For this weeks Tuesday Bluesday, I’d like to point everyone toward a really exceptional young guitar player. Australia-born Orianthi grabbed the attention of such guitar greats as Steve Vai and Cartlos Santana when she was just a teen. Santana is quoted as saying that if he had to chose someone to carry on his legacy, he would chose Orianthi. She was hired by Michael Jackson to join him on his final tour, featured in the recent film This Is It, based on her impressive ability to recreate Eddie Van Halen’s famous “Beat It” solo.
She is a rising star with supreme chops. Her debut album Believe combines earnest pop-rock with staggering guitar work. Although she isn’t exclusively a blues player, she can plays the blues with wonderful soul. It refreshing to see a girl like Orianthi, with such fire in her playing, making big waves in the boys-club of guitar players.
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