Any fans of the great guitarist, pianist, keyboardist, Tony MacAlpine here?

Question

He's never talked about in R&P but he's so d**n good.

It's also his 48th birthday today.

Here's some links if you never heard him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8CnDuXTxqg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rmn5cJLmcZ4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HGX7z165Ec

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvflcI-7r6Y

What's your favorite album or songs by him?

Answer 1

His debut album is amazing...my fav songs are:

Agrionia

The Stranger

Tears Of Sahara

also he's done some amazing stuff live with steve vai

even his Planet X albums are good

edit : Happy Birthday Tony!!

Answer 2

Excellent....

In a group

M.A.R.S. - Project: Driver

Solo

Edge Of Insanity

I love Wheel Of Fortune.....

Answer 3

Hes AWESOMW, both an AWESOME guitarst and piano player, it still blows me away when he takes a back seat for Steve Vai when he plays for his band, just an indication of AWESOME Vai is as well.

I love this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcZi6xr3e...

Answer 4

Wow Beatle, thanks for mentioning him!

I've been a huge fan for years, right back to 'Edge of Insanity'!

I really enjoyed 'Maximum Security' too. Sadly I never cared much for the follow up 'Eyes of the World', though 'Freedom to Fly', and 'Madness' seemed to be vast improvements. I think that ''Evolution' might be my favorite album by Tony during the 90's. 2001's 'Chromaticity', and 'Live Insanity' released the following year were awesome too. The later being a live recording from 1997 at The Roxy, and really a showcase for Tony's abilities on both guitar and keyboards. The album also features Mike Terrana on drums and Ricky Riccardo on bass

Tony was also great in M.A.R.S. with Rob Rock (vocals), Rudy Sarzo (bass), Tommy Aldridge (drums). Tommy of course cutting his teeth with Black Oak Arkansas back in the 70's, and later  Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy, and Ozzy Osbourne. Their 1986 album 'Project: Driver' still gets considerable play in my home even today.

The few years he spent with Planet X were great too, and their album 'Live From Oz' really shows his guitar skills in a live setting, along with Derek Sherinian (keyboards) and Virgil Donati (drums), two other very good players.

His time with CAB should be noted also, as he teams up with the great B-3 master Brian Auger! I love all of their albums, Cab 2 being my personal favorite. These guys are really tight, and Bunny Brunel's bass playing is cool.

Then we have 'Ring of Fire'...what an awesome collaborative effort with some of the best musicians around...the The Oracle, and Burning Live in Tokyo are great. Recommended if technical metal is your thing.

About a year ago I picked up the album 'Clinophobia' by one of Tony's more recent bands 'Devil's Slingshot', featuring legendary bass player Billy Sheehan and Aussie drummer Virgil Donati, who had also played with Southern Sons, CAB, Planet X, Soul Cirkus, On the Virg, Freakhouse, and the 80's band Loose Change. So with that being said, I was really expecting something huge from these guys. The fact that they are a 3 piece also got my hopes up, but in the end I felt that it was a very average outing by three greats.

A few of my favorite songs;

Empire in the Sky

Albert's Fat Sister

The Raven

Hundreds of Thousands

Oversea Evolution

The Witch and the Priest

Champion

Rats With Wings

Sacred Wonder

Sinfonia

Box Office Poison

Wheel of Fortune

Time Table

Naked Nancy

Futurism

No Place in Time

Key to the City

Realm of the Flying Monkeys

Porcelain Doll

Disciples of Fear

Answer 5

I love his work in Project Driver.

http://www.guitar9.com/guitarmusic9/proj...