Backing Track & Vocals: Jimmy Rivas
Guitars & Synths David Hardy
All guitar parts recorded with Scuffham Amps S-Gear plugin

Parts Unknown(written by Jimmy Rivas)

This is a cover of Eric Johnson's "Righteous" off of the Ah Via Musicom album which you can purchase at this link:

www.theconnextion.com/ericjohnson/index.cfm

All the guitar parts (Stratocaster) are edits from multiple takes and the speed phrases were broken down into smaller sections, then strung together via audio editing. The drums were programmed using "Addictive Drums 2" and "HALion SE" was used for programming the bass track..

S-Gear from Scuffham Amps and Softube's Marshall JMP 2203 were used to record the guitars. You can check out their software at these links:

www.scuffhamamps.com/
www.softube.com

Righteous (Eric Johnson cover)

Cover of Eric Johnson's "Trademark" off of his "Ah Via 
Musicom" album.
Recorded in 2022 using Cubase 8.  Plugins used: Scuffham 
Amps S-Gear (Clean guitars),  Softube Marshall JMP 2203 (Overdriven guitars),  Addictive Drums 2, HALion SE for the 
bass guitar.
Synth Tracks: Roland D-50, Roland JV-1080
Guitar: Eric Johnson Virginia Stratocaster 

You can purchase Eric Johnson's "Ah Via Musicom" album by 
following this link:
www.theconnextion.com/ericjohnson/index.cfm

Trademark (Eric Johnson cover)

Hyper Fuse

Stonehenge was inspired by a short audio clip that was sent to me from my friend Jeremy Stone, a Charleston guitarist.  You can check him out at the following link:
https://soundcloud.com/user-317297503 
He's a gifted guitarist with impeccable phrasing.  He is co-writer of this composition.
All guitar tracks were recorded with Scuffham Amps S-Gear and Softube's Marshall JMP 2203 plugins.  Addictive Drums 2, Modo Bass and Alchemy were used for the backing track.

Stonehenge

The title is in reference to the sudden passing of Jeff Beck, which I felt was a damaged ending to a life that still had so much more to give musically.  He was playing as good as ever in the recent videos I've watched.  God bless his soul!

Damaged End

This is a cover of the first movement in Eric Johnson's  "Camel's Night Out".  I was experimenting with recreating EJ's tone.

All the guitar parts are pieced together, using audio editing, from multiple takes.

Here's the signal chain:  Japanese Telecaster (Bridge Pickup...Vol 10, Tone 10) >Crazy Tube Circuits Motherload > Lion68 > Ox Stomp > Steinberg MR816csx interface > Cubase 8 > Fab Filter Timeless plugin  > Fab Filter Pro-R reverb plugin.

Camel's Night Out is my all time favorite guitar instrumental...........breathtaking performance by EJ!

"Camel's Night Out" Cover....(Short clip)

Recorded at Knucklehead Studios in the fall of 2024.

Lost Highway

Cover of "Stratus" off of the Spectrum album.  


Stratus (Cover)

A "Technograss" tune blending a techno track with some bluegrass 5-string banjo.   An odd mix but it seemed to work!  Remastered 6-23-2012.

Dark Energy

The Best Of Me (written by Jimmy Rivas)

This is a cover version of Jeff Beck's "Suspension".  This song is off the "You Had It Coming" album which can be found at this link:

https://www.amazon.com/You-Had-Coming-Jeff-Beck/dp/B0012GMYUU/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1533958059&sr=1-1&keywords=jeff+beck+you+had+it+coming

Suspension (Jeff Beck cover)

This incredible piece of music was composed and performed by Jimmy Rivas in memory of my daughter, Cynthia Hardy.  Thank you Jimmy for such a kind gesture.  She loved you dearly!!

Heaven (by Jimmy Rivas)

This track is dedicated to and written for my wife, Jan. We've been together since the early eighties. I am so lucky to have found her!

Finding Her

The intro section draws inspiration from Carson Brock & Eric Johnson. 

S-Gear by https://www.scuffhamamps.com/ was used for the guitar tones. This track and Zenland, https://soundcloud.com/david-wayne-hardy/zenland-hybrid-version will be used by Scuffham Amps to demo there software at the German Guitar Summit this September. 

Damage, Scarbee Bass, Zebra 2, Rapture, Padshop and VB3 were the plugins used for the backing track. The guitars for this project were 2 Fender Stratocasters and a Fender Japanese Telecaster.

Sonic Growl

Recorded at Knucklehead Studios in the summer of 2019.

David Wayne Hardy

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