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Harnessing his musical roots as a child of the 60s when blue-based rock pushed its way to the front of the line and incorporating his decades as one of the most sought-after touring musicians in the business, \u003cem\u003eFistful\u003c\/em\u003e is Slick as he's been from the start: an artist who fully mines the depths of the blues and guitar by drawing on a toolkit assembled from blues to glam to punk to rockabilly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 11-track album is no retread retrospective of Slick's run of 40 years as a professional guitarist; it's an audible demonstration of a virtuoso still pushing deep into rock and roll's blues roots. The instrumental album, Slick says, is acrobatics without a net. Some of the tracks on \u003cem\u003eFistful\u003c\/em\u003e were ideas that had been rattling around in his heart for decades. Some were wholly new.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat lifelong journey from Brooklyn didn't leave him empty-handed; he brought back the prizes, the tricks, the scars, the influences, and the tools from a road that never presented a detour. Or an end. He's a man, after all, who knows a thing or two about persevering, about long shots and locked-in trajectories. Perseverance also had no backup plan when it was launched. It had to get there. \"I am,\" Slick said. \"Exactly where I should be.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schnitzel","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50411607851339,"sku":"1121066","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/4bef5427-81c7-4298-af89-dccaf842d400_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726660629"},{"product_id":"guitar-2","title":"Guitar","description":"\u003cp\u003ePre-order this rollicking rock 'n' roll memoir of the last 50 years of rock history, from David Bowie's longest serving lead guitarist and legendary sideman, Earl Slick.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe's played with everyone from John Lennon to the New York Dolls - and he's got the stories to prove it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEarl Slick was barely out of his teens when David Bowie hired him to play guitar on the ground-breaking 1974 Diamond Dogs tour. It marked the beginning of a relationship that would endure through thick and thin for the next forty years. Gracing classic albums like \u003ci\u003eYoung Americans\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStation to Station\u003c\/i\u003e and the 2013 comeback, \u003ci\u003eThe Next Day\u003c\/i\u003e, Slick played on the tour that followed Bowie’s smash hit \u003ci\u003eLet’s Dance\u003c\/i\u003e album and was at his side for the epic Glastonbury show in 2000.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut it wasn’t just Bowie. The young guitarist was in John Lennon’s band at the time of the former Beatle’s tragic murder. Other collaborations read like a roll call of rock ‘n’ roll royalty including Mick Jagger, The Cure, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Joe Cocker, Buddy Guy, Ian Hunter, David Coverdale and Eric Clapton. And in the ‘80s he became an MTV star in his own right with the success of Phantom, Rocker and Slick.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough it all he lived the rock ‘n’ roll life to the hilt. Until it nearly killed him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of rock’s great sidemen, Earl Slick was in the room when music history was made. \u003ci\u003eGuitar\u003c\/i\u003e takes us there, shining a light on superstars like Bowie and Lennon, while recounting the extraordinary story of the boy from New York City who became a real life Johnny B. 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Earl Slick and \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Bowie\u003c\/strong\u003e's partnership produced some of rock's most memorable music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn celebration of his recent autobiography \"\u003cem\u003eGuitar\u003c\/em\u003e\" published by Penguin achieving #1 on Amazon, Slick is now sharing this musical treasure. Slick recounted a particularly serendipitous moment: \"\u003cem\u003eI would never have thought to ask David to sing on my record. It's not that we weren't close - we'd known each other forever - but it just wasn't something that would have occurred to me. But when I called Mark Plati at the studio one day to talk about some sessions I wanted to do, it turned out David was there. He got wind of what we were planning and asked to talk to me. 'I guess you're not interested in me maybe doing a little something on the record?' It was a silly question, of course. And what I figured would be some percussion or 12-string guitar turned into lyrics and an amazing vocal. I'm really excited to finally be able to share it with the world!\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eProducer \u003cstrong\u003eMark Plati\u003c\/strong\u003e echoed the excitement, saying, \"\u003cem\u003eOne of the highlights of my career was being in the room when Earl Slick and David Bowie wrote 'Isn't It Evening', and then having the privilege to help bring it to life.\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLegendary mixer \u003cstrong\u003eBob Clearmountain\u003c\/strong\u003e, who worked on this new version, added, \"\u003cem\u003eIt was such a thrill and an honour to be working on a David Bowie song again! Recording and mixing the Let's Dance album was certainly one of the high points of my career. His passing was a real shock for me as we had become long-distance friends. 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