Lance Lopez

Lance Lopez - Live - 2007 - Grooveyard

"Texas has been know throughout the years to be the breeding ground for some of the baddest guitar players of all time...Lance is yet another one to carry on that Texas tradition..." BILLY F. GIBBONS - ZZ TOP

"A very exciting and intense Blues Guitarist..." JEFF BECK

"Lance Lopez got 3 standing ovations when he opened a show for me and I was among those standing...B.B. KING

"One of my favs, the boy can make a guitar sing!" GREG MARTIN - KENTUCKY HEADHUNTERS

"...when we are onstage together I get chills because Lance reminds me of someone I used to play with a long time ago..." BUDDY MILES

"....I stood on the side of the stage (watching Lance play) on the verge of tears..." LEON HENDRIX (JIMI'S BROTHER)

"Lance is one of the great ones..." SMOKIN' JOE KUBEK

"Lance Lopez is one of the most authentic badass guitarists and blues Gods on the planet today" MUSICLOAD.COM

"(after watching Lance perform) I know what it must have been like years ago when people were lucky enough to watch and hear the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan and others before they were widely known." EL DORADO NEWS-TIMES DAILY

"When it comes to modern-day Blues-Rock music, LANCE LOPEZ is really someone who is a model for what the genre is all about" - BLUES ROCK REVIEW

“I have been a professional musician since I was 14 years old when I moved to New Orleans with my Father. I played all over the Gulf Coast until we moved back to Dallas when I was 17. When I was 17 I was hired by Soul Singer Johnnie Taylor and toured with him for 6 months before joining Lucky Peterson’s band and touring with him for 3 years all over the world. After leaving Lucky Peterson’s band I then joined the Buddy Miles Express by the time I was 20 years old. I released my first solo album when I was 22 years old. Between 1999-2012 I have released 6 Studio Albums on 2 different record labels, Grooveyard Records and MIG Music(Germany) I did my first World tour at the age of 24 opening for BB KING, JEFF BECK, & STEVE VAI. I have played regionally all over Texas and the Southern States as well as New York & California most of my career but have also developed a huge following in Europe. In 2008 I toured with ZZ TOP in Europe, as well being included on the mega WHITESNAKE & DEF LEPPARD package tour all over Europe and Eastern Europe. In 2009 I toured as the opener for ROD STEWART in Europe and performed on the German Television show Rockpalast along with JOE BONAMASSA. And in 2011 I toured Europe as JOHNNY WINTER’s opening act. These tours overseas have built a huge audience for me there and plans are currently underway for us to return touring there.” – Lance Lopez © PRS GUITARS 2012 http://www.prsguitars.com/artists/profile/lance_lopez

