The prestigious Guitar Player magazine chose Eric Johnson as "one of the most respected guitarists on the planet", and the truth is that his praise was more than fair because Johnson's music caused immediate impact.
It could not be otherwise, the songs of his third album Ah Via Musicom are a compact and elegant mix of rock, soul, blues, jazz, fusion, folk, new-age, classical and even country and western can be heard at throughout the eleven songs.
It was not surprising therefore that Ah Via Musicom arrived without problems to the platinum record in terms of sales, and that the tremendous single Cliffs Of Dover won the 1992 Grammy Award in the category "Best Performance of Instrumental Rock", beating Danny Gatton ( 88 Elmira Street), Rush (Where's My Thing?), The Allman Brothers Band (Kind of Bird) and Yes (Masquerade).
40 minutes of pure quality, from the intro Ah Via Musicom and its continuation with Cliffs of Dover, tremendous demonstration of virtuosity and elegance, an exciting mix. The beginning of Cliffs of Dover is with a guitar solo that impresses the most demanding listener, then everything is very virtuosic of the same level.
He even dares to sing songs like Desert Rose, High Landrons, Nothing Can Keep Me from You and Forty Mile Town, where he shows great vocal skills. The first three are a demonstration of direct and virtuous rock, with some reminiscence of Stevie Ray Vaughan and some outstanding electric guitars, while Forty Mile Town is a ballad that reminds me of Joe Satriani from the time of Flying in a Blue Dream . Eric Johnson's song is melodic style, well complemented by the instrumentation of each theme.
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