Guitar God is the first album recorded by Randy Holden

Randy Holden

Randy Holden is a guitarist best known for his involvement with the West Coast proto-metal group Blue Cheer on their third album, New! Improved! Blue Cheer .-Biography:...

, after a hiatus from music for two decades. The last album he recorded, prior to his departure from the music world, was Population II, in 1970. The Population II album became a much sought after, difficult to find collector's album, with prices upward of $900. being paid to get one.



Guitar God was recorded in 1993 in a limited release by the artist in 1997 through Captain Trip Records, a Japan-only label. Holden recorded with his former Blue Cheer

Blue Cheer

Blue Cheer was an American psychedelic blues-rock band that initially performed and recorded in the late 1960s and early 1970s and was sporadically active until 2009...

 bandmate, drummer Paul Whaley. Prior to recording Guitar God, Holden and Whaley had not seen or spoken to each other for over two decades.



The "Guitar God" album received excellent Review http://musicdish.com/mag/index.php3?id=5204. (see below).

Track listing

1. Dark Eyes http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&keyid=4517619&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID
2. Wild Fire http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=4517649&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID
3. Scarlot Rose http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=4517646&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID
4. Pain in My Heart http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=4517644&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID
5. Hell and High Water http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=4517619&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID
6. No Trace http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=4517642&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID
7. Got Love http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=4517628&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID
8. Blue My Mind http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=129764&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID
9. Castle in the Sky http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=4517610&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID
10. Dark Eyes part II http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=4517624&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID

Personnel

• Randy Holden
  Randy Holden
  Randy Holden is a guitarist best known for his involvement with the West Coast proto-metal group Blue Cheer on their third album, New! Improved! Blue Cheer .-Biography:...
  
   guitar, vocals
• Robert Bauer Bass
• Paul Whaley Drums
• Rachel Stavach Vocals on "Hell and High Water" / "Pain in My Heart"

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Randy Holden-previous Bands

• The Iridescence 1958- 1960
• Fender IV - 1960-1063
• Sons of Adam - 1063-1966 Ugly Things
  Ugly Things
  Ugly Things is a music magazine established in 1983, based in La Mesa, CA. Editor is Mike Stax, born 1962, England. It covers mainly 1960s Beat, Garage rock, and Psychedelic music...
  
  
• The Other Half (band) 1966-1967 http://musicdish.com/mag/index.php3?id=10061
• Blue Cheer 1969-1970
• Randy Holden - Population II 1970-1971
• Randy Holden - 1994 - Present http://musicdish.com/mag/index.php3?id=5204http://musicdish.com/mag/index.php3?id=3238