Greg Koch "Radio Free Gristle"

Greg Koch "Radio Free Gristle"

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Greg Koch
Radio Free Gristle
The Story
Former Guitar Player editor Tom Wheeler states, "A fiendishly talented guitar player, and funny as hell, Greg Koch has now committed his distinctive brand of musical mayhem to a new CD, "Radio Free Gristle". It's cleverly packaged as a radio show, with Koch's airwave-ready voice - make that "voices" - providing hilarious segues between cuts. But here, for every minute you spend giggling at the bits, you'll spend many more marveling at the chops, the artistry, and the vision of this eclectic virtuoso. One cut offers intense, heavy metal riffing but with creative twists in structure. Another is a galloping Telecaster rave-up that at once rivals and pays tribute to one of Koch's favorite players, Albert Lee. Yet another cut evokes the early days of experimental jazz-rock, when Steve Morse, Bill Connors and Allan Holdsworth - and their tight ensembles - were making the most exciting guitar music on record. So rotate your dial a few degrees beyond its normal boundaries, tune in "Radio Free Gristle", and partake of this humongously harmonious, profoundly pandemonious guitar lunacy."
The Music
00:14 Where Phat Means Flavor Vocal
03:39 The Mansqwatch Chronicles Instrumental
00:47 Cauldron Of Gristle Vocal
02:30 Chopin's Redneck Hideaway Instrumental
00:34 Bassman Eulogy Vocal
03:19 Death Of A Bassman Instrumental
00:25 Stack Of Dimes Vocal
02:38 Ila Rose Instrumental
04:36 Torn Vocal
00:47 Journey To The East Vocal
03:35 Mulligatawny Delta Instrumental
06:08 Torn Asunder Instrumental
03:18 Acid-Dhartha Instrumental
01:19 Parochial Schools Vocal
03:11 Sassy Strumpet Instrumental
00:50 Percy-Itus Lemonsqueezosis Vocal
03:43 Push Instrumental
01:53 The Joy Of Axe Instrumental
00:54 The Buchananites Vocal
04:47 Dry Ice Instrumental
00:50 The Slipper Monologue Vocal
03:12 The Slipper Instrumental
00:04 Rosebud's Beckoning Vocal
02:16 Rosebud Instrumental
00:58 The Blues Jam Guy Vocal
05:38 Your Blues (Give Me The Blues) Instrumental
00:27 Protect Your Home And Family Vocal
The Artists
Greg Koch Guitars, Sitars, Baritones, Dobros, Vocalizing, Production, Deduction
John Calarco Drums
Tom Good Bass
Joe Morris Drums
Ray Reindeau Bass
Steve Andreoni String Bass
Rosemary C. Koch Vocalizing on Track 23
Jammaster Ricci P. Drum Loop
Ric Probst Engineering
Neil Citron Engineering, Mixing, Mastering
Steve Vai Executive Production
Mark Giaimo Illustrations
Sarah Koch Design
Recorded at Remote Plant, Milwaukee, Wisconson in October, 2001 and The Mothership, Hollywood, California in January, 2002.

Voiceovers recorded at The Mothership, May, 2002 and Remote Plant, August, 2002.

Mixed and mastered at The Mothership.