Guitar Tricks Insider June/July Edition | Page 6

ESSENTIAL ALBUMS 03. Ziggy Stardust David Bowie “ One album that had a major impact on me when I was younger was UFO’s Strangers in the Night. That was the beginning of the end. I mean wow. There’s all these outrageous guitar solos. From a personal standpoint I think that album had a lot for me, for what my tastes were at the time. In that particular period, right when he did the last UFO albums and the first two Michael Schenker Group albums, I thought he was playing his most melodic. It’s quintessential. Michael Schenker was a huge influence on me. His guitar playing had a lot of energy and his phrasing fit what he was doing – fit what UFO was doing at the time. 04. Electric Ladyland The Jimi Hendrix Experience 6 DIGITAL EDITION ” JUNE/JULY