Al Marconi Redemption

Spanish Classical Guitarist Al Marconi is a composer, producer and performer of what can only be described as new age world fusion spanish guitar music. Al Marconi first picked up a guitar at the awkward age of 13 after being inspired as a child by his fathers collection of Shadows LPs. It wasnt long however before he developed a taste for the heavier side of guitar music such as the likes of Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Rainbow and very soon these were dominating his own record collection. As a teenager he went on to learn many of the great iconic riffs from the classic rock era and to hone his electric guitar playing skills with the hope that one day he would become the quintessential rock guitar well It was whilst at art college in the late eighties that Al discovered the Baroque lute music of J S Bach where a love affair with the nylon strung guitar was born. This heralded a complete change of musical direction and for the next few years Al was to study his chosen