guys were playing,when Dimitri announced my name and invited me
to the stage giving me his guitar to play.

On my second song Ed offered me his guitar and we changed positions,
he on the left me on the right of the stage and we continued playing
together till their brake.

By then it was 1:30 am and it was time to head home,
after a wonderful time of music,food and drinks.

Rock on!

Bowery 315.

Last night i was invited to John Varvatos Bowery live,
featuring The Crash Moderns.

Beer and whisky was free for the guests,the band started playing right on time
at 9:00 pm and did a 45 minute show of pop-rock originals older and new.

I met John Varvatos who always tries to be present
to his live events,and we exchanged few words
in the midst of the rock`n`roll noise,
and stayed there till the end of the show sipping my whiskey.

I love walking on Bleecker St.
and i ended up at West 4th subway station,
strolling my way through NoHo
and Greenwich Village
while checking out the live music scene on clubs such as The Bitter End,
Terra Blues, The Red Lion
and The Blue Note on my way to the station.

It was such a beautiful night out and being a little buzzed from the free drinks,
made it even nicer walking around my favorite grounds.

Crashocasters and Lucille`s.

Saturday i had a very busy teaching schedule.

Came back home at around five, late afternoon and i had made plans
to meet Chris and other guitar lovers and collectors at
John "Crash" Matos
Crashocasters opening at The Showroom
in East Village.

It was pouring rain when i entered the Showroom at 7:15 and i stayed there
admiring these beautiful instruments till around 8:00.

Sunday night i was playing at BBKING`S-LUCILLE`S
and when i got there i found out that i was competing against the Yankees play-off game, which was broadcasting on the screen behind me.

I managed to get a good crowd despite the major traffic delays caused by the game.

Special thanks to all my friends and students who showed up supporting live music and SOUKIS.
See you all again soon.

Robin Trower Live!

Friday night we went to see
Robin Trower
at BBKING`s.

He came up on stage at 8:45 and he played till 10:30.

His sound was superb, as one can only expect from a sonic architect as himself
and the band was tight and sounded great.

I have been a huge Robin Trower fan ever since his second album
"Bridge of Sighs" came out in 1974 and i own almost all of his records.

First time i saw him was at Tramps on my first visit to N.Y.C.
in 1997 when he gave me one of his picks, autographed his album
"Someday Blues" for me,took some pics together,
and i gave him my Greek album "Fota tou Iliggou".

Thursday night another big influence of mine
Mr.Johnny Winter played the same room
but i was too busy recording and couldn`t make it.

You win some, you lose some so they say and ain`t that the truth!

Thursday night.

Thursday night i knew i had to go out.

After riding my bike and doing the 3 mile run in Central Park
i was ready for a drink and some good music provided by my friends,
right here in my neighborhood in Times Square

At 8:30 i walked on 46th st. west, crossed 8th ave. and entered Don`t tell mama
where Mike Torres was doing an acoustic solo performance.

It was funny being on the inside looking out at the street i walk almost everyday,
the famous Restaurant Row
sipping on a glass of Jack Daniel`s on the rocks
and listening to Mike playing all these beautiful songs and sounding great.

Later on i passed by BBKING`s to check out my friend
Nikki Armstong and the boys,
and to a totally different scene where people were dancing and grooving to the band`s funky rhythms.

I was invited to play but i was not in the mood.
I just wanted to see and hear all these fabulous musicians laying it down.

Jason Green on the guitar was doing a great job as always.

Came back home at around midnight took out my Guild acoustic
and started singing and playing old and new tunes that came to mind.

What a Fun Week that was!

One week ago we flew back to N.Y.C. from
Detroit
where we were visiting family and friends
and have had a wonderful time plus a good flight there and back.

Monday night and after a long time i went to Hoboken
to attend the jam session hosted by Big Ed Sullivan
in a place i`ve never being before called The Dubliner.

I loved the place, the food and i met all my good friends
and amazing musicians who turned the jam into something special.