KILLER "LIVE" DISC FROM BAD-ASS DALLAS BLUES/ROCK STRATMASTER LANCE LOPEZ FEATURING 8 TRACKS (65 MINUTES) OF BRAIN-DAMAGING, OVER-THE-TOP, RAW, GUT-WRENCHING, HENDRIX- INSPIRED, BLUES/ROCK HEAVY GUITAR POWER TRIO FURY CAPTURED "LIVE WITHOUT A NET". RECORDED "LIVE IN HOLLAND" ON HIS EURO-2000 TOUR, L.L. GOES STRAIGHT FOR THE JUGULAR AND TAKES NO PRISONERS AS HE UNLEASHES A TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR OF KILLER RIFFAGE AND MIND-BLOWING LICKS FROM HIS BEAT-UP STRAT. THE "LIVE" DISC IS FURTHER PROOF AND A TESTAMENT TO THE FACT THAT LANCE LOPEZ REIGNS SUPREME IN THE WORLD OF SERIOUS BLUESY HEAVY GUITAR ROCK. COMING STRAIGHT OUT OF THE GATE WITH A KILLER, HEAVY VERSION OF "SPANISH CASTLE MAGIC" BY JAMES MARSHALL HENDRIX, BROTHER LANCE LOPEZ MAKES HIS PRESENCE KNOWN AND PAYS HOMAGE TO OUR "MAIN MAN" AND DOES THE "FATHER OF HEAVY GUITAR" PROUD WITH HIS RAW, HARD-ASSED, UNABASHED VERSION. LL IS ON FIRE AS HE RIPS HIS POOR AXE APART LIKE A PITBULL ON STEROIDS ON THIS TRACK & THRU-OUT THE KILLER "LIVE" DISC, ENDING THE DISC ON A GOOD BLUESY NOTE WITH A PHENOMENAL 12 MINUTE SLOW BLUES BURNER IN THE FORM OF THE CLASSIC, SELF-PENNED "EVERYTIME I TURN AROUND". COMPLETE WITH AN OUTSTANDING 5 MINUTE INSTRUMENTAL SLOW BLUES GUITAR INTRO JAM FEATURING THE DALLAS STRATMASTER DIGGIN' DEEP IN HIS BACK POCKET FOR DYNAMIC, FLUID BLUES LICKS ON PAR WITH THE LATE, GREAT SRV, "EVERYTIME I TURN AROUND" IS WHAT THE REAL BLUES ARE ALL ABOUT AND THIS STELLAR TRACK IS L.L.S ULTIMATE MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO THE BLUES. AS AN ADDED BONUS AND AS OUR WAY OF SAYING THANKS, WE HAVE INCLUDED A MIND-BENDING, AWESOME, OVER-THE-TOP, EXTENDED LIVE VERSION OF "HEAR MY TRAIN A COMIN'" AS A HIDDEN BONUS TRACK ON THE "LIVE" DISC WHERE LANCE LOPEZ TAKES HIS GUITAR RITE OVER THE EDGE AND INTO A NEW HEAVY GUITAR DIMENSION. L.L. PLAYS HIS GUITAR ON THIS KILLER HENDRIX JAM LIKE A MAN POSSESSED AND AS IF HIS DAMN LIFE DEPENDED ON IT. AS IF THE "LIVE" DISC WASN'T KOOL ENOUGH, THIS KILLER HEAVY GUITAR BONUS JAM ALONE IS WORTH THE PRICE OF ADMISSION. SOMEWHERE IN HEAVY GUITAR HEAVEN BROTHER JIMI IS SMILING DOWN UPON US. THE LANCE LOPEZ: "LIVE" DISC IS A KILLER SLAB OF BRAIN-DAMAGING, BLUES/ROCK HEAVY GUITAR MADNESS THAT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO FANS OF HENDRIX (LONG LIVE THE MUSICAL SPIRIT OF JIMI), FRANK MARINO, ROBIN TROWER, ERIC GALES, KING'S X, S.R.V., DOYLE BRAMHALL, EDDIE HAZEL, LENNY KRAVITZ (IMAGINE LENNY KRAVITZ MEETS HENDRIX!!!), STEVIE SALAS, RICHIE KOTZEN, JOE BONAMASSA, (EARLY VINTAGE) ZZ TOP, INDIGENOUS, CRAIG ERICKSON, BUDDAHEADS, SKY HIGH & CLAS YNGSTROM, WES JEANS, KAMCHATKA AND JUST ABOUT ANY OTHER KILLER GET-DOWN RIPPIN' BLUES/ROCK AXESLINGERS YOU HAVE EVER HEARD. FANS OF HIS FOUR PREVIOUS KILLER GROOVEYARD DISCS: "WALL OF SOUL", "SIMPLIFY YOUR VISION", "HIGHER GROUND" & "FIRST THINGS FIRST" WILL HEAVILY DIG THE AWESOME "LIVE" DISC. YOU CAN RUN BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM THE BLUES/ROCK HEAVY GUITAR FURY OF THE BAD-ASS DALLAS AXERIPPER. L.L. IS GONNA GETCHA ON THE "LIVE" DISC. © 2012 & BEYOND - GROOVEYARD RECORDS, INC. http://www.grooveyardrecords.com/LLlive-.html

