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Deep Tracks — Radio Misfits — #10 Instrumentals
A rock radio rarity. Instrumental songs. Virtually every popular artist plays a track without vocals. This edition, we explore guitar forward songs. The spotlight is on expert guitarists, and there are many to select from. Scanning the radio airwaves, the instrumentals are few and far between. “Frankenstein” by Edgar Winter Group still gets radio love forty years on. There must be equally deserving instrumentals. Let’s face it, vocals have an impact on what songs we like. Instrumentals can’t hide behind a powerhouse vocal. The music is what you get, six string maestros in this installment. Here’s a primer for a genre of song missing on your radio waves.
Alexandra Whittingham — Asturias (Isaac Albeniz — composer)
Rock stations! All the other conglomerated terrestrial radio channels are playing the same 193 tracks, again. Be a maverick. When they zig. You zag. A rock station playing a 20-something classic guitar virtuoso from Britain? Yes. Why not? A beautiful song must be heard, on repeat. Her performance transcends. Classic music is her domain. She will front a speed metal band tomorrow if she desires. Her precision is beyond envy. Respect the guitar playing acumen. A song no rock radio listener would conceive hearing. Radio programmer, close your eyes and envision the flood of calls your station will receive when this song is aired. Her…