Christine Santelli,
Mike Torres,
Arthur Neilson and Dave Gross
where some of the musicians that shared the stage that night.

Arthur mentioned that he was going to be at Lucille`s
on Thursday night and invited me to come by.

Sheri Pine was the singer
and i really liked her voice and stage presence.

My pal Ivan "Funkboy" Bodley on the bass
laid down some funky grooves,
Arthur some sweet guitar and then they invited me to the stage
and Arthur handed me his Les Paul which he run
through a Fender Deluxe and it sounded great.

Friday night we were invited by our good friend Elizabeth Norment
to a Broadway show
at the Shubert Theater .

Blithe Spirit featuring Angela Lansbury
Rupert Everett,
Christine Ebersol,
and our friend Liz playing Jayne Atkinson`s role.

What an amazing performance that was and how inspiring.

Every one was fantastic and Elizabeth was a shining star.

Saturday night Kathleen and i took long stroll over to Central Park
which is so deliciously green and smells divine,
walking up the recently redone
pedestrian from 42nd to 57th st.Broadway holding hands,
and to a late night show at theAMC Lincoln Square cinemas
to watch Brothers Bloom, a rather boring movie.

What a week!
Rock on!

Greenwich Village.

I have three French guitar students.

One of them got accepted at Berklee
and he is moving to Boston by the end of May.

They all met at my studio the other day and asked me where to go
to have some fun and listen to good music.

I told them to take the F train and get off at
West 4th to the heart of Greenwich Village.

Right there when they get off the train at 131 W. 3rd St.
is the world famous jazz club Blue Note
and right down the street at the corner of MacDougal Street is
The Groove where the play some funky music.

At 115 MacDougal St. it`s the Cafe Wha?
where Jimi Hendrix,Bob Dylan
and Bruce Springsteen,among many others used to hang out and jam.

On the next block south it`s Bleecker Street
with a very vibrant music scene and many clubs featuring every kind of music.

From Folk Music to Blues
to Soul to Rock.

Some clubs i mentioned to them were The Red Lion
the Terra Blues and The Bitter End.

They e-mailed me the next day saying how much fun they had
and what a great place Greenwich Village is to hang out.

They ended up at The Red Lion where some amazing bass player-singer
was laying down the groove.

We are meeting tonight at The Bitter End for the jam hosted by my drummer Mark Greenberg.

Glenn Hughes at John Varvatos club.

Sunday night, in a middle of a thunderstorm, i took the F Train
to Bowery 315 where the old CBGB`S, now
John Varvatos is located, to a privately
held performance by the legendary ex Deep Purple
bassist-vocalist Mr. Glenn Hughes and his band.

They took the stage at 9:00 pm and played for almost two hours
including the two encores.

I have no idea why but i spent the last month listening to three albums
from the vast Deep Purple catalog that i really like.

"Come and taste the band" "Stormbringer" and "Burn"
featuring two different guitar players, but the same bass player and vocalist,
Mr.Glenn Hughes who adds this funky character to the mix that makes the difference.

Tommy Bolin plays guitar on "Come and taste the band"
and Ritchie Blackmore on "Stormbringer"and "Burn".

Two different guitar players with a very distinctive voice.

But boy i didn`t have any idea what a range Glenn`s Voice has.

It certainly covers three octaves and oh so many nuances it is almost unbelievable.

They played their hearts out and i spent the night grooving, dancing
and singing ,aiming on these high notes on "Mistreated" and "Burn",
among other goodies, side by side with a huge Rock fan himself
Mr.John Varvatos.

I left the place sometime before midnight and headed back
to my neighborhood Times Square and to
BBKING`s-Lucille`s where my friend
Nikki Armstong was playing and hung out with the band
for the rest of their show.

I came back home and continued working on my new yet untitled song.

What a night!

Blow by Blow.

Jeff Beck`s 1975 album "Blow by Blow"
changed the musical landscape of the era and the new term "Jazz-Rock"
was introduced to the musical library.

