The Firehouse Arts Center will host the California Guitar Trio (www.cgtrio.com) as the three musicians make a Pleasanton, Calif. stop on their 20th Anniversary Tour, Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. The Firehouse Arts Center is located at 4444 Railroad Avenue in downtown Pleasanton, Calif.
The Calfornia Guitar Trio is comprised of Paul Richards of Salt Lake City, Utah, Bert Lams of Affligem, Belgium and Hideyo Moriya of Chiba, Japan. Unique among guitarists, the three musicians share an interest in classical re-working of jazz, blues and surf tunes as well as their own original compositions. The trio is known for its technical virtuosity and humor.
The three guitarists met in England while studying with Robert Fripp and joined Fripp’s League of Crafty Guitarists for a European tour, becoming part of a guitar orchestra. They founded the California Guitar Trio in 1991. During the past two decades, the trio has performed on television during two Olympic games, at the Grammy Awards, on various network shows and, on CD, as wake-up music in space for the crew of the space shuttle Endeavor.
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On stage, the trio has shared the stage with many notable performers such as King Crimson, John McLaughlin, David Sylvian, Tito Puente, Leftover Salmon, Taj Mahal, Steve Lukather, Simon Phillips, Adrian Legg, Adrian Belew, Enchant, Jon Anderson, and many more.
The California Guitar Trio has released twelve albums. Its most recent, Andromeda, release last year, is the group’s first release to that consists entirely of original material.
