Shine a Light

LONGTIME GUITAR WORLD associate editor Andy Aledort is widely known for his song transcriptions, instructional columns and DVDs — and he’s also toured throughout the last two decades with Dickey Betts and the Jimi Hendrix Tribute. His brand-new release, Light of Love, features 17 originals plus a cover of Muddy Waters’ “You Shook Me.” The songs are drawn from different sessions, including a 2004 session in Austin with Double Trouble. Final recording and mixing was done in the fall of 2021 with engineer Bob Stander at Parcheesi Recording in Huntington, New York.

When instrumental master Andy Timmons (who also happens to be a current columnist) heard , he was so intrigued that he volunteered to interview Aledort for this issue. “Andy has his own distinct musical personality,” Timmons says. “That’s what jumps out at me when I listen to this record.”