This album basically sounds like a bunch of musicians,
really good musicians even, just got together and said, “Hey! Let’s wing it on a couple classic songs and
call it an album.” I can definitely
vouch for that they did not match the power of the original recordings. And, maybe that is due to poor recording
equipment, I don’t know. This is
obviously a low budget recording, and the folks that made it probably had no
money to spare on making it.
Guitar Battle is anything but classic renditions of classic
songs. At other times, it seems that
they just want to turn up the cheese factor with the guitar solos. I know in certain instances people like John Coltrane
where able to create amazing albums in this manner, but that is not the case
with this one.
I should also mention that before he was the famed John
Petrucci, the afore said musician plays on this one with lackluster. As far as it concerns me, this is some of his
worst recorded work, and should only be purchased for those looking to complete
a collection, and not bought by folks expecting a good album.
John was never a great improviser. Likewise, though when play with Dream Theater
he has improvised, but I will state that these improvisations even in Dream
Theater, which I will have you know is one of my favorite bands, never
impressed me. Likewise, I don’t feel
that John Petrucci evolved much beyond the skill with which he played with on
Guitar Battle.
What I will say for certain is that John is a great song
writer, and a tremendous musician, but only so long as he does not venture far
from the written music page.
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