Guthrie Govan Discussion

[Bode]

Just listened to the album in my car.

Back in the 80's, as a kid, I remember the first time I listened to EVH on the '1984' album...Jake E. Lee on 'Bark at the Moon'...and Yngwie's 'Marching out'. These came as a shock to my system compared to their contemporaries. As guitar playing advanced to a much higher level of technique, I somehow have not experienced anything else that gave me the same impact as the ones above (probably due to so many extremely impossible shredders around now, it's hard for anyone to really stand high enough above the rest.)
I'm so happy to say that 'Erotic Cakes' brought back the same delightful shock factor that I havent experienced in years.

The first time I saw him play was when I was queueing up to try out Patrick Eggle guitars in the British Music Fair in London...he was right before me and when he played, the rest of the queue decided to not play out of embarrassment...and awe...with all our jaws dropped. Mick Sweeney of Yamaha was there too...and cheekily said..."err...excuse me...you're not really a beginner aren't you?"

The next thing I knew was seeing his face on the cover of Guitarist Magazine winning the Guitarist of the year contest...and the rest was history.

I've been waiting for this album since that time (that makes it about 14-15 years perhaps?).And it's been worth all the wait.

Thanks Guthrie...for carrying on the torch that was previously carried by Hendrix, EVH, Yngwie etc. etc. into the future of guitar virtuosity
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[frankus]

[thelordofcheesecake]

[frankus]

Nah, I don't want to say he's a Messiah or nuffink. But I think the album is great at picking up where I feel things got left off but it's fresh, it doesn't have a feel of emerging from some cryogenic vault... maybe an incidental renaissance type thing.

I could say the same of The Darkness to a degree but they chose to pick up from 70's / 80's glam and not change the format and maybe play the post modern irony card too.. but it got made into something more than it was by NME.

I don't want to do something NME did
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[alexkhan]

[alexkhan]

Just got a very nice comment from the great Steve Stevens about 'Erotic Cakes':

[Edovinus]

Steve Stevens rocks!!!

[alexkhan]

And now a word from another distinguished artist, Reb Beach:

[Zack]

I heard wonderful slippery thing many times but i just had to smile at the tapping arpeggio thingy in 1 min 20 sec or so. The timing and execution on that brake is just brethaking

[govango]

I LOVE his new album there are some breath taking moments on it, it makes me grin from ear to ear i've never been this excited about an album since first hearing Passion and Warfare.

One thing though I couldn't get to sleep last as I had the 1st minute of Uncle Skunk going through my head and it was the first thing I thought of this morning I may have to skip that track in the future before it makes me crazy. Over the last 15 years i've had me fave players and they have come and gone with the trend but here is one that sticks with me and he is definately my no1 fave player. The musicianship on the album is amazing too with his bro on bass, really solid and the drumming is really creative and exciting.

Blimey i've even got the album on typing this out it's going to drive the wife and neighbours crazy but I don't care. I'd love to see Guthrie tour this album, i'll be there.
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[Edovinus]

I have listened to Erotic Cakes intensively ever since I got it, but I haven't come around to sitting down and writing a decent review. But it's still on the agenda. For now, this will have to do:

EROTIC CAKES R O C K S ! ! !

[alexkhan]

The latest quote from another mighty fine player - Lyle Workman.

[bigm555]

I was only recently introduced to Guthrie's music but I immediately recognized that he had something special.
I ordered and received my copy of erotic cakes just a couple days ago now. I have no regrets about my purchase. This is certainly one of the best guitar albums I have come across in a very long time.
As others have mentioned (more elequently than I) one of the most appealing characteristics of Erotic Cakes is the "fun" and musician ship that comes through each arrangement. The diversity is extensive, the phrasing mature, the tones smooth. It really is a very complete package.
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