Fretworx
Fretworx is the fifth solo studio album by guitarist Brian Tarquin, released in October 2008 on Nu Groove/BHP Music distributed by RED Distribution. All tracks were recorded in New York, at Tarquin's Jungle Room Studios. Now with 18 years of recording experience, he recorded and produced Fretworx on his own terms. Tarquin enlisted top notch players to guest with him on the album, Billy Sheehan appeared on the Jeff Beck remake, Blue Wind, Frank Gambale on Spanish Harlem, Steve Morse on Towers, Max Middleton on Solidarity and Jungle Room Boogie, Chuck Loeb on Yorkville, Hal Lindes on Aphrodite, Randy Coven on 86th Street and Dionysus, Andy Timmons on Manhattan, and Will Ray on Constantinople. The album also featured bonus tracks from Steve Vai & Randy Coven Funk Me Tender, Carlos Santana Jam In E and Tommy Bolin Homeward Strut. The entire album was engineered, produced and composed by Tarquin with the exception of the bonus tracks.
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| Released | October 2008 | |||
| Recorded | July 2007-June 2008 | |||
| Studio | Jungle Room Studios | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion, instrumental guitar | |||
| Length | 80:00 | |||
| Label | Instinct | |||
| Producer | Brian Tarquin | |||
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Track listing
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Blue Wind" (featuring Billy Sheehan and Doug Doppler) | Jan Hammer | 3:55 |
| 2. | "Spanish Harlem" (featuring Frank Gambale) | Brian Tarquin | 3:37 |
| 3. | "Towers" (featuring Steve Morse) | Tarquin | 5:16 |
| 4. | "Constantinople" (featuring Will Ray) | Tarquin | 4:32 |
| 5. | "86th Street" (featuring Randy Coven) | Tarquin | 5:19 |
| 6. | "Solidarity" (featuring Max Middleton) | Tarquin | 4:03 |
| 7. | "Dionysus" (featuring Randy Coven) | Tarquin | 3:17 |
| 8. | "Manhattan" (featuring Andy Timmons) | Tarquin | 3:52 |
| 9. | "Black Rose" | Tarquin | 4:31 |
| 10. | "Aphrodite" (featuring Hal Lindes) | Tarquin | 4:41 |
| 11. | "Jungle Room Boogie" (featuring Max Middleton) | Tarquin | 3:56 |
| 12. | "Tears" | Tarquin | 3:16 |
| 13. | "Yorkville" (featuring Chuck Loeb) | Tarquin | 4:43 |
| 14. | "Westside Highway" (featuring James Ryan) | Tarquin | 3:37 |
| 15. | "Triumphant We Stand" (featuring Steve Booke) | Tarquin | 4:13 |
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
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| 16. | "Funk Me Tender" (featuring Steve Vai) | Randy Coven | 5:17 |
| 17. | "Jam In E" (featuring Carlos Santana) | Carlos Santana | 8:33 |
| 18. | "Homeward Strut" (featuring Tommy Bolin) | Tommy Bolin | 3:00 |
| Total length: | 80:00 | ||
Personnel
- Brian Tarquin – all guitars
- Chris Ingram – keyboard, bass
- Reggie Pryor – drums, percussion
- Greg Morrow – drums
- Johnny Mascaluso – drums (track 8)
- Billy Sheehan – Bass (track 1)
- Doug Doppler – guitar (track 1)
- Frank Gambale – guitar (track 2)
- Steve Morse – guitar (track 3)
- Will Ray – guitar (track 4)
- Randy Coven – guitar (tracks 5 & 7)
- Max Middleton – Rhodes piano (tracks 6 & 11)
- Andy Timmons – guitar (track 8)
- Hal Lindes – guitar (track 10)
- Rob Balducci – guitar (track 12)
- Chuck Loeb – guitar (track 13)
- James Ryan – guitar (track 14)
- Steve Booke – guitar (track 15)
- Todd Turkisher – drums (track 16)
- Jim Hickey – guitars (track 16)
- Neal Schon – guitars (track 17)
- Greg Rollie – keyboard (track 17)
- Michael Shrieve – drums (track 17)
- Chepito Areas – percussion (track 17)
- Carlos Santana – lead guitar (track 17)
- David Brown – bass (track 17)
- Michael Carabello – congas (track 17)
- Tommy Bolin – guitars (track 18)
- Brian Tarquin – mix engineer, producer
- Chris Landen of Pacific Coast Mastering – mastering engineer
- Todd Doney – cover painting
- Miss M – graphic design
External links
- "All Music". Retrieved 2016-10-29.
- "Discogs". Retrieved 2016-10-29.