It was also the last album where Jeff played this oxblood Les Paul
before he finally switched to the mighty Strat
for "Wired", his next offering of the same year.

Last week i`ve got the chance to play his signature Les Paul series model #2.

Jeff kept #1 to himself of course.

It is an amazing instrument which when plugged into
a Marshall handwired 2061X
becomes every guitar lover`s wet dream come true.

We spent one hour jamming on the tune "`Cause we ended as lovers"
and it was not hard to get the creamy sound Jeff has on this track.

I am privileged to have a student and a friend who has a great guitar collection,
and every time we meet i get to play another fantastic guitar.

Now i wonder if that`s the same guitar he used when he was recording "Truth".

Another classic album and a must have for every guitarist.

This album together with John Mayall`s
and the Bluesbreakers "Beano" featuring Eric Clapton,
"A Hard Road" featuring Peter Green
"Tons of Sobs" by Free and Led Zeppelin `s first album
are essential for every Blues-Rock guitar player to own and study.

John Varvatos Bowery.

Thursday night i was invited to John Varvatos Bowery
to check out a group called The Lufthansa Heist.

It`s always fun to be there, wandering around the same space where music history was written
sometime ago when the place was named CBGB.

John Varvatos has been true to the tradition and has restored the place in a brilliant way
that resembles all the past glory but armed and ready to write it`s own new history.

First time i was there i was amazed by all the memorabilia on the walls
as well as the beautiful clothes fit to dress any new aspired Rock`n Rollers
and yet trademark of the older glamorous and successful.

I was into John Varvatos clothes design even before i visited his Bowery
store and had the chance to see, touch and feel the glory first hand
and now i am saving money to buy whatever i can afford to.

It was his Greek name that drew my attention at first
then i found out that he was born and raised in Detroit,
Michigan where my wife is from
and that contributed to my curiosity to find out more about him.

Then of course his Manhattan store
was my highest motivation of visiting and rediscovering old glories.

When you are there you feel the vibes of the place and that might have been
the reason why yesterday on my visit to the Public Library,
i took out The Best of Blondie and
Marquee Moon

From Lucille`s to the Yard.

Friday night i went to Lucille`s
where Nikki Armstrong was playing
and celebrating her birthday.

The band was cooking
with Jason Green on guitar
Rob Chaseman on sax
and it`s always fun to listen and watch
all these very talented musicians who were there
taking the stage making music and improvising.

Dave Fields played two songs he wrote
for her new upcoming studio album,
we did a slow blues together
and later while i was singing one of my songs,
i heard someone applauding me in Greek.

When i finished my set i met with this Greek guy at the bar
who was so thrilled to discover BBKING`s, the band and Me.
After talking with him a while he could not believe
i was the same person who had played with
Paulos Sidiropoulos
(The main riff of the song in this video was written by me and i also play the lead"
but by the time they videotaped it i was living in Sweden),
and recorded one of his favorite songs "I magissa tis Arapias".

I always meet interesting people there i must admit!

Monday night i went to see and jam with my friends
at Scotland Yard in Hoboken.

Big Ed Sullivan was hosting the jam
and when i walked in Arthur Neilson
was on bass and later played some amazing guitar too.

There were so many good players there as always
and i hung with Mike Torres
while talking to Christine Santelli behind the bar,
and later to Poppa Chubby and his wife Galea.

I left around midnight and i was so inspired i stayed up till the wee hours of the morning playing my
Strat.

NYPL.

The New York Public Library is one of the
best things i have encountered since i moved to NYC in 2003.

It has been a constant source of inspiration and a great place
to spent time reading and borrowing CDS,Videos and DVDS.

Whenever i feel uninspired i go to the library and borrow
CDS to listen to.

Recently the Performing Arts Library Records Collection
at Lincoln Center Plaza
has been my new discovery since i have found there
an amazing CD Collection that would satisfy
my constant hunger and curiosity for new music.

