Drive It Home
ARLEN ROTH has long been one of the world's top players and educators of the guitar. He's toured and recorded with artists such as: SIMON & GARFUNKEL, PHOEBE SNOW, DON MCLEAN, JOHN PRINE, BOB DYLAN, RY COODER, RICK WAKEMAN, ERIC ANDERSEN, JANIS IAN, TONY BIRD, PAUL SIMON (SOLO) ART GARFUNKEL (SOLO), STEVE GOODMAN, DUANE EDDY and countless others. He is also the son of the senior Cartoonist for the New Yorker magazine, Al Ross, who has been with the New Yorker since 1937. His first album, GUITARIST on Rounder (1978) won the MONTREAUX CRITICS AWARD for BEST INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM of the year. This release, "Drive it Home" is his seventh album. In 1985, he created the guitar parts and directed all the guitar scenes for the legendary music film, "CROSSROADS", with actor Ralph Macchio. (Arlen actually played the parts in the film.) He was the #1 columnist for GUITAR PLAYER MAGAZINE FROM 1982-92 with his column, Hot Guitar. He has 10 best-selling music books to his credit for!  publishers such as DOUBLEDAY, MACMILLAN, SCHIRMER BOOKS, WARNER BROS., MUSIC SALES and BALLANTINE, and his book sales have topped 1 million worldwide. He also is the founder and producer of HOT LICKS VIDEO, the world's leading company for instructional video, documenting the great players of our time sine 1979. Hot Licks has sold several million tapes all over the world, in many languages.