Recorded July 2012-March 2013 Length 44:00 Artist Brian Tarquin Genre Rock | Studio Jungle Room Studios Producer Brian Tarquin Release date 19 August 2014 Label Purple Pyramid | |
Released February 2014 (2014-14) Guitars for Wounded Warriors
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(2014) Nominations Independent Music Award for Best Album - Compilation People also search for Fretworx, Dallas Live, Last Kiss Goodbye | ||
Guitars for Wounded Warriors is the sixth solo studio album by guitarist Brian Tarquin, released in August 2014 by Cleopatra Records. In 2016, it received a Best Compilation Album nomination by the Independent Music Awards. All tracks were recorded at Tarquin's Jungle Room Studios in New Paltz (village), New York. Being moved by the lack of support for returning veterans through his life Tarquin decided to compose a heavy instrumental rock album as a way to show his appreciation to all veterans. So once again he enlisted top notch players to guest with him on the album, Billy Sheehan on Black Hawk, Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal and Reb Beach on Taliban Terror, Steve Morse on Freedom, Chris Poland on Charlie Surfs and Hunting, Chuck Loeb on Escape Kabul, Hal Lindes on Sand & Blood, Gary Hoey on 5 Klicks To Hell and Baghdad, Alex De Rosso Dokken on Broken Arrow, and The Flyin' Ryan Brothers on Surgical Strike. The entire album was engineered, produced and composed by Tarquin especially for each one of the guest guitarists. Partial proceeds are donated to the Fisher House Foundation from sales.
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Critical reception
Guitars For Wounded Warriors was received very well by critics. Michael Molenda editor & chief at Guitar Player magazine stated "Tarquin crafted cinematic soundscapes that opened things up for the guitars to be much more than just solo instruments." John Heidt at Vintage Guitar (magazine) wrote "Tarquin anchors the melodic-yet-tough tunes while guests Steve Morse, Reb Beach, Billy Sheehan, Gary Hoey, and others contribute dazzling parts." Andrew King at Professional Sound magazine explains "…his passion for purity is more than evident – in both the music he makes and the way it's recorded."
Personnel
Songs
1Black Hawk (feat Billy Sheehan)Billy Sheehan - Brian Tarquin & Heavy Friends2:52
2Taliban Terror (feat Bumblefoot & Reb Beach)Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal - Reb Beach - Brian Tarquin & Heavy Friends4:27
3Charlie Surfs (feat Chris Poland)Chris Poland - Brian Tarquin & Heavy Friends3:58