Post by cofi on May 9, 2007 21:44:11 GMT
Here is one of my favorite guitarist, [shadow=red,left,300]Johnny Hiland[/shadow] Johnny can play most styles of music,the Blues, Country, Rock, and he's very adapt at it as well 
Johnny Hiland grew up in rural Maine. Though legally blind, he quickly established himself as a guitar prodigy and began touring with the family band when he was just 8 years old.
He won competitions and moved to Nashville, where he played sessions with Ricky Scaggs, Toby Keith and Randy Travis, among others. he gets signed by Steve Vai when his manager leaves a demo snippet on Steve's voicemail box. Hiland, who was born with nystagmus, a condition of involuntary eye movement, grew up in Woodland, Maine and was known as the "blind boy.". his parents took him to hear a Ricky Skaggs concert in Bangor; the experience stimulated him to start exploring beyond bluegrass into mainstream country music. His curiosity whetted, his technique sharpening, Johnny stretched his horizons in high school and started listening to an ever widening range of players: Doc Watson, Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, Eddie Van Halen,
Johnny hooked up with a friend and former bandmate. Together they drove up to Nashville, determined to chase their dreams. On his first night Johnny made his way to Lower Broadway, where a cluster of honky-tonks booked some of the hottest players in town. Wandering into the World-Famous Turf, told he'd have to wait until midnight to sit in with the band, Johnny sat patiently, and then took to the stage. It took only a few seconds for the bartender to pick up the phone and start spreading the word that a tornado, with a Telecaster in his hands, had just blown into town. It was 1996,
Hiland achieves something few new artists achieve in their first outing: a blend of taste and flash, in which emotional, solid composition and hair-raising performance complement rather than compete with each other. Life for Hiland is, in a sense, like the accelerando he unleashes in his cover of "Orange Blossom Special." He's playing bigger sessions than ever; look for him on upcoming albums by Randy Travis, Toby Keith, Ricky Skaggs, Lynn Anderson, Janie Fricke, Rebecca Lynn Howard, and other headliners. He's appearing on two tribute albums, to Phish and Dave Matthews. He's shared the stage with Living Colour's Vernon Reed, funk master George Clinton, and Vai, Satriani, and Ynvgie Malmsteen
Now he has his own self-titled solo CD, showing off his mastery of the Fender Telecaster.
Johnny with his PRS guitar
[shadow=red,left,300]A few photos of Hilden with Dan Toler
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[glow=red,2,300]Johnny with his beloved Tele[/glow]
Johnny Hiland grew up in rural Maine. Though legally blind, he quickly established himself as a guitar prodigy and began touring with the family band when he was just 8 years old.
He won competitions and moved to Nashville, where he played sessions with Ricky Scaggs, Toby Keith and Randy Travis, among others. he gets signed by Steve Vai when his manager leaves a demo snippet on Steve's voicemail box. Hiland, who was born with nystagmus, a condition of involuntary eye movement, grew up in Woodland, Maine and was known as the "blind boy.". his parents took him to hear a Ricky Skaggs concert in Bangor; the experience stimulated him to start exploring beyond bluegrass into mainstream country music. His curiosity whetted, his technique sharpening, Johnny stretched his horizons in high school and started listening to an ever widening range of players: Doc Watson, Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, Eddie Van Halen,
Johnny hooked up with a friend and former bandmate. Together they drove up to Nashville, determined to chase their dreams. On his first night Johnny made his way to Lower Broadway, where a cluster of honky-tonks booked some of the hottest players in town. Wandering into the World-Famous Turf, told he'd have to wait until midnight to sit in with the band, Johnny sat patiently, and then took to the stage. It took only a few seconds for the bartender to pick up the phone and start spreading the word that a tornado, with a Telecaster in his hands, had just blown into town. It was 1996,
Hiland achieves something few new artists achieve in their first outing: a blend of taste and flash, in which emotional, solid composition and hair-raising performance complement rather than compete with each other. Life for Hiland is, in a sense, like the accelerando he unleashes in his cover of "Orange Blossom Special." He's playing bigger sessions than ever; look for him on upcoming albums by Randy Travis, Toby Keith, Ricky Skaggs, Lynn Anderson, Janie Fricke, Rebecca Lynn Howard, and other headliners. He's appearing on two tribute albums, to Phish and Dave Matthews. He's shared the stage with Living Colour's Vernon Reed, funk master George Clinton, and Vai, Satriani, and Ynvgie Malmsteen
Now he has his own self-titled solo CD, showing off his mastery of the Fender Telecaster.
Johnny with his PRS guitar
[shadow=red,left,300]A few photos of Hilden with Dan Toler
[/shadow] [glow=red,2,300]Johnny with his beloved Tele[/glow]
