Guitar Player

No Ass-Kicking Allowed

on Noel Boggs’ , I feel content and where I’m supposed to be. It has no chest-pumping phrases, no jaw-dropping, lightning-fast virtuosity. But it’s a mature ensemble work and a well-played record featuring craftsmanship. That’s not to say Boggs doesn’t speak through his instrument, or that his guitarist Neil LeVang isn’t absolutely superb. But I think it’s obvious the goal of these musicians was not to

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