Guitar Player Vol.48 No4 April 2014

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THE ACOUSTIC SUPERTRIO M O C . R E Y A L P R A T I U G . W W W

AL DI MEOLA, PACO PACO DE LUCIA, LUCIA , AND JOHN MCLAUGHLIN GO DEEP ON TONE, TECHNIQUE, IMPROVISATION, AND MORE IN THIS MARCH 1981 1 981 COVER STORY!

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Al Di Meola, Paco De Lucia, and John McLaughlin Acoustic Supertrio This Acoustic Supertrio set the world ablaze while touring during the winter of 1980 (one night of which was captured on Friday Night in San Francisco , released the following year). The three guitarists go deep on tone, performance, improvisation, and more in this March 1981 cover story.

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Jazz & Blues: Lonnie Johnson Danny L. Read chronicles the decades-long career and many extraordinary accomplishments of this pioneering jazz and blues guitarist, with a remembrance by Brownie McGhee. From the November 1981 issue of GP .

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Lee Ritenour Playing Your Part (from the February 1979 issue of Guitar Player ).

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