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Infobox musical artist | name = California Guitar Trio| image = California Guitar Trio.jpg| caption = California Guitar Trio live at The B.B. King Blues Club, New York| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin =| genre = Instrumental rock Progressive rock New Age music|New Age Chamber jazz Acoustic music|Acoustic Experimental rock | years_active = 1991–present| label = InsideOut Music | associated_acts =| website = http://www.cgtrio.com| current_members = Paul Richards Bert Lams Hideyo Moriya| past_members =| notable_instruments = steel-string acoustic guitar , classic guitar , tenor guitar , mandocello California Guitar Trio ( CGT ) is a band (music)|band of three guitar players founded in 1991. Paul Richards (musician)|Paul Richards of Salt Lake City , Utah , Bert Lams of Brussels , Belgium , and Hideyo Moriya of Tokyo , Japan first met in England at one of Robert Fripp 's Guitar Craft Courses in 1987. After completing several of these intensive courses, the three toured worldwide with Fripp's League of Crafty Guitarists . They continued working together in Los Angeles , founding The California Guitar Trio in 1991, to create original compositions, surf music|surf covers , and classical guitar|classical re-workings . The band was originally planned as a quartet until one member decided the commitment required wasn't feasible.
Making use of a wide range of instrumental styles fusing European classical music, rock music|rock , blues music|blues , jazz , world music , Bluegrass music|bluegrass , and surf music , the California Guitar Trio's emphasizes technical virtuosity and humor.
The Trio's music was featured during the television coverage of the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998 and 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Olympic Games, and on CBS , NBC , CNN WorldBeat , and ESPN TV programs. They performed on the 2003 Grammy Awards -nominated track Apollo on Tony Levin 's CD Pieces of the Sun ; and CGT music was sent into outer space as wake-up music for the crew aboard NASA ’s Space Shuttle Endeavour|Space Shuttle Endeavour .
Through frequent touring, the California Guitar Trio has shared the stage with many performers such as King Crimson , John McLaughlin (musician)|John McLaughlin , David Sylvian , Tito Puente , Leftover Salmon , Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal , Steve Lukather , Simon Phillips , Adrian Legg , Adrian Belew , Enchant (band)|Enchant , Jon Anderson , and many more. When schedules permit, King Crimson members Tony Levin and Pat Mastelotto regularly join them for live shows.
The Trio has released twelve albums: seven studio CDs featuring original CGT songs and a variety of other works spanning numerous genres, four live releases, and a Christmas CD with familiar and not-so familiar Christmas music. Lams has also made a solo album of Bach preludes titled Nascent.
In August 2004 they released Whitewater , produced by Levin. It features mainly original works of the CGT, offset by a puzzle-work arrangement of a Bach lute suite and a mashup of " (Ghost) Riders in the Sky " with The Doors ' " Riders on the Storm ." This was followed in 2008 by Echoes, an album composed entirely of covers, and 2010's Andromeda, the band's first release to consist entirely of original material.
Discography
The California Guitar Trio (1991, not listed in CGT's own discography)
Yamanashi Blues (1993)
Invitation (1995)
Pathways (1998)
An Opening Act: Live on Tour with King Crimson (1999)
Rocks the West (2000)
10 Christmas Songs (2001)
CG3+2 (2002)
The First Decade (compilation) (2003)
Whitewater (2004)
Highlights (compilation) (2007)
Echoes (2008)
Andromeda (2010)
Montreal Guitar Trio + California Guitar Trio Live (2011)
Masterworks (2011)
External links
http://www.cgtrio.com/ California Guitar Trio home page
http://www.tonylevin.com Official Tony Levin Site
Classical guitar Category:Musical groups established in 1991 Category:Classical guitar ensembles Category:Surf music groups
