Kunio Kishida - Swamp Waters (2002)

Virtuoso blues/rock guitarist, writer, and vocalist, presents his debut "Southern Rock" album produced by Allman Brothers' producer, Johnny Sandlin.

Kunio Kishida, Japanese guitarist and vintage guitar dealer, has brought together a collection of the finest vintage instruments, musicians, technicians, and facilities to produce his debut album, Swamp Waters, which he has made for vintage guitar lovers around the world. Produced by Kunio Kishida and Johnny Sandlin, famed Allman Brothers engineer/producer, at the Muscle Shoals Sound Studios in Sheffield, Alabama, using an amazing collection of classic/vintage recording equipment, this album echoes the styles and sounds of Kunio's heroes of the Sixties and Seventies. It features Kunio playing many original and legendary vintage guitars. Besides performing with a '57 and '63 Fender Stratocaster, he plays a '56 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop and a 1959 Les Paul Sunburst once owned by Dickey Betts. Berry Oakley's '57 Precision Bass is played by Jerry Wasley, former bassist with Brenda Lee. You will recognize many of the performers on this recording because they all have outstanding musical credentials and have been heard on many of your favorite recordings. Swamp Waters was one of the last projects mastered, in HDCD, by Grammy Award winning artist, Denny Purcell, to whom this album is dedicated.