Lee Ritenour at Jimmy’s

“𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒎𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑾𝒆𝒔 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒈𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒚’𝒔 𝒐𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆-𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝑹𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒓’𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒚…”
— 𝑨𝑳𝑳𝑴𝑼𝑺𝑰𝑪

𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐘® 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝-𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝟏𝟗𝐱-𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐘® 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐄𝐄 𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 ‘𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐬’ 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞. During his dazzling five-decade career, the fabled LA guitarist has taken his music to the outer limits, alighting on every genre and occupying every position in the rock ‘n’ roll firmament. He’s been an enfant terrible of ’70s fusion, a crossover star of the ’80s pop chart, an honorary exponent of Brazilian jazz, and the fingers behind ’90s supergroup, Fourplay.

𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐫’𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞: 45+ acclaimed albums; Several Gold Albums; GRAMMY® Award-Winner; 19 GRAMMY® Award Nominations; Alumnus of the year at USC; Los Angeles’ Jazz Society Honoree (2019); Numerous #1 Spots on Guitar Polls; Plus thousands of sessions with legends such as Frank Sinatra, Pink Floyd, B.B. King, Tony Bennett, John Scofield, among many others.

𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤, The Lighthouse is the name of the storied LA jazz club where the teenage guitarist was to be found most nights in the mid-’60s.

“𝑰’𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒚 12, 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔. 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚’𝒔 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏, 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕? 𝑺𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒅 – 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 – 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑 𝑱𝒐𝒆 𝑷𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝑲𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒏. 𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝑫𝒖𝒌𝒆 𝑴𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒚 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒌𝒚 𝒋𝒂𝒛𝒛 𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒃 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑰 𝒎𝒆𝒕 𝑾𝒆𝒔 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒈𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒚. 𝑩𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 16, 𝑰’𝒅 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒓 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒐𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒄𝒌.”

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨, 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐣𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝-’𝟔𝟎𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐭.

“𝑰𝒏 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔. 𝑰𝒏 𝒋𝒂𝒛𝒛, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝑱𝒐𝒆 𝑷𝒂𝒔𝒔, 𝑾𝒆𝒔 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒈𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒚, 𝑩𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝑲𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒍, 𝑯𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝑹𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒔, 𝑱𝒊𝒎 𝑯𝒂𝒍𝒍, 𝑷𝒂𝒕 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒐. 𝑰𝒏 𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔, 𝑩.𝑩. 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝑨𝒍𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒕 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏 𝑳𝒆𝒆 𝑯𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒓. 𝑰𝒏 𝑹𝒐𝒄𝒌, 𝑱𝒊𝒎𝒊 𝑯𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒙 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒌 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆. 𝑰𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝑪𝒉𝒆𝒕 𝑨𝒕𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓, 𝑺𝒆𝒈𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒂, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒂𝒄𝒐 𝒅𝒆 𝑳𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒂 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒐! 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒂𝒍𝒍…𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒐𝒕?”

𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥. The jazz giants at The Lighthouse were a passion for life: just check out his love-letter to the great Mr. Montgomery on 1993’s ‘Wes Bound’. But from the day he lucked into his first session for The Mamas And The Papas at age 16, Ritenour had the widescreen musicality to forge a career as one of LA’s busiest session men.

“𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏 𝑷𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒐 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝑩𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝑯𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕, ‘𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕’. 𝑨𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝑩𝒐𝒃 𝑬𝒛𝒓𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒐𝒏 “𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝑶𝒇 𝑴𝒚 𝑻𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒔” 𝒂𝒏𝒅 “𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝑵𝒖𝒎𝒃” 𝒐𝒏 𝑷𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝑭𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒅’𝒔, 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒍…𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝑸𝒖𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒚 𝑱𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑮𝒆𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒐𝒏’𝒔, “𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑴𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕” 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒖𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 ‘𝒕𝒊𝒍 4𝒂𝒎 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆 𝑾𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒂 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆’𝒅 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑮𝒆𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆’𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎…𝑯𝒂! 𝑻𝒐𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔!”

𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐓𝐨𝐭𝐨’𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐋𝐮𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝐠𝐮𝐧-𝐟𝐨𝐫-𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞. In ’76, he launched his own solo career with First Course, and managed the magic trick of following his muse while finding enviable commercial success, especially in the ’80s.

“𝑶𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑪𝒐𝒂𝒔𝒕, 𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈,” 𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔, “𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒐𝒑 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒋𝒂𝒛𝒛. 𝑾𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏 𝑴𝒄𝑳𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒍𝒊𝒏, 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒂, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆, 𝑮𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑾𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒐𝒏 𝑱𝒓, 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅 𝑺𝒂𝒏𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒏, 𝑩𝒐𝒃 𝑱𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔. 𝑺𝒐 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒚 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝑮𝑹𝑨𝑴𝑴𝒀® 𝒊𝒏 1985 – 𝒇𝒐𝒓 “𝑬𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝑨.𝑴. 𝑨𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆” – 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒘𝒂𝒚. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏’𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒆’𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄.”

𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐚𝐳𝐳 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟏 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦. For Ritenour, the attraction was all about the chemistry between the band members.

“𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒄 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒆, 𝑩𝒐𝒃 𝑱𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔, 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒚 𝑴𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝑬𝒂𝒔𝒕. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏’𝒕 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑 𝒐𝒏 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒕 – 𝒊𝒕 𝒆𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔𝒏’𝒕. 𝑾𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒏 1997. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓.” (𝑯𝑰𝑵𝑻: 𝑱𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒚’𝒔 𝑱𝒂𝒛𝒛 & 𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝑪𝒍𝒖𝒃!)

𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐭𝐨𝐨, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟎 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦, ‘𝐒𝐢𝐱 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐲’, an all-star album that drafted many of the famous friends he’d picked up along his path.

“𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚, 𝒋𝒂𝒛𝒛, 𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒚𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒚, ‘𝑵𝒐, 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒗𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒆’. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒃𝒚 2010, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏’𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔. 𝑰 𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒖𝒅𝒅𝒚 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝑳𝒖𝒌𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑮𝒆𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑩.𝑩. 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒆𝒔. 𝑾𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑱𝒐𝒆 𝑩𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏 𝑺𝒄𝒐𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅 – 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒇𝒇.”

𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭-𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬, 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐫’𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 ‘𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫’ 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫. Both by necessity and design, this latest album represents music in its purest form: one man, channelling his headspace and the history unfolding around him, using the instrument that has sustained him all these years. There is a first time for everything and there has never been a better time for ‘Dreamcatcher’.

“𝑰’𝒗𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚. 𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏… 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 – 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓,” 𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔, “𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓.”

“𝑳𝒆𝒆 𝑹𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝒋𝒂𝒛𝒛. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒏, 𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑, “𝑪𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔” 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒃𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄.”
— 𝑨𝑳𝑳 𝑨𝑩𝑶𝑼𝑻 𝑱𝑨𝒁𝒁

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