Ramblings about Richie Kotzen

Probably because I have listened a couple of Poison’s songs today, my attention suddenly went to Richie Kotzen and his music…

I remember I’ve got fascinated by his way of playing the guitar after watching a couple of his guitar tutorials. I have seen one where he was using an Ibanez guitar and he was shredding like there’s no tomorrow. I had that video on a video CD and I remember I was thrilled at that time. That one was great, but what actually convinced me was his video tutorials where he was using a Telecaster and played some bluesy licks. Man, I really loved that video!

He actually was the first rock guitar player I have seen shredding on a Fender Telecaster(See here what I mean). That is somehow a contradiction of my article on how guitars should match the musical style, if you think about it cause Tele is more for blues. I have never looked at Fender Telecaster as being a rock guitar, but Richie Kotzen’s put this guitar among the rock axes. At least his custom designed model.

And beside being a great guitar player, he is a good singer and he owns one of the most popular recording studios among artists, as GuitarPlayer.com says:

“He owns Headroom-Inc., a stunning Southern California studio where everyone from Gene Simmons and Blu Cantrell to Toto and Me’Shell NdegéOcello record.”

But actually I have understood he is not that popular in USA, he has his fan base mostly outside US.

Is that right?
(More about him on his website, richiekotzen.com, also see this video)

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