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Ed DeGenaro is a fusion guitarist whose unique mix of bebop and metal sounds, along with a whole lot of the “DeGenaro” personality is collectively called the “Nude Guitars” sound and has been compared to the likes of Scott Henderson, Frank Gambale, and Steve Vai. Ed’s musical journey began in Germany, where he was born and raised. At an early age, he studied cello but quickly picked up the guitar as his instrument of choice for venting his artistic expression. After receiving a degree in Performance and Teaching from the German National Conservatory of Music in Nuremberg, he worked as a “hired gun” guitarist and session player, performing all over Europe before relocating to Los Angeles followed by Seattle and then back to Los Angeles where he currently resides. His contributions, as a musician and an engineer, includes numerous projects with major labels, musicians like Elliott Sharp, Steve Kimock, David Byron Band, Accept, Hammerhead, Alcatraz, and producers David Rosenthal (Rainbow, Robert Palmer) and Roy Thomas Baker.

After the critically acclaimed releases Dog House and Less Is Seldom More, Ed released Holiday In Madras which according to some is Ed’s best work so far. For this album he teamed up with various artists from the United States, Germany and India. Currently Ed is working on his next album which he aptly calls The Elektrik Circus.

Ed’s love affair with India began when he visited India in the year 2010 as a guitar faculty at The Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music. He toured all over India with his band and also played with numerous Indian musicians. Ed was tremendously impressed and inspired by the Indian sounds and styles and thence was created Holiday In Madras where he collaborated with Indian musicians like Ghatam Karthik and vocalist Ujjayinee Roy.

His previous album Less Is Seldom More pairs Ed with amazing artists like Ray Gomez (Stanley Clarke, solo artist), Matte Henderson (Mick Karn, Natalie Merchant, Percy Jones, Tony Levin), Ric Fierabracci (Chick Corea/Frank Gambale), Hari Ganglberger (Alex Mahachek), Marco Minnemann (Paul Gilbert/Mike Kenneally/Necrophagist), Anton Pukshansky (Ozomantli/ Santana/Helmet), Chuck Rainey (Steely Dan/Aretha Franklin/Louis Armstrong), Chris Taylor (Grover Washington/Celine Dion), Dave Weckl (Chick Corea/Mike Stern/Robert Plant), George Whitty (Brecker Brothers/Santana/Chaka Khan) and a few more surprises. In addition to this Ed also spent a lot of time on the road with his country band Nathan Chance & North Coast and played for their albums.

As with all fretless guitarists, Ed’s artistic expression and desire to create his own sound took him beyond the fixed frequencies of fretted guitars and into the realm of the unfretted. He is one of the few talented guitarists who can make shredding look effortless on a fretless guitar and make the guitar groove to just about any sonic exploration, encompassing funk, blues, ethnic, jazz, metal and much more. Thankfully, Ed also kept the metal hairdo, so he really delivers the entire package and more. This unique style what Ed calls Nude Guitars, is indeed limitless and fretless, very much like the nude fingerboards on his guitars. For real musicians like Ed, their guitars are indeed nude, as blank canvases are to painters, allowing them to create music that is truly personal and original. Paraphrasing what Michael Vick once said, “the real instrument is the musician himself, and one’s will to create is all one really needs to play what (one’s) inner ear hears”.