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Smile is the latest release from Rock Superstar Brian Wilson, and is another great one by this talented musician.

Unfortunately, it’s not everyday that I get a CD from an artist that I can just pop in and comfortably listen to from beginning to end. There is usually a song or two that I just can’t force myself to get through. Not at all the case with Smile. Every track is enjoyable and was pretty easy for me to listen to from start to finish.

Rock music fans will recognize some of the well known contributors on the project including Dave Stone and Paul Martens plus a few other notables as well.

Overall Smile is an outstanding release. What I call must have music. I give it two thumbs up and is most definitely a worthy addition to any Rock collection. Truly an outstanding Rock CD. One of those that is completely void of any wasted time, as each track is simply superb.

While the entire album is really very good the truly standout tunes are track 5 – Old Master Painter/You Are My Sunshine, track 11 – I’m In Great Shape/I Wanna Be Around/Workshop, and track 17 – Good Vibrations.

My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 1 – Our Prayer/Gee. Great track!

Smile Release Notes:

Brian Wilson originally released Smile on September 28, 2004 on the Nonesuch Records label.

CD Track List Follows:

1. Our Prayer/Gee 2. Heroes And Villains 3. Roll Plymouth Rock 4. Barnyard 5. Old Master Painter/You Are My Sunshine 6. Cabin Essence 7. Wonderful 8. Song For Children 9. Child Is Father Of The Man 10. Surf’s Up 11. I’m In Great Shape/I Wanna Be Around/Workshop 12. Vega-Tables 13. On A Holiday 14. Wind Chimes 15. Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow 16. In Blue Hawaii 17. Good Vibrations

Personnel: Brian Wilson (vocals, keyboards); Jeffrey Foskett (vocals, guitar, hammer dulcimer); Probyn Gregory (vocals, guitar, whistle, brass); Scott Bennett (vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion); Nick Walusko (vocals, guitar); Nelson Bragg (vocals, whistle, percussion); Darian Sahanaja (vocals, keyboards, percussion); Taylor Mills (vocals, sound effects); Stockholm Strings ‘N’ Horns (strings, horns); Paul Mertens (harmonica, woodwinds, saxophone); Dave Stone (acoustic bass guitar); Bob Lizik (bass guitar); Jim Hines (drums, percussion, sound effects, musical saw).

Recording information: Sunset Sound, Hollywood, California (04/13/2004 – 04/17/2004).

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Product Description

A superb variety of rock lead guitar licks for fingerboard exploration, technical development, and enjoyment.

Red Dog Music Books is proud to offer this very fine, packed-with-great-licks rock guitar book for your fun and learning enjoyment. This is the perfect book and CD for early intermediates and ambitious near-beginners who are looking for ideas on which to build an interesting and varied rock solo style.

And what a value this book is. The collection contains a goldmine of bite-size licks, all written in notation and tablature, each recorded note-for-note on a companion CD that also includes bass and drums.

Many types of characteristic licks and sounds are included such as major pentatonic, repeating riffs, psychedelic, Mixolydian, harmonized thirds, harmonized fourths, offbeat, octave, background riffs, sequences, triplets, call-response, mellow, blues rock, string bending, country rock, rockabilly, funky, speed licks, hammer-pull licks, straight-picking licks, chord riffs, rhythm-and-blues licks, and more.

The licks are not watered down; some are fairly tricky to play.

No need to work through the examples in chronological order. If a particular example is too difficult, try another one you like and return to the more challenging example later.

While the playing of licks in itself is only part of a complete guitar education, learning licks provides many benefits, including FUN!, advancement of technique, familiarity with the fingerboard, enhanced rhythmic skills, versatility in phrasing, and a more enlightened imagination.

A useful Guide to Scales Used in This Book is included. Scales include major scale, smajor hexatonic scale, major pentatonic scale, ragtime scale, natural minor scale, minor pentatonic scale, blues scale, mixolydian scale, lydian dominant scale, and Spanish scale.

If you have played long enough to discover like many others have that the eight-page solos in the rock guitar magazines are frustrating, impossible, and virtually meaningless, try this book and begin enjoying your guitar playing time again.

The bass lines in this book are found in our 101 Magic Rock Bass Guitar Patterns. Rhythm guitar parts are in our 101 Magic Rock Guitar Rhythm Patterns.

Another excellent, very cool hands-on learning book from Larry McCabe and Red Dog Music Books.

Contents

• How to Use This Book
• Projects for Students
• Patterns in 4/4 Time
• Patterns in 12/8 Time
• Patterns in 3/4 Time
• Scales Used in This Book
• Guide to Symbols and Notation

Prerequisite Ability

• User should have basic picking and fretting-hand skills, and know how to read guitar tablature or standard notation.

User Profiles

• Ambitious beginner electric guitarists.
• Early intermediate electric guitarists.
• Hobbyist guitarists.
• Reference and ideas for gigging guitarists.
• Electric guitar teachers.

Goals and Purposes of This Book

• Learn a large number rock lead guitar licks.
• Excellent for facilitating development of solid timing on the electric guitar.
• Excellent for fingerboard orientation and technical practice.
• Practicing licks provides good ear training.
• Practicing licks (phrases) facilitates the development of original ideas.
• Helpful for rock guitar students learning to play with a rhythm section.
• Valuable basic scales information is included.
• Excellent reference book of useful rock guitar licks is helpful for any person wanting to learn to play lead guitar.
• Guitar instructors will find the book to be a valuable and popular teaching tool.

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