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Personnel: Greg Howe (guitar, drums, keyboards); Kevin Vecchione (bass).
Personnel: Greg Howe (guitar, keyboards, drums); Greg Howe; Kevin Vecchione (bass guitar).
Audio Mixer: Greg Howe.
Recording information: Greg's House.
In the unlikely event that guitar-heads were not satisfied with Greg Howe's previous three guitar-based instrumental albums (1993's Introspection, 1994's Uncertain Terms, and 1995's Parallax), they may want to check out Five, which sounds a lot like its predecessors. Each track is packed to the gills with incomprehensibly fast soloing and impeccable note choice, and there's a great enthusiasm brought to the table by bassist Kevin Vecchione. But otherwise, Five is just like Howe's other home-studio-recorded '90s albums: about ten instrumental tracks led by Howe's nonstop electric guitar soloing, with a quiet acoustic piece put in the middle to serve as sort of a half-time break. Predictable or dependable, depending on your point of view. But it's always astounding to witness Greg Howe's prowess, and he usually surrounds himself with other great musicians. ~ Andy Hinds Five Music Review Average Rating: (4.8 out of 5 stars)   What can you say???
First of all, it amazes me that...A) The only major gigs this guy has done since his early Shrapnel days or the late 90's is Michael Jackson, NStink(get it?), and Enrique Iglesias and B) He's not more widely know like Holdsworth or Gambale or Henderson. I love the record, but I really want to go beyond that.
For those of you who want to oversimply my upcoming comments by saying I'm playing the "race card", feel free. But let's face it; Yngvie Malmsteen can't play changes, Robben Ford doesn't do Neo-classical, neither Henderson nor Gambale are funky, and Holdsworth doesn't ROCK with attitude. All the afformentioned cats are awesome, but Greg can do all that stuff with a very high degree of proficiency.......I cannot imagine what else, other than the RACIST idiom of rock (and maybe to a lesser degree, music in general) would allow a musician loaded with talent and proficiency to labor in relative obscurity...unless he's african american. Hell, a GOOD friend of mine who in recent years played with major rocker from the 70's, had to change his last name on stage because he's jewish. I have a feeling that Greg would need more than a name change to be accepted by tens of thousands of screaming rock fans while playing burning solo for, lets say, David Lee Roth.
I have all of Greg's records and the playing is phenominal and at times, unbelieveable. I just hope that it's not going to be 50 years from now before we really appreciate his talents.
Submitted by cedjazz (vallejo, ca) 
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Greg never ceases to amaze me!!
I have all of Gregs catalog, and this one is perhaps his best!!!! I now know why this album is so hard to get.... What a fantastic sense of writing ability Greg has, and his guitar work on this one is incredible!!!!.... A must for Howe fanatics!!
Submitted by okinawarocks (Japan)
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BEYOND ANY QUESTION....GREG STIR FRIES ALL THE MUSICAL COLORS AND FLAVORS INTO HIS WRITING AND PLAYING LIKE A FINELY PREPARED "PAELLA"!! I'LL BE A LOYAL LISTENER/PLAYER AS LONG AS HE'S COOKIN' IT UP - HIS PHRASING AND TIMING FACILITIES ARE ASTOUNDING AND DEFINITELY INSPIRATIONAL BEYOND WORDS..GOD GRANTS THE GIFT TO BE USED....THANX FOREVER GREG////
Submitted by WMANGO1120 (CONYERS,GA,USA)
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this cd is incrediable just like the musician. every note that greg howe plays is perfect,on this album and all of his albums,he plays classsical,funk,shred,blues,fusion altogether and combines them so perfectly,the guy is not human! i have listend to this cd a thousand times and still cant get enough, along with all of his work.everytime you listen to it you pick up something else you haven't heard before. he is the most exciting and entertaining musician, not just guitarist i have ever heard and i have been playing guitar for 20 years, thanks greg.please make 50 more albums.
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Purchase Five CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Greg Howe Introspection CD (1993)
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Greg Howe is an incredibly gifted and inventive guitarist. After debuting in the late '80s with a fresh, funky take on the "shredder" approach to rock guitar playing on the Shrapnel Records label, he took ...
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