It was an awesome NAMM this year!
I was in the Hell booth for a bit, and I walked around the floors a lot. I also saw and heard some great music and guitarists!
The most incredible guitar playing I have ever heard was the highlight - Scott Henderson Trio at the Baked Potato. Hot dang, that was insanse.
Others great guitar players I saw:
- Oz Noy
- Matt Schofield
- Tomo Fujita
- Josh Smith
- Kirk Fletcher
- Mark Lettieri
- My friend Scott Lerner
- Monte Montgomery
- Lee Ritenour
- Muriel Anderson
just to name a few... I saw Roscoe Beck too, and I got Allan Holdsworth autograph. Allan is an interesting fellow. I asked him if a new album is in the works, and he looked like he wanted to slap me! Oh well, at least I got his autograph.
I was also able to hang out and chat with a lot of these people, at least for a few minutes. Scott Henderson let me and my friends stay for his second show without paying again - he just said to the establishment "these are my friends" and it was cool. Scott is awesome.