89 - Jason Becker and Friends

No Guitar Is Safe

Jude Gold

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4.8 • 857 Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2019

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Proclaimed by Guitar Player magazine to be the greatest shredder ever, JASON BECKER has also emerged as a world-class composer. He used to play guitar -- now, after battling ALS for nearly three decades, he "plays guitar players," as well as writes for orchestras and choirs. And when he puts the two together, he blows your mind -- as you'll find out if snag his new album, TRIUMPHANT HEARTS. The record should please insatiable guitar fans everywhere, because it features an A-list roster of guest guitarists, including Trevor Rabin, Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert, Ben Woods, Aleks Sever, Steve Morse, Neal Schon, Marty Friedman, Daniele Gottardo, Dave Shul, Steve Hunter, Gus G, Uli Jon Roth, Chris Broderick, and others, as well as ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro. In addition to speaking with Jason, I caught up with people close to him who have helped him along his wild guitar adventure over the years, including MARILYN WHITE, MIKE BEMESDERFER, DAN ALVAREZ, DAVE LOPEZ, MATT BLACKETT, and Jason's father, GARY BECKER. It was a thrill to dive into the Jason Becker legacy with all of these great humans, and I thank them all for being so generous with their time. -- JUDE GOLD, host, No Guitar Is Safe podcast.

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0:00.0	What's up?
0:14.0	Just trying to get your attention with some old school Jason Becker shredding at a clinic he did in Atlanta back in 1989.
0:24.3	Okay. shredding at a clinic he did in Atlanta back in 1989. Okay, first things first, if you want to help out your brother Jason Becker, buy his new record.
0:29.9	It's called Triumphant Hearts, and you can find out all about it on his website,
0:34.9	jasonbecker.com. And of course, i think you're going to want to buy it anyway after
0:39.5	you hear this episode that's about to hit you wow jason becker on the show the show is brought to you
0:45.3	by guitar player magazine and guitar player dot com guitar player play play better, sound better. No, guitar is safe.
1:11.6	Now isn't that amazing?
1:28.1	That's how the album opens, Triumph and Hearts, the new record from Jason Becker,
1:33.3	which as I just mentioned, you can check out or purchase at Jason Becker.com.
1:38.1	I'm Amazing. He wrote that shit with his eyes. More on that in a bit. But some of you might be like, man, Jude, so cool you got Jason on the show, but, you know,
2:01.5	I've listened to the last 88 episodes in the format is that you always plug in and play
2:06.2	guitar with your guests.
2:08.6	What are you going to do this time?
2:10.1	Jason hasn't played a guitar in over 25 years, probably.
2:14.9	Well, you know, Jason doesn't play guitar anymore, but he very much plays guitar players.
2:43.5	Yeah. That's the lead part he wrote for Marty Friedman. Yeah, that's Marty Friedman playing on that track.
2:46.2	Jason and Marty, of course, are dear friends that go all the way back to when Jason was 17, and they
2:51.4	exploded with the adventure metal duo called Cacophony, two-headed guitar sickness.
3:03.1	So we're going to hear all kinds of music.
3:05.5	You know, Jason, he reminds me of like this Quincy Jones interview where Quincy said, man, it's not just about playing an instrument or something like that.
3:12.3	He said, I can make a band sing.
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