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G3

G3 is an almost annual live music show and concert tour featuring three select guitarists of the generation; hence its name. It was created by guitarists Joe Satriani and Steve Vai in 1996. Since its inception G3 has featured many guitarists including: Yngwie Malmsteen, John Petrucci, Robert Fripp, Eric Johnson, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Uli Jon Roth, Michael Schenker, Adrian Legg, Paul Gilbert and many other special guests, including Steve Lukather, Steve Morse and drummer Mike Portnoy. There are three official live releases of G3:

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Tony Furtado

Tony Furtado is a master of Americana music, incorporating a broad array of traditional music styles into his sound. While Tony's music is heavily rooted in Celtic, bluegrass and the blues he finds a way to combine them all into an energetic, modern sound. In addition to being a songwriter, Tony is also a multi-instrumentalist playing banjo and slide guitar with equal dexterity.

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The Tennessee Three

The Tennessee Three, is the backing band of Johnny Cash, they toured, and recorded with Cash from 1955 to 1997, providing the "boom-chicka-boom" sound found in many of Cash's songs. The Tennessee Three was originally The Tennessee Two, original members were LUTHER PERKINS, playing lead guitar, and Marshall Grant, on bass. The Two Became the Three, in 1960 when drummer W.S. Holland joined the group.

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Ledfoot

A.k.a. Tim Scott.
Ledfoot was born in Fort Myers Florida at the palm and pine trailor park in 1958. He grew up traveling around in the states and went to 19 schools as his dad was a boilermaker. He started playing in biker bars in florida at about 15. His first records were with the band The Rockats. Then he did a couple of solo CD´s for Island Records (1983) and Sire Records (1985) as Tim Scott. He got well known in Europe as the singer in the band The Havalinas in the late 80s. He has been opening for everybody from The Cramps, The Clash to Kiss and Bob Dylan.

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Blues Band

The Blues band comprises five of the top talents in Blues music in Britain. Paul Jones, vocals and harmonica originally from the Manfred Mann Band, Dave Kelly, on guitar and vocals from The John Dummer Blues Band, Tom Mcguinness on guitar, mandolin and vocals from the Manfred Mann Band, Gary Fletcher, on Bass, guitar and vocal from the Dave Kelly Band and finally Rob Townsend on drums from Family. The band is renowned for their tight blues interpretations. Drawing from many strains of blues augmented with some of their own compositions.

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Blue Shaddy

What is Shaddy? Blue Shaddy are an independent, unsigned band which began its humble existence in the small town of Kellerberrin in Western Australia's wheatbelt back in 1989. Where wheat, sheep, and flies are plentiful, and surprisingly enough for a small country town, it was also home to a number of working musicians, with whom Jim (founder of Blue Shaddy) began gigging regularly at the age of 17.

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