JOHN 5
GT: What is it about guitar instrumentals that appeals to you?
J5: I think it started with Eruption. Hearing that guitar solo. Then I would listen to other things like Roy Clark or Chet Atkins. And I was like, “Wow, there's no singer.” And I was so impressed by the fact that these were popular songs that had no singers. Another one is Frankenstein, by Edgar Winter, things like that. I was so taken aback by that. And I think that's what really started it with guitar instrumentals for me.
GT: What can an instrumental provide that a vocal song can't?
J5: I would say it’s much more difficult to get something across with just an instrumental song, but there's so many songs that have such amazing emotion and such incredible feel. It's very hard to describe, it's like trying to
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