Blues Saraceno (born October 17, 1971) is an American rock guitarist and music producer from Connecticut. Saraceno in italian means Arab Saraceno was discovered by Guitar for the Practicing Musician magazine, which assisted him in releasing instrumental recordings on an independent basis. Saraceno also produces for some artists, such as Scott Caan of Dallas 362, Eric Balfour of Fredalba, Lindsay Price's solo releases, Anthony Michael Hall, Brad Cohen of The Woods, and Brian Price, and has composed music for many famous television shows and movies, such as Friends, The Osbournes and more. In 1994, he filled in as lead guitarist for Poison, after guitarist Richie Kotzen was fired. Saraceno's playing was recorded for the Poison album Crack a Smile. However, he was replaced for the return of the band's original guitarist, C. C. DeVille. The album was later released under the name Crack a Smile... And More, and includes fifteen tracks recorded by Saraceno and five songs taken from the band's old recordings featuring DeVille. In 2002, he founded the band Transmission OK, in which he played guitar, sang and wrote the songs. "I never set out to be a guitar hero", he wrote in his personal web page in reference to the full range of duties he did on that album.
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Equipment
Yamaha guitars made a signature model for Saraceno during early 90's. It was based on RGZ series and the model name was RGZ820R [1]. This guitar was featuring a reverse headstock, watermelon plaid top, no pickguard, basswood body, maple neck, rosewood fretboard, 2 x DiMarzio custom humbucker pickups, a Yamaha licensed Floyd Rose tremolo and black hardware. He is currently using Ernie Ball Music Man gold sparkle "Albert Lee" model guitar which was build for him by the Ernie Ball custom shop [1] with Ernie Ball Slinkys 0.010" strings on it. Saraceno also has a signature made Trembucker Pickup made for him by Seymour Duncan.
Discography
- Never Look Back (1989)
- Plaid (1992)
- Hairpick (1994)
- Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986-1996 (1996)
- Crack a Smile... and More! (2000)
References
- ^ Blues Saraceno Official Website. Retrieved on 2007-11-01.
External links
| Poison |
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| Current members |
| Bret Michaels | C. C. DeVille | Bobby Dall | Rikki Rockett |
| Former members |
| Blues Saraceno | Richie Kotzen | Matt Smith |
| Discography |
| Studio albums: Look What the Cat Dragged In | Open Up and Say... Ahh! | Flesh & Blood | Native Tongue | Crack a Smile... and More! | Power to the People | Hollyweird | Poison'd! |
| Compilations: Poison - Rock Champions | Rock Breakout Years: 1987 | Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986-1996 | Best of Ballads & Blues | The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock |
| Live albums: Texxas Jam 1987 | Swallow This Live | Great Big Hits Live! Bootleg |
| Solo Albums |
| Bret Michaels: A Letter From Death Row | Country Demos | Ballads, Blues & Stories | Songs Of Life | Freedom Of Sound | Custom Built |
| C.C. Deville: Samantha 7 |
| Rikki Rockett: Glitter 4 Your Soul |
| Ritchie Kotzen: Richie Kotzen | Fever Dream | Electric Joy | Mother Head's Family Reunion | Inner Galactic Fusion Experience | Wave of Emotion | Times Gonna Tell | Something to Say | What Is | Bipolar Blues | Break It All Down | Slow | Acoustic Cuts | Change | Get Up | The Best Of Ritchie Kotzen | Instrumental Collection: The Shrapnel Years | Aisenshi ZxR | Into The Black | Return of the Mother Head's Family Reunion | Go Faster |
| Blues Saraceno: Never Look Back |Plaid | Hairpick |
| Videography |
| Videos: Sight for Sore Ears | Flesh, Blood, & Videotape | 7 Days Live | Greatest Video Hits | Live in Concert | Nothing But a Good Time! Unauthorized |
Video Hits | Best Of Poison, The (20 Years Of Rock/+DVD) |
| Singles |
| "Cry Tough" | "Talk Dirty to Me" | "I Want Action" | "I Won't Forget You" | "Nothin' But a Good Time" | "Fallen Angel" | "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" | "Your Mama Don't Dance" | "Unskinny Bop" | "Something to Believe In" | "Ride the Wind" | "Life Goes On" | "Flesh and Blood (Sacrifice)" | "So Tell Me Why" | "Stand"| "Until You Suffer Some (Fire and Ice)" | "Shut Up, Make Love" | "The Last Song" | "Rockstar" | "Squeeze Box" | "We're An American Band" | "What I Like About You" |
