Rick plays the music with great love and respect. Yes, there is a great completion in my heart after working on it for the past two years. You're always wanting it to be better, it gives us a reason to try to grow, but sometimes you have to put the axe down and learn to be simply happy with where you are at this moment in time, and move on. Sound can be a crazy thing man. Trying to get one guitar to sound like a small arranged band, and at the same time mixing it keeping in mind to not overwork the speakers.
Guitars can have so many frequencies, lows and highs that can really fill out a speaker.
At the same time you need a soft touch for the high strings to allow the melody to take a lyrical shape. I really enjoy when the instrument tells a story, and getting those feelings out in some universal type way. I wold think that when i first set out in 1972 to learn from Lenny Breau records, it is still much the same journey now as it was back then. I really did it for the sheer joy, love, respect and the mystery of Lenny while totally surrendering to Lenny's contribution to the guitar. The day I started getting feedback, that I sounded a bit like Lenny, I was very excited that for the first time in my life, I was getting closer to executing his style.