More killer reviews,- getting the lap steel 'out there' :-)
Posted: 5 Oct 2010 4:50 pm
Here's a review from the September issue of the HiFi enthusiast magazine "The Absolute Sound":
"Countless guitar slingers have paid heartfelt tributes to guitar god Jimi Hendrix. None, however, surpasses this one by Norwegian guitarist Steinar Gregertsen. He has the requisite chops to pull off such an audacious project, and his deep love of Hendrix’s music comes across in every soulful reading of every potent tune. But it’s his creative arranging and inventive layering of guitars that make this far more than just another wellmeaning collection of Jimi covers.
A slide guitar demon, Gregertsen flaunts jaw-dropping command throughout. His version of “I Don’t Live Today” opens as a haunting acoustic guitar Delta blues meditation before erupting into a full-blown, heavy-metal barrage with his lap steel fed through distortion and wah-wah pedals. His lyrical reading of “Angel” cleverly opens with the riff from “Burning of the Midnight Lamp” before smoothly segueing to the oft-covered power ballad. An intimate reading of one of Jimi’s loveliest ballads, “May This Be Love,” features the fragile, forlorn voice of Claudia Scott, who also appears on a gentle lap steel-vocal duet of “Bold as Love.” Gregertsen lets his guitar sing the plaintive melody of “Drifting,” which he delivers with uncanny feeling. On the quirky side is a bluegrassy version of “Manic Depression” played by dobro and banjo.
Bill Milkowski"
And here's a link to one on a music website called "Music Web Express" (the writer, Robert Silverstein, used to write for "20th Century Guitar Magazine"):
http://www.mwe3.com/reviews/Steinar2010/
Not that I'm on a mission to spread the lap steel gospel or anything, but it feels incredibly good to get this kind of response outside of the regular lap steel world (no offense guys
). And this is even more true when living in a small town in a small country on the "wrong" side of the Atlantic..
"Countless guitar slingers have paid heartfelt tributes to guitar god Jimi Hendrix. None, however, surpasses this one by Norwegian guitarist Steinar Gregertsen. He has the requisite chops to pull off such an audacious project, and his deep love of Hendrix’s music comes across in every soulful reading of every potent tune. But it’s his creative arranging and inventive layering of guitars that make this far more than just another wellmeaning collection of Jimi covers.
A slide guitar demon, Gregertsen flaunts jaw-dropping command throughout. His version of “I Don’t Live Today” opens as a haunting acoustic guitar Delta blues meditation before erupting into a full-blown, heavy-metal barrage with his lap steel fed through distortion and wah-wah pedals. His lyrical reading of “Angel” cleverly opens with the riff from “Burning of the Midnight Lamp” before smoothly segueing to the oft-covered power ballad. An intimate reading of one of Jimi’s loveliest ballads, “May This Be Love,” features the fragile, forlorn voice of Claudia Scott, who also appears on a gentle lap steel-vocal duet of “Bold as Love.” Gregertsen lets his guitar sing the plaintive melody of “Drifting,” which he delivers with uncanny feeling. On the quirky side is a bluegrassy version of “Manic Depression” played by dobro and banjo.
Bill Milkowski"
And here's a link to one on a music website called "Music Web Express" (the writer, Robert Silverstein, used to write for "20th Century Guitar Magazine"):
http://www.mwe3.com/reviews/Steinar2010/
Not that I'm on a mission to spread the lap steel gospel or anything, but it feels incredibly good to get this kind of response outside of the regular lap steel world (no offense guys
). And this is even more true when living in a small town in a small country on the "wrong" side of the Atlantic.. 
