Alex playing on a Jeff Berlin album

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Saw this on the geddyimages Instagram account a few minutes ago. Lovers of fusion and jazz will be familiar with Jeff; he's best known for his work as a sideman with the likes of Bill Bruford, Allan Holdsworth and David Sancious. I think he played in ABWH for a bit as well. I saw him playing with John McLaughlin at Newcastle Uni in 1988, that was a very memorable gig.

Anyway he's got a tribute album to Jack Bruce out and your own Alex Lifeson plays on one of the tunes.


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Thinking about this, there's possibly an interesting conversation to be had about Alex' guitar style. He used to be such an interesting player but latterly - actually for at least 25 years now - he seems content just to plug in and rock out. But perhaps he'll surprise me on this Jeff Berlin album. I look forward to finding out.

I'm glad Jeff has finally removed his 'tache.

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So .. two years later (I'd forgotten about this) - here's the tune (actually a medley of Cream tunes) that Alex plays on. Geddy plays on one of the other tunes.

Alex plays the second guitar solo. It's a bit ordinary really. I prefer the first one (John McCracken).