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A MUST For Vai And Satch Fans

T. Tennard | NJ | 10/02/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I had never heard of Andy Timmons until very recently. I recall seeing his picture in a guitar magazine and thinking that he was a blues player, how wrong I was. In a recent interview with Joe Satriani he raved about Resolution, so I looked Timmons up and discovered that he was on Steve Vai's label Favored Nations. I downloaded a sample clip and the first thing that hit me was not his playing or his songwriting, but how sweet his tone was, thick and pure. I ordered the cd and was not disappointed. This guy is the real deal, great tone, a great songwriter and he sure does ripe on the guitar. Resolution is a great guitar instrumental release that has a nice mix of fast paced rockers, slow emotional ballads and loads of tasty, tuneful shreding. The best way I would describe him would be huge doses of Satch and Vai, along with sprinkles of Van Halen and Hendrix mixed together slowly and cooked on high. I should also mention that his band, this is The Andy Timmons Band, provide a solid foundation for Timmons to play away. I look forward to his next release and I would love to see him rip it up live."

Andy is great !

Jazzcat | Genoa, Italy Italy | 07/07/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If a teen guy would ask me what is rock guitar, rock guitar with balls, I'd answear "take this kid, listen to this stuff, this is rock guitar as it should be played". Andy plays only with a bass player and a drummer here, showing his abilities to deliver consistent rock guitar solos that means something. A lot of rock players can't do this. They play scale after scale at best (or meaningless mostly pentatonic up and down cliches) and say nothing. Not Andy. I follow Andy since his days in Danger Danger. He has always been a very technical but melodical player, and this is what separate him from the rest. This album in my opinion deserves four stars and a half if it would be an option, simply because it has less memorable riffs and songs than the precedent "That was then this is now". That album had some unforgettable tunes like "Super 70" or "Cry for you" that have the right to be considered among the best guitar songs ever from any player. This album has less memorable stuff but it is highly enjoyable from its beginning to its end. It is "consistent". I can't pick up a song. They're all very good, not absolutly memorable, but VERY good. Few cats can release a rock record honest, pure, true like this one. Andy is really one of the few rock guitarists that I still listen to (Andy Timmons, Steve Lukather, Michael Lee Firkins, Greg Howe, Shawn Lane, Prashant Aswani and few more). He's not only a shredder. Considering Andy a simple shredder from the eighties would be a very misleading judgement. Sure his music is based on chops, but he plays very deep music. A lot of players in the past had chops but they weren't considered lesser players for this reason, on the contrary they were great even for the chops! (Chopin, Listz, Shawn Lane, Charlie Parker, Dizzie Gillespie, John Coltrane, Eddie Van Halen, Leo Kottke, Michael Hedges etc etc). Chops are fantastic if they are used to play music and not simply to impress. Take your time and listen to this album few times and you'll understand what I'm saying. Andy's guitar playing do communicate feelings."

Drown yourself in electric guitar virtuoso

Eddie Lancekick | Pacific Northwest | 02/05/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I just recently had heard of Andy Timmons, and since I myself had grown up loving the styles and tones from the likes of Eric Johnson and Steve Vai, had to get this CD. The nice thing is that I think Timmons brings some diverse vision to the table when recording an album like this. Not since Eric Johnson have I heard a guitarist be able to blend rock riffs with blues and escalate it into a more sweeping, timeless feel rather than just impress me with how fast they can play the chromatic scale. A lot of these songs have a lot of soul in them but still retain an edge for any rocker to like. The changeups are great and overall I feel this album is one of the best "solo" guitar instrumentals that I've heard in some time.



I'll just quickly touch on some songs I enjoyed from this album. The album opens up with "Headed for the Ditch", a song that has its blues parts but ultimately has some really fast licks. "Deliver us" has a lot of that sound that I remember from Eric Johnson and uses a variety of tones that make the guitar truly sing to the listener. "Ghost of you" has a great groove to it and coupled with some rapid fretwork that hits a lot of high notes, the song dives down at times into a darker, swamp boogie feel. "Resolution" is an energized and magical track that is slow in its execution but still powerful on delivery.



If you are looking for an instrumental type album that is not just fifty minutes of a guy playing notes as fast as he can, then the Andy Timmons Band is where it is. There is enough diversity in sound and rhythm on this CD to have something for everyone to like. I am extremely impressed with Timmons work and look forward to listening to more of his music. Eleven tracks in all, Resolution is an astounding instrumental album."