Just to keep you up on what?s in the pipeline: Richard has started to record tracks for a Trio CD with the great rythm section of Jost Nickel and Arnd Geise you may recall from Matalex, and of course Jan Delay wouldn?t be groovin? as hard without Jost firing it up!

Also, a very special guest on that upcoming CD is Michael ?Patches? Stewart on trumpet, who is currently touring with Marcus Miller, and has played with Al Jarreau, David Sanborn, Diana Ross, George Duke ... no wonder, he just blew them all away ... A beautiful guy too, so we hope to have it finished soon to hit the road!

Well, Guitarists occasionally are know to pull their guns at whoever dares to play faster ... so, what type of guns and powder is cool to use? How do you groove? How do you know, what to play? And where? And when? And why?

All this, plus a whole lot of other reasonably safe musical secrets will soon be at your disposal in the above mentioned section: come on in!

A new Telecaster by ?Tommy?s Special Guitars? in Viersen has been a favourite lately ... it was broken in by Carl Verheyen (Supertramp) on his latest tour, and also Larry Carlton had an eye on it, but ... no way this axe is leaving Richard?s collection anytime soon! Guitarbuilder Tommy Metz is one of the very fine masters around, who knows how to pay attention to especially those details that make all the difference in a guitars performance ? the setup, intonation and overall balance, so when the music is on and the eyes are closed, you are in for a cool ride ...

Check out his store, he is an incredible nice guy too!

www.tommys-special-guitars.com

?A guitarist spends half his time tuning up, and the other half he is out of tune?
? John McLaughlin