Craig Spector
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CRAIG SPECTOR is an award-winning and bestselling author, editor, screenwriter, and musician with twelve books published, millions of copies sold worldwide, and reprints in nine languages. Spector is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music in Boston MA and an alumni of the Atlanta College of Art in Atlanta GA. Spector divides his time between Virginia Beach VA and Redondo Beach CA, and he is currently at work on a new novel, several feature film and television projects, and the debut album FADE IN: by the band SMASH-CUT with p.g. sturges and Richard Christian Matheson.
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Regarding SMASH-CUT:
"To say Preston Sturges, Jr. is some kind of guitar player is an understatement. Is he Jimi Hendrix class? I dunno, but I'll tell you this: Sturges ranks alongside such virtuosos as Joe Satriani and Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser of Blue Oyster Cult. In thirty-two years of devouring records and going deaf at too many concerts to contemplate, I can honestly say I've never heard anyone play the way he does. Smash-Cut could be a Cream for the 21st century (if they ever got that serious about being famous musicians instead of just famous writers and screenwriters).
Yeah, I've got the balls big enough to say that. Riffing off the powerhouse rhythm duo of Spector's beat 'n' slapped McCartney-meets -Tony Levin six-string bass and RC Matheson's Buddy Rich-meets-Ginger Baker drumming (hey, now I think of it, maybe there's a touch of Ed "Spirit" Cassedy and Toto's Jeff Porcaro in there, too)...well, this you've got to experience.
Add to that the baritone growl of Sturges' Mark Knopfler-esque vocals married to Spector's soaring and sometimes ethereal alto (think John Mellencamp if he were gene-spliced to Sting by way of McCartney) layered in powerfully melodic interplay, and you have a total lush and artful sound that a trio couldn't possibly produce. But they do. Worse yet, they make it look easy, the bastards. These guys know who to play the positive and the negative sonic spaces for max effect; everything stands out.
From their their first live gig to their new CD, I'll slap down a c-note in Vegas an' bet the black 21 these boys will blow away audiences, win converts, and take no prisoners any time they play live.
You weren't there. I was. Trust me. I'm a Doctor. Dr. Mutant Blues. And boy, do I have a prescription for you..."
~ Philip Nutman, author (WET WORK), screenwriter (THE GIRL NEXT DOOR), rock and roll journalist (FANGORIA etc.)
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