Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Interviewing the Legends I’m your host Ray Shasho. BRIAN TARQUIN NEW ALBUM ‘BEYOND THE WARRIOR’S EYES’ By BRIAN TARQUIN & HEAVY FRIENDS: HONORING MILITARY SOLDIERS WHO DEFEND OUR FREEDOMS: ZOOM EXCLUSIVE!  Featuring a true star-studded musician tribute Jean Luc Ponty, Eric Johnson, Robben Ford (Miles Davis), Steve Morse (Deep Purple), Dean Brown (David Sanborn), Hal Lindes (Dire Straits), Chris Poland (Megadeth), John Tropea (Billy Cobham), Steve Kindler (Jeff Beck), Carl Verheyen (Supertramp) & Larry McCray (John Mayall), the late Phil Naro, and the Budapest Symphony Orchestra) and more! Lifting our veterans through music is something that Brian Tarquin & his Heavy Friends will do until there are no more wars. Brian’s friends include superhero musicians that love working with him on several albums he’s released from hard rock to jazz over the past (20) years). “‘Beyond The Warrior’s Eyes” was released January 19th on Downtown Music honoring military soldiers who defend our freedoms. Traquin says, I wanted a true star-studded musician tribute of soaring instrumental songs. So, I was very fortune to get such iconic players as Jean Luc Ponty, Eric Johnson, Robben Ford, and Steve Morse to help me express our gratitude.”  “Beyond The Warrior’s Eyes” mission is to support the charity, Hope For The Warriors, who provide medical care, mental health counseling, professional training and education, physical conditioning and transition services for wounded, ill, and injured Marines and Navy members. Brian’s weekly NPR radio show called Guitar Trax on WFIT 89.5FM (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WFIT)  on the Florida Space Coast is streamed on www.wfit.org. He hosts in-depth interviews with world-renowned guitarists every Monday night from 10pm-Midnight. Please welcome three-time Emmy award winner, American jazz fusion guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, recording artist, sound engineer, record producer, and composer Brian Tarquin to Interviewing the Legends … PURCHASE THE NEW ALBUM 'BEYOND THE WARRIOR’S EYES' By BRIAN TARQUIN & HEAVY FRIENDS Featuring Jazz violinist Jean Luc Ponty, guitarists Eric Johnson, Grammy winner Robben Ford, Chris Poland, Steve Morse, Phil Naro and others. Available at https://guitartrax.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-the-warriors-eyes “BEYOND THE WARRIOR’S EYES IS A JAZZ ROCK FUSION MAGNUM OPUS. A CELEBRATED PATRIOTIC MELODIC SALUTE TO OUR BRAVE TROOPS WHO GRANT US FREEDOM EVERYDAY… PERFORMED BY AN ALL-STAR CAST OF PROFICIENT MUSICIANS KNOWN AS BRIAN TARQUIN & HEAVY FRIENDS. IT'S JEFF BECK, MAHAVISHNU, COOL JAZZ AND TARQUIN ORCHESTRATION MAGIC." 5 stars! By Music Journalist Ray Shasho   FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT BRIAN TARQUIN VISIT https://www.briantarquin.com/ Official website https://www.instagram.com/tarquinjazz/ Instagram https://www.facebook.com/BrianTarquinheavyfriends/ Facebook https://guitartrax.bandcamp.com/ Bandcamp https://twitter.com/guitartrax65?lang=en Twitter https://open.spotify.com/artist/2giMW0q2qh3k6ZIrFEsux2 Spotify https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WFIT Brian’s weekly NPR radio show called Guitar Trax on WFIT 89.5FM https://support.hopeforthewarriors.org/Beyond-The-Warriors-Eyes “Beyond The Warrior’s Eyes” Special Donation Page:     Books By Brian Tarquin Survival Guide for Music Composers (Hal Leonard) - 2018 USA Best Book Winner Award Guitar Encyclopedia (Allworth Press) - 2014 USA Best Book Winner Award Guitar Amplifier Encyclopedia (Allworth Press) - 2017 USA Best Book Finalist Award Stomp on This: The Guitar Pedal Effects Guidebook (Cengage) - 2015 USA Best Book Finalist Award Insider’s Guide to Home Recording (Allworth Press) - 2015 USA Best Book Finalist Award Insider’s Guide to Music Licensing (Allworth Press) - 2014 USA Best Book Finalist Award Recording Techniques of the Guitar Masters (Cengage) interviews with Steve Vai, Joe Satrian