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Scott McGill's Hand Farm: Ripe

Read "Ripe" reviewed by John W. Patterson


Hand Farm, this incarnation, is McGill, (ex-Finneus Gauge), on electric and acoustic guitars, Chico Huff, (Mistaken Identities), on bass, Vic Stevens, (Gongzilla, Mistaken Identities), on drums, and Demetrios Pappas guesting keys on two tracks.This is McGill's second offering. It loses no momentum from the first fusion locomotive that monstered past with his self-titled debut Hand Farm. You'll find all the rockin' jazz fusion you dug in Hand Farm and more. There are two solo acoustic tracks and an ...

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Scott McGill: The Hand Farm

Read "The Hand Farm" reviewed by John W. Patterson


If I had received this CD without liner notes or the disc itself unlabeled and had to name the guitarist, my vote would have been Bill Connors doing one of his finest tributes to Allan Holdsworth. Chord phrasings, song structures, legato leads yet edged with furious picking brought to mind Connors' Step It or Assembler release. The virtuosity McGill explodes with over and over is my kind of guitar work. McGill burns the frets closer to Holdsworthian modes than anyone ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

The Hand Farm

Train Records
1999

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Ripe

The Laser's Edge
1999

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The Hand Farm

Stash Records
1997

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