No guitar is safe.

Well, hey, here we are. Episode 10. No guitar is safe, cruising right along.

And today we have a great guest for you. Today, on the show, we have the great Gathe Gathe Gouven

That's right folks, Govyn.

I'm on a campaign to get people to pronounce his name correctly,

but forget all his other pronunciation.

I mean, we're talking about one of the most exciting guitar players of the new generation. He plays in The Aristocrats, and that song you're hearing is from the Aristocrats' new album, Trace Caballeros.

Great album.

And as we cruise along here in the intro, I'm going to play you some more tracks.

Of course, you got Brian Beller there on the bass and Marco Miniman on the drums.

The other two aristocrats, the other two caballeros.

But I'm pondering the same thing that everyone ponders about Guthrie Govind.

How did he get so good and how did he get so proficient at so many different styles?

I've thought about this, and I sure don't know the answer, but I've noticed one thing that's a little different about Guthrie than many other people.

You know, I've hung out with him a few times now, interviewed him, ran into him on the street in L.A. at the cafe.

I booked clinics with him at Musicians Institute.

And I noticed this little thing where sometimes I'll ask him a question, or make a statement.

And instead of replying in words, he just replies with his eyes,

because maybe it's a statement that is obvious, like, nice day out, or maybe even stupid.

Or maybe the answer just doesn't need to be spoken.

But the way I take it, not making too much of this, but the way I take it is that unlike many human beings, Guthrie really listens.

He's extremely perceptive. It's got to have a role on how he became so versatile and so tasty and so adept and so many different approaches. The Eternal Student, Guthrie Goven.

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