Fretworx

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Fretworx
Fretworx cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 2008 (2008-10)
RecordedJuly 2007-June 2008
StudioJungle Room Studios
GenreJazz fusion, instrumental guitar
Length80:00
LabelInstinct
ProducerBrian Tarquin
Brian Tarquin chronology
High Life
(2001)
Fretworx
(2008)
Brian Tarquin & Heavy Friends Guitars for Wounded Warriors
(2014)
Singles from Fretworx
  1. "Solidarity, Blue Wind, Spanish Harlem"

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. Guest musicians on the album include Billy Sheehan, Frank Gambale, Steve Morse, Max Middleton, Chuck Loeb, Hal Lindes, Andy Timmons, and Will Ray. The album also featured bonus tracks from Steve Vai & Randy Coven, Carlos Santana and Tommy Bolin. The entire album was engineered, produced, and composed by Tarquin with the exception of the bonus tracks.

Track listing[]

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Blue Wind" (featuring Billy Sheehan and Doug Doppler)Jan Hammer3:55
2."Spanish Harlem" (featuring Frank Gambale)Brian Tarquin3:37
3."Towers" (featuring Steve Morse)Tarquin5:16
4."Constantinople" (featuring Will Ray)Tarquin4:32
5."86th Street" (featuring Randy Coven)Tarquin5:19
6."Solidarity" (featuring Max Middleton)Tarquin4:03
7."Dionysus" (featuring Randy Coven)Tarquin3:17
8."Manhattan" (featuring Andy Timmons)Tarquin3:52
9."Black Rose"Tarquin4:31
10."Aphrodite" (featuring Hal Lindes)Tarquin4:41
11."Jungle Room Boogie" (featuring Max Middleton)Tarquin3:56
12."Tears"Tarquin3:16
13."Yorkville" (featuring Chuck Loeb)Tarquin4:43
14."Westside Highway" (featuring James Ryan)Tarquin3:37
15."Triumphant We Stand" (featuring Steve Booke)Tarquin4:13
Bonus tracks
No.TitleMusicLength
16."Funk Me Tender" (featuring Steve Vai)Randy Coven5:17
17."Jam In E" (featuring Carlos Santana)Carlos Santana8:33
18."Homeward Strut" (featuring Tommy Bolin)Tommy Bolin3:00
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 MiddletonRhodes 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 Carabellocongas (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

References[]

  • "Pro Sound News". Retrieved 2016-10-29.
  • "Guitar World". Retrieved 2016-10-29.

External links[]

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