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For over 20 years, Andy Aledort has been a significant figure in the international music scene as both a guitarist and a journalist. As an editor for the top guitar-oriented music magazines GUITAR WORLD, GUITAR FOR THE PRACTICING MUSICIAN, GUITAR LEGENDS, and GUITAR WORLD ACOUSTIC, among others, his work as a journalist, instructional columnist and music transcriber is unsurpassed. He has authored over 200 books of guitar transcriptions as well as a series of guitar-related instructional books and DVDs, all of which are distributed worldwide by the leading music publishers Hal Leonard Corp., Warner Brothers Publishing and Cherry Lane Music.
Aledort is a performing musician as well. He is often tapped for high-profile appearances with artists such as Buddy Guy, Paul Rodgers, Double Trouble, and Jimi Hendrix’s backing musicians Mitch Mitchell, Billy Cox and Buddy Miles. Over the last two years, Aledort has performed as second guitarist alongside legendary Allman Brothers Band guitarist Dickey Betts in Mr. Betts’ band, Great Southern. He also fronts his own New York City-based ensemble, Andy Aledort & the Groove Kings; their most recent release is the self-produced Put A Sock In It.
Over the last five years, Aledort has also participated in a series of Jimi Hendrix All-Star Tribute concerts. In his April 1, 2004 review for ROLLING STONE, Charles Cross wrote, “The real show-stopper came when veteran bluesman Buddy Guy, backed by guitarist Andy Aledort and the powerful rhythm section of Tommy Shannon and Chris Layton—a.k.a. Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Double Trouble—played a version of Muddy Waters’ ‘Hoochie Coochie Man’ that smoldered. It was the perfect homage to Hendrix.” Among the other artists that appeared on the bill with Aledort were Carlos Santana, Paul Rodgers of Bad Company, Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains, and Hubert Sumlin, plus bassist Billy Cox and drummer Mitch Mitchell. Aledort has begun work on a series of Jimi Hendrix instructional videos produced in conjunction with the Jimi Hendrix Estate, starting with the hugely successful DVD 2000 release, How to Play the Songs from Are You Experienced.
It’s follow-up, How to Play the Songs from Axis: Bold As Love is due out in the spring of 2007. He also has the Beginning Electric Blues Guitar DVD on the shelves, as well the B.B. King: Signature Licks, Albert King: Signature Licks and Charlie Christian: Signature Licks instructional DVDs. Aledort’s many instructional books include Jimi Hendrix: Signature Licks, Eric Clapton: Bluesman and Blues/Rock Guitar Masters books, all published by the Hal Leonard Corporation. For GUITAR WORLD, Aledort recently produced a hugely successful series of instructional DVDs, including Play Rock Guitar, How to Play Hard Rock/Heavy Metal, How to Play Blues/Blues-Rock, How to play the songs from Axis: Bold as Love, How to Play Lead Guitar, Beginning Rock Guitar, and Acoustic Rock Guitar.
With his group the Groove Kings, Aledort released the self-produced Put A Sock In It CD in 1999 to rave reviews, such as:
“I love it—it’s great!”—Johnny Winter;
“Great guitar playing. Andy has his own distinct sound.”—Tommy Shannon;
“Andy plays with great technique and soul.”—Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine/Audioslave);
“Andy has the ability to combine diverse stylistic elements to emerge with a unique musical voice.” –Mike Stern (Miles Davis).
The band is currently recording their second studio album.
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