lines on this very rock song. I knew then he
was the guy for me [laughs].
You come from entirely different musical
generations. Was it hard to bridge that gap?
Bruce: I don’t think there are any real differences in generations of music. If your goals
are the same, it’s got nothing to do with age
or anything like that. Great music is timeless,
and the same thing applies to musicians.
Is there any track on the record that was
particularly important for each of you to
be included on the album?
Bruce: For me, it was “Vuelta Abajo,”
which I feel was a really great composition
of Tony’s. It was very important for me
to get that on there because I was actually
present at the beginning. When I joined
Tony’s band, “Vuelta Abajo” was the first
thing we recorded. Tony didn’t write all the
tunes on the record, but they’re all pretty
important. There’s “Coming Back Home”
by Jan Hammer, and a couple of John
McLaughlin tunes, as well as a couple of
tunes that come from this band, Spectrum
Road—it’s a bit of a mixture.
ABOVE: Reid’s space station-esque rig
barely leaves enough room for a path
to centerstage. Photo by Greg Styer
BELOW: Reid busts out his inimitably
catonic licks on his MIDI-outfitted
signature Parker. Photo by Pino Fama
Guitars
Parker DF824VR Vernon Reid
Signature MaxxFly, ’ 58 Gibson ES-345,
’90s Hamer Custom Chaparral,
’90s PRS McCarty
Effects
Roland VG- 99 V-Guitar System and
FC-300 MIDI Foot Controller, Eventide
PitchFactor, Eventide ModFactor,
Strymon El Capistan, Schumann
Electronics PLL analog square-wave
harmonizer, Moog MoogerFooger
MF- 107 FreqBox and EP- 2 Expression
Pedal, Fractal Audio Axe-Fx Ultra with
MFC- 101 MIDI Foot Controller, Z.Vex
Fuzz Factory, Z.Vex Lo-Fi Loop Junky,
Pefftronics SB- 101 Super Rand-
O-Matic, Pigtronix Echolution
Amps
Mesa/Boogie 100-watt Dual Rectifier,
Randall MTS Series RM100M (including
Treadplate, Kirk Hammett KH3, and
Blackface modules), Fender Twin
Reverb, Randall RV412 cabs
Strings, Picks,
and Accessories
D’Addario EXP115 (.011 to .049),
Dunlop JD Jazz Tone 205 and 208,
Dunlop TeckPick Aluminum, Surfpicks,
Brossard custom picks
