![]() I loved this number and the guitar work(not to mention the funky assed bass) is brilliant. The South is pevailant again on “Paid my Dues” but it is loaded heavily with a huge chunk of blues magic…step aside Mr Bonamassa, Vinnie is in the house. This is a 70s steeped number which should be played in the car with the roof down. ‘Still Waters Run Deep” is a whole different animal, some proggy guitar opens before we head to the deep south for the meat and gravy. Rise is up next and the powerful guitar kicks things off and then falls into a swagger all of its own, think Mr Big, Whitesnake and the song is a bit of an anthem. We kick of with “Vertical Explosion” and an Atomic Punk guitar slide before we settle into that Vinnie vibe we know and love, this is a funky toe tapper that does have a Dave Lee Roth and Vai groove. The addition of vocals has given his tracks more life and will definitely expand his fanbase as this is a beast of an album. From Alice Cooper to the longest serving guitarist with UFO as well as 10, yes 10 solo albums.ĭouble Exposure is another lockdown gem and unlike his previous albums this is not solely instrumental…a first for Vinnie but I suspect he lived with the songs for so long he had time to see them as a full composition and luckily he had some cracking vocalists to summon with Ed Terry, Keith Slack, Mike DiMeo and Brian Stephenson putting in awesome shifts. If you do not know the name I am betting you have heard his playing in one form or another. Is Vinnie the most underrated guitarist out there? Quite possibly, he just goes under the radar at the same time as being in the industry for decades.
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