Guthrie Govan Discussion

alexkhan · Joined: 10 Sep 2004 Posts: 2783 Location: Chino, CA

Guthrie and I embarked on a clinic tour of the Far East in early-June and it was a spectacular success. Guthrie started out in India with two clinic-gigs which drew over 500 people for one and nearly 300 for the other. I then hooked up with Guthrie in Hong Kong for a clinic there in a packed little restaurant/bar. From there, it was onto Beijing and the clinic there also drew nearly 300 people, which was a pleasant surprise.

But the highlight of the tour was definitely the visit to Seoul where we did a clinic-concert one night and Guthrie did two TV show tapings that will be nationally broadcast in Korea in mid-July. Music Force, the Suhr dealer and distributor in Korea, did a tremendous job organizing and promoting the events. The clinic-concert on June 8 drew nearly 700 people, which was definitely a record for an event like this.

We are already planning another extravaganza in Seoul in October with Guthrie's band also flying in from UK and Andy Wood joining in on the fun as special guest and second guitarist. There'll be four TV station shows for both Guthrie and Andy as well as a concert at an even bigger venue.

I should have more vids and a lot of photos later from the trip, but here are some new vids from the tour for now. Enjoy!

Hong Kong TV Interview and 'Waves' Performance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJpGbyOH_U0

Videos from Our Visit to Seoul, Korea

Music Force Visit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdqua5jJBwQ

Clinic on June 8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bccIz68zNik

Jam on 'Little Wing' with Korean artist Kim Se-Hwang
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJnokpyDNHk

Ner Ner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG5VogJWNwQ

Special thanks to Jennifer Hong at Music Force who took these vids and edited them for our viewing pleasure. Jennifer, who is the marketing manager at Music Force, really gets Guthrie, guitar music in general and guitars as she's from a singer/musical actress/pianist background. She did an amazing job organizing the events and made the experience far beyond what Guthrie and I expected in Seoul. Can't wait to get back there with Guthrie's band and Andy Wood to boot! Smile

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geese_com · Joined: 06 Dec 2005 Posts: 28

Thanks Ed! Always nice to see some new Guthrie vids.

Chilton-a-tron · Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 8:15 am Post subject:

Thankyou for the vids, always inspires me to practice more!! But god dayum would he hurry up an not be busy and get the next album out before i figuratively wet my pants. Very Happy

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alexkhan · Joined: 10 Sep 2004 Posts: 2783 Location: Chino, CA

Here's another vid of 'Little Wing' jam from the EBS TV broadcast show on June 10 with another fine Korean guitar player - I.H. Jeon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ63T-pXuic
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Chilton-a-tron · Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 5:00 am Post subject:

geese_com · Joined: 06 Dec 2005 Posts: 28

Lately, I've been seeing Guthrie playing through what looks like a Suhr Badger head and cab. Has he switch from Cornford or is that just the amp that is available for the East Asia gigs? Thanks.

RoryButler · Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 7:06 pm Post subject:

alexkhan · Joined: 10 Sep 2004 Posts: 2783 Location: Chino, CA

Guthrie is just going with what makes sense when Cornford amps aren't available. Cornford amps are just difficult to find out there and amps are hard things to lug around on tours such as these.
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.strandberg* Guitars USA
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