AFTER A NUMBER OF HIGH CALIBER RELEASES LANCE LOPEZ FINALLY DELIVERS THIS LIVE OPUS THAT INCLUDES MANY OF HIS NOW FAMOUS COVERS. JUMPING INTO THE ARENA IS THE HENDRIX FAVORITE "SPANISH CASTLE MAGIC." LOPEZ TACKLES THE MASTER WORKUP WITH ASTOUNDING DEXTERITY, KEEPING THE MOMENTUM OF THE SONG LAIDBACK YET SKILLFULLY EXECUTED. THE DALLAS STRAT MASTER WHEELS AND BENDS WITH A THICKER SOUND THAN THE ORIGINAL AND, THOUGH THE VOCALS GET A LITTLE MUDDY IN PLACES, THE GUITAR IS AT FULL VOLUME. BASSIST TODD CAMPBELL AND DRUMMER DAVE SLAUGHTER PAIR UP AS A SUBSONIC SUPPORT TEAM GIVING LOPEZ ALL THE ROOM HE NEEDS TO SPIN HIS WEB-LIKE GROOVES. OF THE DISC'S EIGHT TRACKS, THREE COME FROM THE FIRST LOPEZ ALBUM, FIRST THINGS FIRST. "THERE IS LOVE," "THE BRICK" AND "WALK IT" DEMONSTRATE HIS SKILL AS A WRITER WITH BURSTING GUITAR HARMONICS AND A BLUES STRUCTURE THAT REFLECT HIS LOVE FOR FUNK ARRANGEMENT AND UNYIELDING BOOGIE RIFFS. THE VOCALS IMPROVE BY THE THIRD TRACK GIVING WAY TO LOPEZ'S GRUFF BUT POWERFUL DELIVERY, AN EDGY PRESENCE THAT FILLS IN AS THE TRIO'S FOURTH MEMBER. RECORDED IN FRONT OF A HOLLAND AUDIENCE WITH NO OVERDUBS AND NO STUDIO TRICKERY, THE DISC CAPTURES LOPEZ AT HIS MOST RAW. HIS PASSIONATE RENDITION OF HOWLIN WOLF'S "KILLING FLOOR" SIZZLES AS HE LOCKS DOWN THE BIG MAN'S ONE-TWO PUNCH THEN ADDS HIS OWN LEADS THAT GENERATE A NUCLEUS OF MAGICAL FORCE. BY THE TIME THE EIGHT-MINUTE "MR. RATTLESNAKE" SHOWS UP IN THE SET FINGERS ARE FLYING LIKE STREAKS OF LIGHTENING ACROSS THE MIDNIGHT SKY. THE PUSH AND PULL BETWEEN SOFTER TONES AND RAPID-FIRE RUNS DIGNIFIES LOPEZ AS A TRUE INTERPRETER OF THE POSSIBILITIES OF ELECTRIC BLUES. ANOTHER STUNNING COVER IS THE ALBERT COLLINS' BUMP AND GRINDER "I'M DOING FINE". THE TRACK STARTS WITH A BASS/DRUM BOOGIE-BEAT THEN LAYS INTO A RAZOR-SHARP SOLO SET THAT FEEDS ITSELF AS THE SONG PROGRESSES INTO AN ENORMOUS PILE OF SKULL-CRUSHING FEEDBACK – A PERFECT VEHICLE FOR LOPEZ TO SHOCK AND AWE. "EVERYTIME I TURN AROUND", SHOWCASED ON HIGHER GROUND, STRETCHES OUT INTO 23-MINUTES OF PURE LOPEZ FURY AS HE WORKS IN THE MIND-BLOWING "HEAR MY TRAIN A COMIN" LIKE A WAR-HORSE GONE MAD. © TODD K. SMITH (CUTTING EDGE) (11.07)

A great blues rock album from the underrated guitarist Lance Lopez from Shreveport, Louisiana. Lance has played with artists that include Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, Buddy Miles, BB King, Steve Vai, Wes Jeans, Mitch Mitchell, and many more. He has travelled all over the world performing to enthusiastic audiences. Three of his favourite musicians are Hendrix, Clapton, and SRV. This album is guaranteed to sort out your head after all the New Year debauchery. Put on your headphones, pour yourself a large Jack Daniels and have a cigar. Pump up the volume and give this a listen. I don’t know how many New Years’ resolutions you will break, but you will be listening to some GREAT music. The album is HR by A.O.O.F.C. Read a good interview with Lance @ http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:td6KP4aiGlgJ:www.jailhouselive.com/1_JHL_NewWeb/Interviews/LanceLopez/LanceLopez-I.html+&cd=14&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ie and listen to his “Salvation From Sundown” album [All tracks @ 320 Kbps: File size = 150 Mb]

TRACKS

1. Spanish Castle Magic 4:44
2. There Is Love 5:07
3. Killing Floor 4:40
4. Mr. Rattlesnake 8:23
5. The Brick 5:48
6. I'm Doin' Fine 6:22
7. Walk It 6:56
8. Everytime I Turn Around 23:28

All tracks composed by Lance Lopez except Track 1 by Jimi Hendrix, and Track 3 by Chester Burnett