I was sad that i left all my precious vinyl collction in Athens
but i cant` be that anymore since everytime i go there i discover
more of my old records and i get inspired by new.

I could not beleive it when i saw The Original Fleetwood Mac
there, a record that has been a major influence to me
and one of the reasons i started playing guitar,
remastered plus four bonus tracks.

Savoy Brown`s "Looking In" album
was another one i really liked listening to when i was growing up
and now i could enjoy it again remastered and without the scratches.

On my latest visit i borrowed the following albums that are now
constantly spinning on my CD player.

The J.Geils Band
Small Faces,
Roy Buchanan "Deluxe edition"
Big Bill Morganfield "Rising Son"
John McLaughlin "Thieves and Poets"
Freddie Hubbard "Red Clay"
Miles Davis "Sorcerer"
Stan Getz "The Best of Two Worlds featuring Joao Gilberto"
Grant Green "Ain`t it Funky Now!"
Herbie Hancock "Perfect Machine"

Allan Holdsworth.

Saturday night was a foggy one here in Manhattan.

I had reserved two tickets for the evening`s second show
at Iridium and i was so excited
to see and hear one of the most amazing guitar players
in recent history Mr.Allan Holdsworth.

First and last time i saw him live it was two years ago
when he was giving a guitar seminar at Manny`s.

But i first heard his guitar sound and amazing playing
way back in 1973 when i bought the first and only recording
by a group called Tempest
where he was recruited by ex Colosseum
drummer Mr. Jon Hiseman for his Cream-clone project.


Later on the same year i`ve got me a Soft Machine
recording titled "Bundles"
where his concept was fully formulated
and even got better on the 1975 Tony Williams Lifetime
first release "Beleive it"

I was thrilled to hear him play "Fred" from that album.

His playing on violinist Jean-Luc Ponty`s 1976 release
"Enigmatic Ocean" still sounds so fresh and so musical as it did
when i first heard the album and i love it.

Holdsworth`s concept continued to expand on the now-classic
release "Road Games" from 1983 and on 1985`s "Metal Fatigue".

Allan Holdworth`s sound is unique and instantly recognizable.
It has a violin like quality combined with oboe and saxophone
and his legato technique is legendary and highly imitated.

After the show i bought his latest release "Wardenclyffe Tower"
where his playing is even better than ever and a pure joy
to listen to.

You`ve got to check him out!

JIM DILL.(A CROOK AND A THIEF)

In May i submitted my SonicbidsE.P.K.
to a new indie label from Chebanse named
K.T. Recordz for to be considered on their roster expansion.

I paid $5 for the submission fee and half an hour later
i got a responce from the company`s owner Jim Dill
that he wanted my instrumental song "Kathleen"
for the upcoming compilation "Guitars of Tomorrow Vol.1".

Of course i was flattered and happy for his offer
so i said YES and paid the additional $5 fee for the song.

That`s when my troubles started!

He sent me the contract asking my permission for the song
and after i agreed with the terms and i signed it i sent it back to him.

Later on in May 2007 i was also accepted on the company`s
roster expansion which meant promotion,booking gigs,
arranging interviews and i was thrilled and excited.

I presented the new contract papers to my lawyer,paid his fee,
and after we both agreed that they were legitimate
i signed the papers and sent 10 cds,10 promo pictures,
1 dvd of a live performance, and two more cds with interviews
and live performances at radio stations
to the company`s owner Jim Dill.

While excanging e-mails with him i`ve discovered that the man
was complete illiterate, and after mentioning my worrying
to be represented by a total moron and illiterate dude was not
what i had in mind for my promotion, he reasured me that his
wife Lynn Dill was a writer
and that she was going to take care of all the serious
press releases and announcments and i was naive enough
to accept that that will be the case.

