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is the first all-acoustic release from the current reigning “master of
the telecaster.” Arlen Roth has long been one of the world’s top guitar
players and guitar educators. He’s toured and recorded with artists
such as: SIMON & GARFUNKEL, PHOEBE SNOW, DON MCLEAN, JOHN PRINE,
BOB DYLAN, RY COODER, RICK WAKEMAN, ERIC ANDERSEN, JANIS IAN, TONY
BIRD, PAUL SIMON (SOLO), ART GARFUNKEL (SOLO), STEVE GOODMAN, DUANE
EDDY and countless others. He is the son of the senior Cartoonist for
the New Yorker magazine, Al Ross, who has been with the New Yorker
since 1937. His first album, Guitarist, on Rounder (1978) won the MONTREAUX CRITICS AWARD for BEST INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM of the year.
Drive it Home
is Arlen Roth’s seventh album. In 1985, he created the guitar parts and
directed all the guitar scenes for the legendary music film,
“CROSSROADS,” with actor Ralph Macchio (Arlen actually played the parts
in the film). He was the #1 columnist for Guitar Player Magazine from
1982-92 with his column, Hot Guitar. He has ten best-selling music
books to his credit for publishers such as Doubleday, Macmillan,
Schirmer Book, Warner Bros., Music Sales and Ballentine, and his book
sales have topped one million worldwide. He also is the founder and
producer of Hot Licks Video, the world’s leading company for
instructional video, documenting the great players of our time sine
1979. Hot Licks has sold several million tapes all over the world, in
many languages. He is currently playing with a great all-star group
that consists of many players from his late great friend DANNY GATTON’S
band.
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