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The Graham Weekly Album Review #1604Lee Ritenour: 6 String Theory
by George Graham

(Concord 31911 As broadcast on WVIA-FM 7/21/2010)

The popularity and ubiquity of the guitar as an instrument has made for a good sized audience for guitar-intensive recordings.

There are a lot of rock guitar heroes who attract fans from casual listeners to intense guitar-heads.

Lee Ritenour's "6 String Theory" and its expanding musical ...

Rock-oriented guitarists who release solo recordings tend to like to keep the spotlight on themselves. After all, they are supposed to be solo albums from a guitarist who may otherwise be part of a band.

This week we have an interesting recording that goes in quite the opposite direction -- it's a kind of ultimate guitar cooperative recording, in which the leader sometimes does not even appear on some tracks.

It's from veteran rock, jazz and fusion guitarist Lee Ritenour, called 6 String Theory.

Fifty-eight-year-old Los Angeles nati Lee Ritenour's – 6 String Theory – CD (Album ... - Discogs KYFU