CD Review: http://zzaj.freehostia.com/index.htm The Burr Johnson Band – >WHAT IT IS: This CD is bound to hit the streets running… I want to say that this is our “first listen” to Burr’s smashing guitar-thistry, but I’m sure I’d be in error, since he’s played with Spyro Gyra, Ray Charles, B.B. King & a whole host of …
…..When Metal Mike Varney is paying attention to a jazz guitarist, it pays to pay attention. Johnson is one of those cats you’ve heard without knowing it since he’s played with everyone from Jack McDuff to Lauryn Hill and has his own signature line of guitars with Hagstrum. A smart fusion picker that knows what …
I was approached originally to help with the proper equipment they might need to have a MIDI guitar chair in the orchestra. But in the end I wound programing the MIDI guitar parts the whole show. They wanted it so the guitar player would only need to press a pedal every time he needed to …
Burr Johnson programs the MIDI guitar chair for the Broadway musical Soul Doctor Read More »
So Pat Metheny calls me and says he hears I’m good with the MIDI guitar stuff. I say well yes its true, so he asks if he can come up and work on some Axon related issues he’s having (Axon is the MIDI system he and I use). He had the new robot project he …
Kim Plainfield and Carl Fischer published this book on contemporary music for drums. In this book they decided to use (publish) my song “Ol Factory” for the reader to study and practice with, and to demonstrate various techniques of Fusion playing. A great honor to have one’s music used to help define a genre. Thanks …
Published in Carl Fischer’s Fusion Drum book by Kim Plainfield Read More »
Guitar Player Magazine did this article showcasing different Fusion artists and in this issue, I was featured. Here is a quote from the article “Burr is a harmony-oriented player who is as comfortable playing clean chord-solo- phrasesas he is laying down a barrage of blistering fusion licks. Burr augments his sound withguitar-synth soundscapes, which serve …
When I flew to Germany that year I wasn’t sure what I was going to find. I knew I was shooting a video but I was unclear as to what kind of budget these guys had been given and for how long we’d be at it. Turns out it took two days in which I …
Playing BB Kings for the first time was great fun (although quite some time ago). So much history there; it kind of gives you butterflys. Rick was cool to talk to. He was very interested in my then new Green Brian Moore DC1 model guitar. He said he liked the neck. It was cool pitting …
That year we were chosen to be the headline act for the Milford Jazz Festival. There were so many great bands that year. We were honored to be there. The heat was staggering, and we were so sweaty it was hard to greet the audience after the show. I’m happy to say the audience loved …
So great to play in front of Buddy Guy. So much fun to watch him play. I played my first Brian Moore guitar on this one. My sound wasn’t great, but as a trio, I think we kicked ass. Kim Plainfield really lit up the stage. We played our song “Of Two Minds” for the …