For the 2nd time (see this episode for the 1st interview), I had the pleasure to interview Popa Chubby as he was in paris to promote his latest album Back To New York City. After the interview we did a video recording of the song Pound Of Flesh you will see in next week episode.
Meeting and interviewing Popa is always some kind of adventure, this time we were supposed to to the interview in a radio studio but during the show he broke two strings so we had to go back to the hotel to get some new strings.
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Do you have any idea how it feels to get to interview such a guitar legend a Mr Leslie West??
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Hello,
Here is a transcription by Jenn at Random Chatter Music of the Popa Chubby interview I did back in episode #81.
Link to the PDF transcription
Good reading,
Pierre.
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Here is a transcription by Jenn at Random Chatter Music of the Bjorn Berge interview I did back in episode #78.
Link to the PDF transcription
Good reading,
Pierre.
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Hedras Ramos interview - For the first time ever, a guitar player from Central America on show, please meet Hedras Ramos from Guatemala! This musician is only 19 but is showing a musical maturity way beyond his age. His latest album (no, it is not his first CD, it's the third one!) "Atoms And Space" is a great CD I took a lot of pleasure to discover.
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Guitar video soundseeing: Rittenhouse Telecaster (@AbeRittenhouse)
Saturday, 02 July 2011
Here is a video soundseeing of my beautiful Rittenhouse Telecaster (www.rittenhouseguitars.com).
Direct link to the m4v file: LCG-111-20110702.m4v
The whole Rittenhouse Telecaster Story of this guitar is there in 5 parts:
Part 5
Part 4
Part 3
Part 2
Part 1
If you want sone more there is another video in french here and also an audio only episode with a soundseeing of the same guitar here.
Enjoy,
Pierre.
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For this episode I am very happy to have Jon Herington with me on the show.
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Video Paul Reed Smith interview and extracts from mini-concerts PRS Guitars
Monday, 11 April 2011
Here's a mini-interview with Paul Reed Smith done at the 2011 MusikMesse 2011 on Friday April 8th. Paul is the mastermind behind PRS guitars, it was a blast to be able to talk to him.
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Here is the full written transcription of the Paul Gilbert interview you can listen to on episode #87.
Thanks again to my usual transcriptor (is that a word?? Not sure...
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For the second time I had the great pleasure to interview the very tall Paul Gilbert while he was in Paris finishing his 40 date solo tour to promote his own album "Fuzz Universe".
Last time I met the guy was last year when he was touring with MrBig, the interview is on episode #26.
During the interview I asked questions on "Fuzz Universe" but also on "What If..." the next MrBig record which will be released in Europe early 2011.
Great shot of Paul by Nidhal Marzouk (www.yog-photography.com) during the Trabendo show in Paris on December 19th:
Extracts heard by
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On a glorious 2011 january morning, here it was, the parcel coming from Florida with the precious Rittenhouse Telecaster inside!
First impressions:
The guitar is very light, I need to weight it precisely but I am pretty sure it is the lightest guitar I have
The relicing job is very well done. It looks and feels old.
Well, it seems that my Rittenhouse (rittenhouseguitars.com) Telecaster is finished!
Popa Chubby is a New-York born guitar player which is pretty famous in France, I had the pleasure to interview him just before he played the Cabaret Sauvage in Paris.
As usual, before the intervie you will hear some extracts from his latest album "The Fight Is On":
The Fight Is On
We Got Some Rocking To Do
The Right Time
Steelhorse Serenade
Happy listening,
Pierre.
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Here is a great acoustic norwegian guitar player in this episode.
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Do you remember Part 2 of my Rittenhouse Telecaster story ? Here how the body was looking before Abe started the relicing process:
Here goes another picture update with the relicing job finished:
It looks cool he?
Back in april 2010 I had the pleasure to meet none other than an idol of mine, Nuno Bettencourt while he was in Paris for the Rihanna tour, here is a word-by-word complete written transcription done by Jenn at Random Chatter Music.
The audio recording of the interview is in episode #57.
Direct link to the PDF transcription
Happy reading,
Pierre.
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For the second time I had the opportunity to talk with Dave Weiner.
