Eric Gales, Matt Schofield and Tomo Fujita (Little Wing)

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At 61, I want to stay a little more on top of what younger players are doing. I had never heard of Eric Gales. I won't ramble on with my opinion. I only have one. I like him! I glad to see that he will be in Milwaukee next week at my favorite small Club Shank Hall.

By the way, I think Matt is also doing what I like. Playing solos that make sense.

[b]Little Wing ( 35 mins )[/b]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amtLZwS441M


[b]Gales[/b]

[b]Eric Gales[/b] (aka [b]Raw Dawg[/b]) (born October 29, 1974, [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee"]Memphis, Tennessee[/url]) is an American [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues-rock"]blues-rock[/url] guitarist, originally hailed as a [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_prodigy"]child prodigy[/url]. As of 2011 Gales has [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_recording_and_reproduction"]recorded[/url] ten albums on major record labels, and has done [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Session_musician"]session[/url] and tribute work.

Gales picked up the guitar at age four. His older siblings, Eugene and Manuel ([url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Jimmy_King"]Little Jimmy King[/url]), took to teaching him many songs and licks at a young age, in the style of [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix"]Jimi Hendrix[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_King"]Albert King[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.B._King"]B.B. King[/url] and others. In 1985, the young Gales began to play at blues competitions with his brother Eugene backing him on [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_guitar"]bass[/url]. Although Gales plays a right-handed guitar "upside-down" (with the E-bass string on the bottom), he is not naturally left-handed; he was taught by his brother who is left-handed and never second-guessed the untraditional technique.

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