Fretworx

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Released October 2008 (2008-10) Studio Jungle Room Studios Producer Brian Tarquin Release date 14 October 2008 Genre Jazz fusion		Recorded July 2007-June 2008 Length 80:00 Artist Brian Tarquin Label Guitar Trax
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Fretworx is the fifth solo studio album by guitarist Brian Tarquin, released in October 2008 on Nu Groove/BHP Music distributed by RED Distribution. All tracks were recorded in New York, at Tarquin's Jungle Room Studios. Now with 18 years of recording experience, he recorded and produced Fretworx on his own terms. Tarquin enlisted top notch players to guest with him on the album, Billy Sheehan appeared on the Jeff Beck remake, Blue Wind, Frank Gambale on Spanish Harlem, Steve Morse on Towers, Max Middleton on Solidarity and Jungle Room Boogie, Chuck Loeb on Yorkville, Hal Lindes on Aphrodite, Randy Coven on 86th Street and Dionysus, Andy Timmons on Manhattan, and Will Ray on Constantinople. The album also featured bonus tracks from Steve Vai & Randy Coven Funk Me Tender, Carlos Santana Jam In E and Tommy Bolin Homeward Strut. The entire album was engineered, produced and composed by Tarquin with the exception of the bonus tracks.

Critical reception

Fretworx received overall positive reviews. Larry Crane at Tape Op wrote "...while Brian can play with speed of Steve Vai, he can play with the kind of grace and melody someone like Jeff Beck is known for." Brad Tolinski at Guitar World magazine called the album "The world's greatest shredders doing what they do best—melting faces and taking numbers! Top notch." Eric Shoaf at Vintage Guitar (magazine) said "Sound is uniformly excellent overall, a tribute to Tarquin's use of analog recording & mixing. There is still nothing quite like the sound of music recorded on tape."

Personnel

Brian Tarquin – all guitars

Chris Ingram – keyboard, bass

Reggie Pryor – drums, percussion

Greg Morrow – drums

Johnny Mascaluso – drums (track 8)

Billy Sheehan – Bass (track 1)

Doug Doppler – guitar (track 1)

Frank Gambale – guitar (track 2)

Steve Morse – guitar (track 3)

Will Ray – guitar (track 4)

Randy Coven – guitar (tracks 5 & 7)

Max Middleton – Rhodes piano (tracks 6 & 11)

Andy Timmons – guitar (track 8)

Hal Lindes – guitar (track 10)

Rob Balducci – guitar (track 12)

Chuck Loeb – guitar (track 13)

James Ryan – guitar (track 14)

Steve Booke – guitar (track 15)

Todd Turkisher – drums (track 16)

Jim Hickey – guitars (track 16)

Neal Schon – guitars (track 17)

Greg Rollie – keyboard (track 17)

Michael Shrieve – drums (track 17)

Chepito Areas – percussion (track 17)

Carlos Santana – lead guitar (track 17)

David Brown – bass (track 17)

Michael Carabello – congas (track 17)

Tommy Bolin – guitars (track 18)

Brian Tarquin – mix engineer, producer

Chris Landen of Pacific Coast Mastering – mastering engineer

Todd Doney – cover painting

Miss M – graphic design

Songs

1Blue Wind (feat Billy Sheehan)Billy Sheehan3:55
2Spanish Harlem (feat Frank Gambale)Frank Gambale3:36
3Towers (feat Steve Morse)Steve Morse5:16

References

Fretworx Wikipedia

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Critical reception

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