BOISE, ID. (www.nedevett.com) - Singer-songwriter Ned Evett is taking his fretless glass-guitar experience back out on the road with
Joe Satriani again, opening seven concerts for the Grammy-nominated guitar virtuoso in Florida, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.
Beginning this evening, Evett is joining the tour - which Satriani is undertaking to promote his latest album, "Is There
Love In Space" - for performances in:
* Fort Meyers, Fla. - Thursday, Oct. 7, at the
Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall
* Orlando, Fla. - Friday, Oct. 8, at the House of Blues
* West Palm Beach, Fla. - Saturday, Oct. 9, at the Pompono Beach Amphitheater
* Clearwater, Fla.- Monday, Oct. 11, at Ruth Eckerd Hall
* Jacksonville, Fla. - Tuesday, Oct. 12, at the Florida Theatre
* Raleigh, NC - Wednesday, Oct. 13, at the Lincoln Theatre
* Glenside, PA - Thursday, Oct. 14, at the Keswick Theatre
Evett - who opened 30 U.S. and U.K. shows for Satriani in 2002 and 2003 - is one of one of the world's foremost masters of the fretless guitar, a close relative of the slide guitar that lacks the interposing frets set across a traditional guitar's fingerboard. He pushes his instruments further by equipping them with custom mirrored-glass fretless fingerboards - a sonic and visual trademark that has earned Evett the moniker "the glass guitarist." The tonal qualities of the glass affect the sound, plus light seems to dance from the instrument as Evett performs onstage - an experience CreativeMusicWorks.org says is "like listening to a waterfall on fire."
Like Satriani, Evett is touring to promote a new album, "iStole," released this summer by Empty Beach Records, an indie label based in Sun Valley, Idaho. His new CD, which is getting airplay on about 200 college and AAA radion stations nationwide, fuses catchy pop songwriting with the skillful fretless-guitar work that earned Evett the gold at the 2003 North American Rock Guitar Competition.
Evett has also recently toured with such legendary guitarists as Eric Johnson and Jonny Lang, and his music is gathering increasing acclaim. His victory at the rock guitar competition was chronicled nationwide this summer on PBS Television in the documentary film "Driven To Play," and his first solo record, "An Introduction to Fretless Guitar," was recently featured on NPR's "All Songs Considered" online music show.
Guitar One magazine says, "Ned's command of the fretless guitar is astonishing," and Fingerstyle Guitar magazine even claims he "will make you rethink the plucked-string instrument." Evett is often compared to artists like John Mayer, Ben Harper, and Chris Whitley, whose records dynamically blend pop songwriting with noteworthy guitar performances, and Guitarist magazine says "Ned's Kravitz-style voice helps to pull the often left-field fretless movement into the more listenable mainstream."
Satriani is considerably impressed, as well, and says, "Ned plays a mirrored-glass fingerboard in a completely new and exciting way. When you see him do it, you just have to bow down and say, 'Oh my god, I can't believe somebody can do that.' But it's only part of what he does. I think the larger part of what he does is songwriting and his unique style of performing. And then, all the time, you're going, 'Wait a minute. He's doing that without any frets. That's pretty cool.'"
Visit www.nedevett.com or www.emptybeachrecords.com for more information. Evett endorses Ashdown amplifiers, Fernandes Guitars, and Line 6 effects.
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