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California Guitar Trio (CGT) is a band of three guitar players founded in 1991. Paul Richards of Salt Lake City, Utah, Bert Lams of Brussels, Belgium, and Hideyo Moriya of Tokyo, Japan 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 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.
In 1992 and 1993 the trio performed widely with Robert Fripp and Trey Gunn as part of the Robert Fripp String Quintet. The group gained wider exposure and wowed a receptive audience performing in support of King Crimson’s Thrak 1995 Summer Tour across North America and Europe.
With a whirlwind of instrumental styles fusing classical, rock, blues, jazz, world music, bluegrass, 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 a rabid following and wide notoriety, with significant crossover in the progressive, acoustic and classical music scenes.
Over the past 12 years of nearly incessant touring, the California Guitar Trio has shared the stage with superb musicians and performers such as: The Andreas Kapsalis & Goran Ivanovic Guitar Duo, King Crimson, John McLaughlin, David Sylvian, Tito Puente, Leftover Salmon, Taj Mahal, Steve Lukather, Simon Phillips, Adrian Legg, Enchant, and many more.
In 1992 and 1993 the trio performed widely with Robert Fripp and Trey Gunn as part of the Robert Fripp String Quintet. The group gained wider exposure and wowed a receptive audience performing in support of King Crimson’s Thrak 1995 Summer Tour across North America and Europe.
With a whirlwind of instrumental styles fusing classical, rock, blues, jazz, world music, bluegrass, 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 a rabid following and wide notoriety, with significant crossover in the progressive, acoustic and classical music scenes.
Over the past 12 years of nearly incessant touring, the California Guitar Trio has shared the stage with superb musicians and performers such as: The Andreas Kapsalis & Goran Ivanovic Guitar Duo, King Crimson, John McLaughlin, David Sylvian, Tito Puente, Leftover Salmon, Taj Mahal, Steve Lukather, Simon Phillips, Adrian Legg, Enchant, and many more.
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| FULL TRACK Echoes | 12:24 | Free MP3 |
| FULL TRACK Bohemian Rhapsody | 5:32 | |
| FULL TRACK The Cruel Sea | 2:04 | |
| FULL TRACK Tubular Bells | 8:07 |
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nssworld wrote:
These guys opened for King Crimson on the Thrak tour...saw them in Buffalo and LA on that tour. Pretty impressive players and album. Got the boyz to autograph cd in LA.
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noisybishop wrote:
Review of Andromeda http://sloucher.org/2011/05/26/outer-space-flamenco/
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Seed- wrote:
gorgeous mans) COOL *__*
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barrospablito wrote:
Excitante!
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WiTHiNt wrote:
nice covers
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johnTMcNeill wrote:
*_* ---these guys are courageous! They have no qualms about attacking a *sacred* tune and giving it a bit of a twist. MASSIVE talent!
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joyjoykid wrote:
Love the latest effort Andromeda. Has more electric stuff which makes whole tunes sound spacy.
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davidgeorgea wrote:
Simply Beautiful instrumental of a ( Queen number ) XXX
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KingCrimson776 wrote:
Much respect to the CGT.
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InSearchOfTruth wrote:
Yamanashi Blues is great abum!
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rosmaritbrum wrote:
Fantastic song....
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stratosonico wrote:
Man it sounds amazing! It's a kind of sound I never get bored.
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soin2u wrote:
one of my favorite!!!
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LadyStarstruck wrote:
very good!!
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Irishka-lisenok wrote:
Muzyka simply super.=)))))
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Wizywig wrote:
You guys should check out Gary Hooey
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wecomeagain wrote:
Wow right?
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BugClaw wrote:
I heard them first time in Germany, Mannheim in the 90th as preband for King Crimson and where very imressed. I dont know, how much time I needed to got there first album in Germany, because nobody knew them in this time there. I still love this music very, very much.
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Good!!! )
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News
Video by Tony Levin
20 Aug 2010 | from www.cgtrio.com
The audience sings Bohemian Rhapsody at the G-Taranaki Guitar
Festival, August 13, 2010. Video by Tony Levin.
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Andromeda will hit Earth in October
4 Aug 2010 | from www.cgtrio.com
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