Ten days after he received everything i sent him,
and in the middle of September 2007, he sent a mass e-mail
announcing that K.T.Recordz was bought by other investors
and because he didn`t agree with their new policies
he is leaving the company and his dreams of the compiilation
and artists promotion behind for a while till he could be able
to finance and start a new one under the name "NUBLUERECORDS".

Meanwhile he was still collecting submission fees,
K.T.Recordz
as this document proves, till the middle of November!

I then contacted him noumerous times asking him to return
all of my material that by now he was illegally holding,
and after i finally got him on the phone in November
he lied to me that his "secretary" had sent everything back
to me and that was the last i`ve heard from him.

After that i contacted many frustrated musicians that
were on the compilation,who had never heard back from him either,
but through my investigation i found out that his main
artist Jimmy Warren was the one and same person as Jim Dill (every picture tells a story)
and that the whole scam of him collecting all these fees
from musicians around the globe was to promote Himself
and his "Music" by receiving songs from other artists
and making some serious bucks from stealing their money
and their intellectual property.

I also found out that the guy was a total LOOSER
with NO MONEY of his own to start a business
and totaly uncapable of promoting his artists
as his adds for financial aid posted in July of 2007
prove,Jim Dill!

I wonder and fear if mine and other musicians songs
have made it to illegally selling compilations around the globe.

Be alert and be aware of THIEFS=JIM DILL-LIERS-CROOKS like JIM DILL.

JIM DILL & K.T.RECORDZ SCAM!

In May i submitted my SonicbidsE.P.K.
to a new indie label from Chebanse named
K.T. Recordz for to be considered on their roster expansion.

I paid $5 for the submission fee and half an hour later
i got a responce from the company`s owner Jim Dill
that he wanted my instrumental song "Kathleen"
for the upcoming compilation "Guitars of Tomorrow Vol.1".

Of course i was flattered and happy for his offer
so i said YES and paid the additional $5 fee for the song.

That`s when my troubles started!

He sent me the contract asking my permission for the song
and after i agreed with the terms and i signed it i sent it back to him.

Later on in May 2007 i was also accepted on the company`s
roster expansion which meant promotion,booking gigs,
arranging interviews and i was thrilled and excited.

I presented the new contract papers to my lawyer,paid his fee,
and after we both agreed that they were legitimate
i signed the papers and sent 10 cds,10 promo pictures,
1 dvd of a live performance, and two more cds with interviews
and live performances at radio stations
to the company`s owner Jim Dill.

While excanging e-mails with him i`ve discovered that the man
was complete illiterate, and after mentioning my worrying
to be represented by a total moron and illiterate dude was not
what i had in mind for my promotion, he reasured me that his
wife Lynn Dill was a writer
and that she was going to take care of all the serious
press releases and announcments and i was naive enough
to accept that that will be the case.

Ten days after he received everything i sent him,
and in the middle of September 2007, he sent a mass e-mail
announcing that K.T.Recordz was bought by other investors
and because he didn`t agree with their new policies
he is leaving the company and his dreams of the compiilation
and artists promotion behind for a while till he could be able
to finance and start a new one under the name "NUBLUERECORDS".

Meanwhile he was still collecting submission fees,
K.T.Recordz
as this document proves, till the middle of November!

I then contacted him noumerous times asking him to return
all of my material that by now he was illegally holding,
and after i finally got him on the phone in November
he lied to me that his "secretary" had sent everything back
to me and that was the last i`ve heard from him.

After that i contacted many frustrated musicians that
were on the compilation,who had never heard back from him either,
but through my investigation i found out that his main
artist Jimmy Warren was the one and same person as Jim Dill (every picture tells a story)
and that the whole scam of him collecting all these fees
from musicians around the globe was to promote Himself
and his "Music" by receiving songs from other artists
and making some serious bucks from stealing their money
and their intellectual property.

I also found out that the guy was a total LOOSER
with NO MONEY of his own to start a business
and totaly uncapable of promoting his artists
as his adds for financial aid posted in July of 2007
prove,Jim Dill!

