Friday, February 09, 2007

Miami, Fla

Here is myself with Steve Alaimo (centre) and Steve Gordon (right). Steve A is an industry giant who has been associated with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Babara Streisand, The Bee Gees, Eric Clapton, and many other legendary names. He also wrote "Sweet Melissa" with The Allman Brothers. Steve G on the right is a very successful session guitarist and producer based in Miami. He has worked with BonJovi, Zak Wilde, Peter Frampton and Al Green, among others. This picture was taken at Audio Vision Studios in Miami were I was playing last week (Jan/Feb 2007). Shame about the weather though.

This picture was taken at Royal Palace Studio in Miami, during the mixing of Foghats new album. Eddie Zyne in the blue tee shirt has played drums with Hall & Oates, Rick Derringer & The Monkeys. Billy Livesay in the green tee shirt also plays guitar with Clarence Clemons, the very well known sax player with Bruce Springsteen. Steve Gordon is sitting down engineering the session.

Here I am again, with a '58 strat. An original mind you, not a custom shop or a reissue. And a trusty Marshall 50watt DSL head with a combination of speaker cabs. Also taken at Royal Palace Studio. Note: neither the strat nor the gold records belong to me.

And why all this stuff from Miami all of a sudden? Well, we are looking at ways for me to make a new album in the USA. Although we are only in the very early stages of this new project, many exciting ideas surrounding line up, studios and working with other bands are being suggested and contemplated. We will of course keep you posted on developments, and if/when we have any news, we will post it here straight away.