Blues Saraceno
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Blues Saraceno | |
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Born | Hartford, Connecticut | October 17, 1971
Genres | Heavy metal, hard rock, blues, gothic country |
Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, producer |
Instrument(s) | Guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, piano, vocals |
Years active | 1989–present |
Website | bluessaraceno |
Blues Saraceno (born October 17, 1971) is an American rock guitarist, composer and music producer, currently residing in Los Angeles, California. He was discovered by Guitar for the Practicing Musician magazine at the age of 16, which assisted him in releasing instrumental recordings on an independent basis.[1]
Saraceno's high profile as a gifted guitar virtuoso and musician opened the doors to an early career as a first-call guitar sideman and session musician. Saraceno is most often recognized from his time playing with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker (
Early life and career
Blues Saraceno was born to musician parents, who introduced him at an early age to several musical instruments. He started to play guitar at the age of nine. When he was thirteen, he broke his elbow when he fell from a go-kart and asked the doctor to position the cast in a way that allowed him to remove it from his sling to practice guitar during his recovery. When he was nineteen, Saraceno moved to Los Angeles to seek a career in music.
Career
When Saraceno was still a teenager, his manager sent a
Saraceno won an audition with
In 1993, Saraceno joined the band
After some time, Saraceno left the group amicably and was replaced by one of the band's former guitarists, C.C. DeVille. In 2000, Capitol finally decided to release the Crack a Smile album under the name Crack a Smile... and More!. The album features fifteen tracks recorded by Saraceno.[3]
After his departure from Poison, Saraceno met the vice-president of Advertising of
In 2000, Saraceno founded the band, Transmission OK. Saraceno also worked as record producer for the band, which was signed to Beyond Records, and was distributed by BMG. After a brief US tour, and lackluster support from the label, the group disbanded and Saraceno continued to work on television and film, as well as his session work.
Saraceno's has done session work with everyone from Ziggy Marley (Dragonfly) to Melissa Etheridge (Lucky), earning him a reputation for being a "go-to guy" for many of Los Angeles' top record producers and engineers.
Saraceno has also produced for artists including Scott Caan (Hawaii Five-0, Oceans 11), Eric Balfour (24, Haven, Chainsaw Massacre) of Fredalba, Lindsay Price (Beverly Hills 90210, Lipstick Jungle) and Anthony Michael Hall (Dead Zone).
Saraceno's greatest success has come in the field of television and film. His television work credits include WWE, CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, Disney, Discovery, UPN, MTV, MTV 2, VH1, USA, TLC, Comedy Central, Telemundo, SCI FI, SPIKE, E! and BRAVO. A more detailed list can be found on his website (www.bluessaraceno.com). He has commented on how it is not uncommon to have several commercials running in different countries throughout the world, all at the same time, using the same piece of music.
Saraceno did three tracks for Megas XLR. These tracks were Blood Shot, Berzerker and Ro-Sham-Bo.
Saraceno's "Save My Soul" is the soundtrack for the History Channel's mini-series The Men Who Built America.
Saraceno's "Evil Ways" song was also used in various videogames trailers such as
It was also used during a promo for
Discography
Solo
- Never Look Back (1989)
- Plaid (1992)
- Hairpick (1994)
- The Best of Blues Saraceno (2000)
- Dangerous (2016)
- Dark Country 4 (2016)
- The Devil You Know - EP (2018)
Blues, Electronic blues
Cher
- Heart of Stone (1989)
Never Hold Us Down
Taylor Dayne
- Can't Fight Fate (1989)
Kingdom Come
- Hands of Time (1991)
Poison
- Crack a Smile... and More! (2000)
Gorgeous George
- Gorgeous George (1999)
Transmission OK
Ziggy Marley
- Dragonfly (2003)
Megas XLR
- Megas XLR OST (2004)
Melissa Etheridge
- Lucky (2004)
The Infinite Staircase
- The Road Less Taken (2009)
Lita Ford
- Time Capsule(2016)
The Biggest Band In The World
- Fight of Your Life (2018)
Nine One One
- Wicked Gonna Come (2018)
Guest appearances
- Return of the Worm, Todd Grubbs, (2011), Grubworm Music
- Double Talkin' Jive – A Hard Rock Tribute to Guns N' Roses, (2008), Versailles
- Liquid Piece of Me, Sergio "SERJ" Buss, (2007)
- Too Fast for Love: A Millennium Tribute to Mötley Crüe, (2007), Versailles
- Studs n' Sisters, Chris Francis, (2006), Up to Speed Music
- Go with What You Know, Dweezil Zappa, (2006), Zappa Records
- Just Like Paradise: A Millennium Tribute to Diamond David Lee Roth, (2005), Versailles
- My World, Kang Ino, (2005), Dream On
- Glitter 4 Your Soul, Rikki Rockett, (2003), Slave to the Rhythm Productions Inc.
- A Tribute to Aerosmith – Let the Tribute Do the Talkin', (2002), Mascot
- Tribute to Van Halen (2000), Triage Records
- Automatic, Dweezil Zappa, (2000), Favored Nations
- Aerosmith Tribute: Not the Same Old Song & Dance, (1999), Cleopatra
- Guitar's Practicing Musicians Vol 111, (1994), Guitar Recordings
- Guitar's Practicing Musicians, (1993), Guitar Recordings
- Sammy Says Ouch!, Randy Coven, (1990), Guitar Recordings
- Truth in Unity, Chris Catena's Rock City Tribe, (2020), Grooveyard Records
Sampled songs
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- "Moonshine and Gasoline", (2013) used by Discovery Channel for the television show Moonshiners
- "We Are Young", (2017) used by Mercedes-Benz as soundtrack for the Class X Pickup advertising spot over Internet [citation needed]
References
- Allmusic. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
- ^ "Living Legends: music info on Poison". 2011. Archived from the original on October 5, 2011.
- ^ "Poison Greatest Hits review". Allmusic.