MUSICIANS

Lance Lopez - Guitar, Vocals
Todd Campbell - Bass
Dave Slaughter - Drums

BIO

There's no doubt about it, the state of Texas is well known worldwide for its fiery blues guitar players. Even just a cursory look will reveal the state's rich tradition, which easily rivals Chicago and Mississippi for producing players who have been both originators and contributors to the legacy of the guitar's significant role in the genre's history. Dating back to the 1920's with "Blind" Lemon Jefferson, continuing through the 1950's with such legends as Freddie King, T-Bone Walker and "Lightning" Hopkins, with the advent of the rock era of the 1960's the pressure cooker exploded. Albino blues giant Johnny Winter, from Beaumont, in 1968 was signed to what was then the largest advance in the history of the recording industry---$600,000. Houston's ZZ Top, with the Reverend Willie G, i.e. Billy F. Gibbons - armed with a '59 Les Paul- during the 70's went from being "That little ol' band from Texas" to being worldwide ambassadors with their unique brand of deep blues infused boogie rock. Although disco and subsequently new wave lessened blues rock's influence in the late 70's, by 1983 it was another native Texan, Dallas born Stevie Ray Vaughan, whose combination of raw blues mixed with Hendrix styled pyrotechnics spearheaded yet another resurrection as the genre rose its evil head once again. A breath of much needed fresh air amongst the synth heavy offerings on MTV and radio airwaves of the time, the guitarist's massive influence has extended long beyond his untimely, tragic death twenty years ago. One such player whom Vaughan touched the soul of was young, gifted blues/rock axeslinger Lance Lopez. Although born in Shreveport, Louisiana, at the age of 12, his family moved to Dallas, where with the exception of a spell back in New Orleans and Southwest Florida, the guitarist has called his home ever since. A professional musician since the age of 14 when he began playing local bars in and around the New Orleans, Louisiana area, at 17 he was hired by soul great Johnnie Taylor, with whom he toured for six months. By 18 he was hired as the band leader of blues legend Lucky Peterson's band, spending three years touring throughout the world. It was while with Peterson in Europe that he struck up a close friendship with the larger than life drummer Buddy Miles, subsequently becoming the guitarist for The Buddy Miles Express for a brief time. The former Band Of Gypsys legend would go on to mentor Lopez, leading to him co producing his debut album 'First Things First', along with Grammy winning producer Jay Newland (Norah Jones) which was released independently in 1998. From 2003 to 2007 Lopez recorded, and released three studio and one live CD for a small independent label, Grooveyard Records - all of which were heavily influenced by another of the guitarist's main influences - Jimi Hendrix. Despite the hindrance of being released on such a label, the albums are all prime examples of post Hendrix heavy blues, filled to the brim with awe inspiring fretwork, which led to him garnering a cult following amongst guitar fanatics worldwide. After a three year break, Lopez came back with a brand new studio album 'Salvation From Sundown', his first release on MIG Music/String Commander Records, based in Hannover, Germany. 'Salvation From Sundown was produced by legendary Producer/Engineer, Jim Gaines (Stevie Ray Vaughan, Santana) Intentionally conceived as a more traditional Texas blues styled offering, which has elicited none other than guitar god Jeff Beck to call him "A very exciting and intense blues guitarist". In 2012, MIG Music released 'Handmade Music', Lopez's 6th studio album. Again, he worked with legendary producer Jim Gaines and recorded at the legendary Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. It's one of the guitarist's most mature recordings to date, showcasing strong songwriting while still retaining the red-hot fretwork. 'Handmade Music' shows him poised to take his rightful place as one of the finest blues players on the planet. In 2013 Lance began work on his 7th album with Producer Fabrizio Grossi (Joe Bonamassa, Leslie West, Steve Vai) in Los Angeles. They are currently writing and recording material for this new album. Lance Lopez continues to tour internationally playing, clubs, Blues, Jazz and Rock Festivals, biker rallys, charity events and concerts. He also works as a producer and songwriter for other artist, as well as teaching guitar lessons to hand picked students when his schedule allows. If you are just now discovering what many die-hard fans of obscure Blues-Rock and guitar music have known about for many years, take the time to delve into Lance's catalog spanning 6 albums and you will soon find, that he is one of the greatest guitarist that the State Of Texas has ever produced... © http://ll4581.wix.com/lance-lopez#!about/cadp