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Matthias Eklundh interview transcription (PDF) #Backstage
Wednesday, 01 September 2010
Back in september I had the pleasure to meet Matthias Eklundh while he was doing some promo for the Freak Kitchen album "Land Of The Freaks", here is a word-by-word complete written transcription done by Jenn at Random Chatter Music.
The audio recording of the interview is in episode #38.
Direct link to the PDF transcription
Happy reading,
Pierre.
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I had the pleasure this quiet but VERY intense bluesman, believe me, he has a DEEP voice and it is quite a feat to interview such a nice gentleman with such an articulate way to express himself.
His album "Booker's Guitar" is a pure joy and if Eric plays near you, go check him out!
Eric official website: www.ericbibb.com
Happy listening,
Pierre.
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I am sure you heard at least once the hit "Do You Kiss On The First Date?", the song is great, the guitars are juicy and the opening riff is massive! Well, this gem comes from the Toronto based trio called Danko Jones.
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I had the great pleasure to interview Philip Sayce, a superb guitar player, while he was in Paris to do some promo for his latest album Innerevolution.
Links
www.philipsayce.com
Galerie de superbes photos de Tasunka du concert du 26 mai de Philip Sayce
Happy listening,
Pierre.
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Nuno Bettencourt interview while in Paris, France on tour with Rihanna
Thursday, 29 April 2010
None other than Nuno Bettencourt in this episode!! I just had today the opportunity to meet and interview this incredible musician I have been a fan of since the early days of Extreme.
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A true rock icon in this episode with Matthias Jabs from Scorpions, super-nice guy and very talkative.
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Here is a picture update on the Telecaster I won back in December 2009 and that Abe is building for me at Rittenhouse:
As per Abe e-mail, the body is fully cured and ready for the relicing process.
Can't wait to see the next stage!
Pierre.
Note: here is the link to The Rittenhouse Telecaster Story - Part 1
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This is the ONE YEAR anniversary episode of The Guitar Channel!!
Let me tell you it was quite a ride the past 12 months. Even in my wildest dreams when I started I did not think about being able to meet so many great musicians, from Steve Vai to Pierre Bensusan??? No Way!! And here we are, 50 episodes later with many interviews and guitar soundseeings, one year later, going stronger than ever.
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Peter Finger and Dylan Fowler interviews
Saturday, 27 February 2010
In this episode two superb guitar players I interviewed just before the International Guitar Night at the New-Morning in Paris back in September:
Peter Finger
Dylan Fowler
Links:
www.guitar-night.com
www.peter-finger.com
www.myspace.com/dylanfowler1
Happy listening,
Pierre.
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All this story began with a post on Muzicosphere about a giveaway for a Rittenhouse guitar...
Then one morning, on December 24th 2009, barely awake as I was checking my iPhone I see this Boxcar popup with this tweet:
I had WON!!! I checked, double-checked, triple-checked but it was for real I had won a free guitar. On Christmas Eve, how cool is that, he??! 🙂
As The Guitar Channel is about...
Another guitar super-star on The Guitar Channel with none other than Bruce Kulick himself!!
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Mattias “IA” Eklundh interview with Freak Kitchen guitar player
Monday, 07 December 2009
Meeting with Mattias "IA" Eklundh was an experience. The guitar player for the swedish power-trio Freak Kitchen is very funny and manages to be also very serious in his answers at the same time.
I have to admit I discovered very recently the music from Freak Kitchen (shame on me, I know!) and I was more than anxious to discuss with such a guitar player.
They will be in France in 2010 (February 2nd at La Maroquinerie in Paris) so don't miss them if they come near you.
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As a follow-up to this episode (where you can listen to a Steve Vai interview) I did a Skype interview with his guitar player for the last 10 years, Dave Weiner.
The 35 minutes plus conversation was recorded through Skype so please excuse the couple of drop-outs you will hear here and there.
Thanks a ton to Dave who took the time to answer all my questions.
Watch out on his website for his up-coming solo album very soon...
Links:
www.daveweiner.com
www.riffoftheweek.com
www.youtube.com/riffoftheweek
Happy listening,
Pierre.
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