Rocks the West by California Guitar Trio (CD, Apr-2000, Discipline)

Album Features
UPC:	633367000323
Artist:	California Guitar Trio
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2000
Record Label:	Discipline
Genre:	Progressive Rock, Rock & Pop

Track Listing
1. Scramble
2. Symphony No. 9
3. Bohemian Rhapsody
4. Caravan - (Moroccan Roll with drum solo)
5. Punta Patri
6. Waters of Eden
7. Blue-Eyed Monkey
8. Pathways
9. Pictures at an Exhibition
10. Happy Time in Fun Town
11. Misirlou
12. Rokidan
13. Blockhead

Details
Playing Time:	52 min.
Contributing Artists:	Tony Levin, Bill Janssen
Producer:	California Guitar Trio, Brian Lucey
Distributor:	Ryko Distribution
Recording Type:	Live
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
California Guitar Trio: Bert Lams, Paul Richards, Hideyo Moriya (acoustic guitar).Additional personnel: Bill Janssen (saxophone); Tony Levin (fretless bass, Chapman stick).Recorded live at the Boulder Theater, Boulder, Colorado on October 22, 1999; Henflings, Ben Lomond, California on October 26, 1999; Mercury Lounge, Goleta, California on October 28, 1999; Luna Park, Los Angeles, California on October 29, 1999.Personnel: Paul Richards, Hideyo Moriya, Bert Lams (guitar); Bill Janssen (saxophone); Tony Levin (fretless bass, Chapman stick).Audio Mixers: Brian Lucey; Paul Richards.Photographers: Paul Richards; Hideyo Moriya; Ioannis; Mark Jakusovsky; Amy Jakusovsky; Tony Levin ; Bert Lams.Through three decades of progressive rock in King Crimson, Robert Fripp brought guitar-based rock to its most exciting levels. Along the way, he picked up an allergic reaction to the cannibalistic music industry. With his record label Discipline Global Mobile, Fripp releases experimental recordings with a kinder, gentler business ethic. Says each CD, "copyright is operated...on behalf of the artists, with whom it resides. Discipline excepts no reasons for artists to give away such copyright interests in their work by virtue of a 'common practice' which is out of tune with the time, was always questionable and is now indefensible." Well. Certainly in tune with another time is California Guitar Trio. Rocks the West is a live album. It features the acoustic guitar ensemble's stunning arrangements of such classical pieces as Beethoven's "Symphony No. 9" and Mussorgski's "Pictures at an Exhibition." Along the way you get their treatment of more modern classics like "Bohemian Rhapsody" and Ellington's "Caravan." Some tracks feature King Crimson alumnus, bassist Tony Levin. ~ Tom Schulte