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    All-Terrain Guitar Hero

    Sep 22, 2020 4 minutes
    BY JUDE GOLD

    FOR MANY GUITARISTS, the ultimate dream is to join a great band, land some hit songs and become a star. For other players, the dream is less about individual stardom and more about building a decades-long career touring, composing and recording with superstars.

    If working with legends has ever interested you, then session guitar ace, touring veteran, producer, singer and solo artist Vernon Ice Black should be an absolute hero to you. His guitar adventures span more genres and great artists than we have room to print here, though suffice to say he’s worked with Aretha Franklin, Mariah Carey, Herbie Hancock, Jaco Pastorius, Chaka Khan, Kenny Loggins, Whitney Houston (that’s Black playing lead guitar in Houston’s “So Emotional” video), Steve Winwood,

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