I am currently working on an instrumental guitar album with the giant Nashville songwriter, Michael Garvin, and we just completed many successful evening sessions that went well into the night to create some truly memorable guitar moments! I brought what I usually call “the enire Pawn shop” with me, for these dates; old Gibsons, Mosrites, a Danelectro Baritone, National lap steels, Rickenbacker 12-strings, Guilds ….you name it! It’s so much fun to have all of your tools of the trade at your disposal in the studio, because you never really know which is “the one” that will truly speak for what you are going for!
I can tell you that we feel very happy with what we’ve got so far, and we are truly on the quest for the guitarist’s “Holy Grail”…a big instrumental “hit” record! It’s something I have been wanting to make happen for a long time now, and these are all original compositions. Some of them I brought to the table, and in fact may have been songs I’ve had for 27 years, while others are ones that Michael brought to the table, and that I am helping him “tweak”. All in all, it’s a wonderful experience collaborating, as long as both parties allow the other party to truly be “heard”. It’s only then that the idea of collaborating really works, otherwise, you may as well go it alone!
I’ll be keeping you up to date on the progress of this wonderful, musical venture that we are embarking on as it develops, but I can tell you it’s off to a very exciting and musically interesting start!