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Greg Koch is an amazing guitar player, plus he’s also a wonderful showman and an extremely funny guy with an obvious love and infectious enthusiasm for music and all things guitar. If you’ve not heard him play then probably the easiest way to get us in the right place would be to look at his influences. Koch started playing at the age of 12, inspired by his elder brother’s vinyl collection, and in particular records by The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Cream. From here he progressed onto Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck before tracing all these players’ roots backwards via BB and Albert King. Discovering Albert Lee on an old Eric Clapton album prompted an exploratory excursion into county territory via Ray Flacke and Ricky Skaggs and let’s not forget his exposure to jazz