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California Guitar Trio - CG3+2
Very interesting release! A pleasant surprise from the Inside Out label, as this is
more acoustic-driven music, with some forays into acoustic rock, folk music, world
rhythms, and guitar-fusion. Not metal by any means, but definitely HEAVY in regards
to the performers, and the music. Melodic and rhythmical, harmonious and powerful,
subtle and melancholy, serene and bombastic. And it's the Guitar Trio! Imagine a
slightly-less chicken-picken Hellecasters, with a more nuanced acoustic bent, and
snide asides of surf music, a touch of hellish hillbilly tones, and there you have
it! Heavy metal acoustic music, man! But don't be totally scared of offput, there's
some (and I mean slight!) electric gee-tar and slide gee-tar here and there, but
it's still, overtly, acoustic guitars moving the soul. But - I'm still trying to
figure out HOW the Arabic sounding/flamenco-ish opening track, 'Melrose Avenue' has
absolutely ANYTHING to do with the name. And, ah yes... a nice acoustic take on Yes'
'Heart of the Sunrise'... Oh yeah, did I mention Tony Levin's subtle washes of
Chapman stick here and there? Bodacious, man...
Song Highlights: Melrose Avenue, Dancing Ann, Blockhead,
Eve
Rating: 7/10
Reviewed By: Scott Mosher
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:: DISCOGRAPHY ::
 The Bridge Between
(1993) as Robert Fripp String Quartet
Yamanashi Blues
(1993)
Invitation (1995)
Pathways (1998)
An Opening Act: Live
On Tour With King Crimson (1999)
Rocks The West
(2000)
Monday Night In San
Francisco (2000)
Robert Fripp String
Quartet - Live In Japan (1992) (video)
Live At The Key Club
(2001)
CG3+2 (2002)
A
Christmas Album - 2002
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