We did it! We did it! I cannot tell you how stoked I was the day that I got the email saying,

George Benson said yes. If you're not familiar with George Benson, maybe you should just stop this interview and get familiar.

But selfishly, I want you to just listen to this interview. So you're probably familiar with George Benson anyways.

Why? Because he is an icon in both the jazz world and the pop world.

He has had number one hits.

He has won Grammys for Record of the Year in the Pop Realm.

He has been a jazz icon, one of the legends of jazz guitar, and one of the few people

in the history of popular music to cross over from jazz to pop culture, jazz, back and forth

and crush it at the highest level in both of those. He's the original king of smooth.

Many people would credit him with inventing the genre of smooth jazz.

Now, hey, smooth jazz is a dirty word.

We know, we know.

But go back and listen to Brezin because that album is slaying.

Seriously, it's insane.

The arranging on it, the playing, the writing, the recording, it is incredible. I asked George about the degradation of the genre and where things have gone, but how to keep the heart and soul of it alive.

So I'm not going to keep you any longer. Let's hit it.

All right, folks, you're listening to a guitar podcast. What does that mean? I'm going to talk a little

bit about guitar gear. Okay? Now, this podcast is presented by Fender and Premier Guitar Magazine.

So, today we're talking about that Fender Player Series.

Fender is stoked to welcome the Duosonic Mustang and Mustang bass to the Player Series family.

Shorter scale necks, cool asymmetrical shape, classic Fender colors.

It's a win, win, win.

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