LCG #181 – Steve Lukather interview

Posted on 18/01/2013 by pjournel

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Hello,

For the release of his solo album Transition I had the pleasure to meet Steve Lukather for a video interview.

I have fond memories of playing over and over a VHS tape (yes, I am that old) where Steve explained his licks so you can imagine I was quite thrilled to meet the man himself.

Subjects discussed during the interview :

His new guitar, the Luke III from Ernie Ball Music Man
The recording of his latest solo album Transition (which I think is great)
His guitar playing over the years
His current projects
And many more

As usual this interview is available in video on YouTube and in audio format in mp3 via the podcast.

Extracts from Transition played in the audio version :

Transition
Creep Motel
Rest Of The World
Smile (the superb instrumental song we talk about in the interview)

Enjoy,

Pierre.

LCG #155 – Simon McBride interview

Posted on 03/06/2012 by pjournel

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Hello,

I was very happy to interview Simon McBride (aka @smcbridemusic) via Skype as his music kept on showing up when I did some listening in shuffle mode to go through all the music I receive.

And each time it happened I said to myself ”I really MUST have this guy in the show!”.

That’s the method I use: I hit play and if the music I hear interests me I take a note. When it happened several times for the same artist, it really means I am on to something.

Extracts played before the interview:

Devil’s Road (Since Then)
Tear Down Your Soul (Since Then)
Down To The Wire (Nine Lives)
Rich Man Falling (Nine Lives)

Happy listening,

Pierre.

PS: note that toward the end of the interview there is a weird offset between our voices so it sounds like we are talking at the same time and like there were some long silences during our conversation. I had to way to correct that after the fact. Sorry about that.

LCG #150 – Richie Kotzen interview

Posted on 28/04/2012 by pjournel

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Hello,

For this episode #150 I am very happy to present you with an interview from guitar super star Richie Kotzen (aka @Richie_Kotzen) himself! He was in Paris a couple of weeks ago for a concert and I had the opportunity to meet him right before the gig.

I cannot recommend enough his latest CD “24 Hours” which is shock full of good songs, excellent singing and awesome guitar parts.

Extracts from his album “24 hours” played before the interview:

Get It On
24 Hours
I Don’t Know Why
Help Me

Richie’s guitar pics right before the show (notice the inboard tuner around the volume pot):

Enjoy,

Pierre.

PS: thanks Michelle (aka @mholland5001) for putting me in contact with Richie’s management to organize the interview.

LCG #081 – Popa Chubby interview

Posted on 13/11/2010 by pjournel

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Hello,

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.

LCG #071 – Dave Weiner interview

Posted on 09/09/2010 by pjournel

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Hello,

For the second time I had the opportunity to talk with Dave Weiner. The first time was in episode #32 to talk with Dave about his life as the guitar player for Steve Vaï (whom you can hear the interview in episode #25), this time the occasion was to talk about his solo album called “On Revolute”.

Happy listening,

Pierre.

LCG #058 – Philip Sayce interview

Posted on 06/05/2010 by pjournel

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Hello,

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”.

He will be back in Paris to play at Le Réservoir on May 26th, don’t miss him!!

You will find plenty of great videos of Philip on YouTube, but I like this one a lot as you can check him out playing all alone:

Links:

www.philipsayce.com
philip.bstrongspeaktru.com: a PS fanclub website
Galerie de superbes photos de Tasunka du concert du 26 mai de Philip Sayce

Happy listening,

Pierre.

LCG #057 – Nuno Bettencourt interview

Posted on 29/04/2010 by pjournel

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Hello,

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. He was in Paris to play Bercy with Rihanna.

So still hot from my Zoom H2 digital recorder, here it is unedited and unabridged, the Nuno interview.

Here is a blurry picture I took just before the interview (see how proud I am on my face??):

Links:

Happy listening,

Pierre.

LCG #053 – Matthias Jabs interview

Posted on 03/04/2010 by pjournel

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Hello,

A true rock icon in this episode with Matthias Jabs from Scorpions, super-nice guy and very talktative. It was a real pleasure to meet and have a little guitar chat with the Scorpions lead guitar player.

Happy listening,

Pierre.

LCG #044 – Bruce Kulick interview

Posted on 27/01/2010 by pjournel

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Hello,

Another guitar super-star on The Guitar Channel with none other than Bruce Kulick himself!! World wide known for his 12 year time as the lead guitar for KISS, he is now pursuing a solo carreer as well as being involved in many different projects.

I had the pleasure to do a Skype interview with Bruce to talk about his latest solo album BK3 and many other subjects.

Links:

kulick.net
www.kulick.net/blog : blog on the recording of BK3
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Kulick

Happy listening,

Pierre.

LCG #038 – Mattias “IA” Eklundh interview

Posted on 07/12/2009 by pjournel

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Hello,

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. Check the tour dates on their website.

With the authorization of Mattias, I played two extracts in this show: