Guitar Connection
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Guitar Connection is an instrumental guitar album, produced and played by French guitarist Jean Pierre Danel.
Released in France by Sony/BMG in July 2006, the was the only instrumental guitar record ever to reach the number one spot in the charts in France (as well as number 3 in Belgium), staying there for two weeks, and receiving a gold disc after three weeks (with more than 160,000 copies sold). The album provided three hit singles.
"Guitar Connection Volume 2" was released in March 2007, with some famous guest stars, and includes a duet with The Shadows
' guitarist Hank Marvin
on the famous jazzy standard "Nivram". The album hit the #8 spot in the charts, and provided a top 5 hit single, two top 10 and a top 20. The video version got a double platinum disc, and danel received the "Grand Prix Français de la Guitare".
Guitar Connection 3 was released in July 2008, and hit the charts at #18. It provided two hit singles, including a top 10. The dvd got a platinum disc.
Guitar Connection - Tribute to The Shadows hit the charts at #6 in March 2009, and the video version got a gold disc. The album provided a new hit single.
The Best Of Guitar Connection hit the charts at #23 in September 2009 and will be followed by a limited edition, Guitar Connection Anthology, in December.
"Guitar Connection Volume 2" was released in March 2007, with some famous guest stars, and includes a duet with The Shadows
The Shadows
The Shadows are a British pop group with a total of 69 UK hit-charted singles: 35 as 'The Shadows' and 34 as 'Cliff Richard and the Shadows', from the 1950s to the 2000s. Cliff Richard in casual conversation with the British rock press frequently refers to the Shadows by their nickname: 'The Shads'...
' guitarist Hank Marvin
Hank Marvin
Hank Brian Marvin is an English guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist for The Shadows. The group, which primarily performed instrumentals, was formed as a backing band for vocalist Cliff Richard...
on the famous jazzy standard "Nivram". The album hit the #8 spot in the charts, and provided a top 5 hit single, two top 10 and a top 20. The video version got a double platinum disc, and danel received the "Grand Prix Français de la Guitare".
Guitar Connection 3 was released in July 2008, and hit the charts at #18. It provided two hit singles, including a top 10. The dvd got a platinum disc.
Guitar Connection - Tribute to The Shadows hit the charts at #6 in March 2009, and the video version got a gold disc. The album provided a new hit single.
The Best Of Guitar Connection hit the charts at #23 in September 2009 and will be followed by a limited edition, Guitar Connection Anthology, in December.
Track listing
- MISIRLOU (From the film Pulp Fiction)
- EUROPA
- APACHE
- GUITAR BOOGIE
- JAMES BOND (Theme)
- PARISIENNE WALKWAYS
- CONCERTO DE ARANJUEZ
- WALK DON'T RUN
- WIPE OUT
- SLEEPWALK
- FBI
- DUELING BANJOS (From the film Déliverance)
- ONE MORE BLUES
- MINI SKIRT
- A LOVE THEME FOR SABINE
- WOODEN LEG STOMP
- BALLAD FOR A FRIEND
- JEUX INTERDITS (From the film Jeux Interdits)