I wonder and fear if mine and other musicians songs
have made it to illegally selling compilations around the globe.

Be alert and be aware of THIEFS=JIM DILL-LIERS-CROOKS like JIM DILL.

Get inspired by the Blues.

The January 2008 issue of Guitar Player
arrived in my mailbox the other day.

On this month`s lessons they feature the great Johnny Winter.

Reading through the article made me remember all his albums
and what a big impact his playing had on me.

Jesse Gress who wrote the article
mentions "The Progresive Blues Experiment"
a killer "Live" album and i could not agree more.

And that voice!

I first heard Johnny on a radio station
from the American Base in Athens.

I must have been around 12 years old and it totaly blew me away.

Ever since that night i`ve got obsessed about finding that album
where this song came from.

It was on his "Second Winter" album -three sides of revolutionary blues
(yes,side four was blank) psyched-up with wah-wah,
electric mandolin, and plenty of
Hendrix-inspired studio effects-
that still remains a perennial favorite.

The song`s title "I love everybody" still sounds so fresh and full of high energy.

I love all his Rock albums "Johnny Winter And"
from the summer of 1970, "Still Alive and Well" from 1973,
"Saints & Sinners" from 1974 and "John Dawson Winter 3"
from 1975.


If you are a guitar player and want to study the Blues
and Rock & Roll vocabulary, look no further
than Mr.Winter`s vast knowledge in both genres.

In 1977 Johnny abandoned the rock scene
for a pure blues lifestyle recording one after the other
memorable and highly acclaimed albums.

So i was kind of surprised last night when my student Carlo
confessed to me that he had never heard Johnny`s playing
and i was more than happy to give him a compilation CD to listen to.

The blues have always been a constant source of inspiration
to me, but i cannot say that i am a strictly blues player,
as none of my big influences are either,
but you can certainly hear the blues in every note i play.

After all and as mr. Jon Paris sings
every Monday night at Lucilles
the blues had a baby and they named it rock & roll.

John McLaughlin.

Last night we went to Town Hall
to attend Mr.John McLaughlin`s first
electric fusion concert in ten years.

His recent touring band is the same one as on his latest release
"Industrial Zen" and it`s called the 4th Dimension.

It`s a quartet with John on the guitar along with three amazing musicians.

Mr.Gary Husband on the keyboards
and on jungle drums,since John is a master of a counterpoint
thing happening in which there are often two melodies
and a superimposed time signature,
Mr. Hadrien Feraud a 23 years old musical phenomenon
on Bass and one of the most astonishing drummers Mr.Mark Mondesir.

John McLaughlin`s 70`s album has had a huge impact on me
as a musician.

I was totally blown away when i first heard version two
of the Mahavishnu Orchestra ,
on "Visions of the Emerald Beyond,1974", which
my sister brought me as a gift from her first trip to London.

His playing was like nothing i had experienced before and
command of the instrument short of amazing.

I later bought "The Inner Mountain Flame,1971","Birds of Fire,1972"
and a live recording, "Between Nothingness and Eternity,1973" featuring
the first version Mahavishnu Orchestra, one of the greatest bands ever!

Later on i got into his acoustic albums "My Goal`s Beyond,1970"
with side one being one of the first world-music experiments,
as the two pieces resolved around a drone,and side two
was dedicated to the guitar exclusively,
either solo or multitracked.

Fascinated by his acoustic guitar work
i`ve got me two more albums
with an Indian group of musicians called "Shakti",
the first one "Natural Elements,1975" and the later
"A Handful of Beauty,1976" both of them i treasure deeply.

His command of the acoustic guitar ans his picking
technique is simply astounding.

The concert last night left me and kathleen in a trance
and I believe most of the people in the audience felt
the same way.

What an inspiration he has been and he continues to be
now at his 65 years of age with a physique of a 20 year old,
and that`s due to Meditation
and to dedicated Vegetarianism.

He is a living legend and an example to us all.