Retro Chicken

I went to college (the New England Conservatory) with Dave Fiuczynski and he was easily the best guitar player there. This was back in the late 80’s, he had his band – the Screaming Headless Torsos – and a host of crazy guitars with cool gadgets (like mini-guitars with bicycle gears to dampen the strings, etc), among other things.

I was wondering, “What happened to Fuze” recently, and apparently he is now huge. According to his website, he put out an album with John Medeski (also at NEC in the late 80’s) that not only revolutionized the jazz-fusion scene, but was voted one of the most influential albums of the last 30 years by guitar player magazine. Not bad.

Fuze is an amazing player - a master at pretty much every style - with killer chops, great taste, funky grooves, and wild microtonal leads.

This entry was posted on Sunday, October 7th, 2007 at 4:55 pm and is filed under Dave Fiuczynski, Progressive Chicken.