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STEVE HACKETT

Stephen Richard Hackett ( Pimlico, Great Britain, 1950) rose to fame as guitarist for Genesis between 1970 and 1977. Later, he continued his solo career. Hackett

a child had access to several instruments like the flute and the melodic, but no interest in the guitar until age 12. He started playing single notes, and at 14 learned to be consistent and combine them, without receiving any formal education. His early influences, visible even in his most recent, were classics: Johann Sebastian Bach and tenor Mario Lanza . We also listened to numerous blues artists such as Danny Kirwan , Peter Green and guitarists John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers . Hackett

began playing in progressive rock bands like Glass Canterbury , Steel Pier and Sarabande. He makes his first professional recording with the band Quiet World on the album entitled The road (1970). In December of that year he joined Genesis through a classified ad in Melody Maker magazine . The announcement, which Hackett said he was looking for musicians "determined to act beyond the stagnant music forms," \u200b\u200bwas discovered by Peter Gabriel , lead singer of Genesis , who contacted soon with Hackett . The band had recently lost guitarist from the group's beginnings Anthony Phillips. After seeing action at Genesis , Hackett auditioned for the group and joined in December 1970.

As a member of the group's classical training, Hackett participates in 8 albums of the band. His lack of experience causes him some difficulty in the first months, but soon became not only an essential part of the group's sound, but also its image, bespectacled figure, seated and hunched over his instrument with studied concentration, finding their place within the group, offsetting the statism on stage with movement Gabriel unpredictable.

His first recording with Genesis Nursery Cryme is , published in November 1971. The presence of Hackett calls attention to issues such as The musical box and The return of the giant Hogweed , in which experiments with the technique of tapping. Though Nursery Cryme has a discrete business result, the next album, Foxtrot (1972) achieved a great success. It includes the instrumental Horizons, played by solo Hackett, who becomes one of his pieces features.

With the next album, Selling England by the pound (1973), Genesis reaches the peak of his career. Highlights the work of Hackett in Dancing with the moonlit knight and Firth of fifth , including one of the single most remarkable and poignant Hackett, and remained a favorite in concert Genesis, even after the departure of Hackett group.

Hackett begins to feel frustrated with the direction of the band, he can not freely develop their ideas and see how some of his compositions are rejected. Following the publication of Wind & wuthering (1977) decides to leave the group.

Although recorded in 1975 Voyage of the acolyte , his first solo album, and his companions colleagues Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford . Hackett Genesis not leave until 1977.

was the first work Voyage of the acolyte (considered one of his masterpieces), one of the triggers of their differences within the group Genesis , and reproached his companions had been "reserved" all this material of undoubted quality to the solo.

Much has been talked about on his departure, but it is possible to point out that his antagony Tony Banks influenced this decision, crucial for career. A less biased opinion, one that he suggests, he left the group because he felt he could express himself more freely in his solo career, freedom had already experienced success with his 1975 solo album. In this sense, it is argued that insisted on including his own material in Wind & wuthering , and only included Blood on the rooftops , co-written with Phil Collins , being rejected by the group Please do not touch and relegated to Spot the Pigeon EP , Inside and out. Hackett remained in the group until the conclusion of the tour Wind & wuthering , but left the group in October 1977, a week after the publication of the second album by the band, Seconds out .

In his later works can be seen several stages: an initial progressive and experimental rock, followed by another that develops pop tracks, close to world music. Later, Hackett explores his interest in classical guitar repertoire and blues. In recent years, alternating discs of classical influence with other rockers.

first record Hackett after Genesis stage was Please do not touch (1978). As with Voyage of the acolyte, much of the album material was progressive rock style, but contains, however, much more vocal work. Hackett, who had never sung a song from Genesis , became the largest contribution in the vocal part, working the voices of various singers, including folk singer Richie Havens , Steve Walsh of Kansas and Randy Crawford, Steve who discovered singing in a club of Chicago . Provided the vocals on Carry on up the Vicarage, but was subjected to the effect vocal "laughing gnome." The album reached number 38 on the UK charts , and 103 in the Billboard Top Pop Chart of U.S. . He also formed his first band to tour, which included the voice of Pete Hicks , John Shearer on drums, along with his brother John Hackett on flute and keyboards.

followed a couple of works of progressive rock, in 1979 Spectral mornings (number 22 in UK and U.S. 138 in ) and in 1980 Defector (# 9 in the UK and U.S. 144 in ). Hackett toured Europe in 1979, playing in August at Reading Festival , and in 1980 by United States to promote Defector .

The first significant change of style Hackett was in Cured (1981). Although the album contains some of the progressive and classical pieces by already Hackett was known also contained some more content with pop. The album was recorded without the majority of musicians who had worked with Hackett in their work from Spectral mornings, Hackett providing all the vocals. Only older colleagues remained Nick Magnus and John Hackett . Cured peaked at 15 in United States , and failed an important position in the UK charts.

Drummer Ian Mosley joined his band for best-selling album, Highly strung (1982), which reached number 16 in the UK , which removes the single Cell 151. During those years he began to collaborate with former King Crimson members and in 1982 together with other musicians Genesis for a benefit concert WOMAD, on the initiative of Peter Gabriel .

edit it in 1983 his first album of classical guitar, Bay of kings (number 70 in UK), which Steve played acoustic guitar, accompanied by his brother John on flute. The same year he participated in the LP of the British singer / Brazilian Ritchie, Voo of Coração. Hackett played guitar on some songs, and several of them were hits on the radio in Brazil. In 1984, he published Till We Have Faces (number 54 in UK), which mixed the classic style of Hackett with Brazilian percussion, influenced by his time spent in that country.

mid 80's expanded his sound to include various elements of the "world music "in his studio work, and also beginning to act into smaller, more intimate, where his guitar skills could be better appreciated.

in 1986, sets out with Steve Howe guitarist and Yes Asia, a project called GTR . From it emerges a single work titled, GTR, produced by Geoff Downes which peaked at number 11 in the American Billboard 200 and reached Top 20 single with When the mind rules the heart . When Hackett left GTR in 1987, the group disbanded. The Internet may be some demos for a second album, which was never published.

addition Howe and Downes , Hackett also worked with drummer Yes, Bill Bruford in Genesis with bassist Yes, Chris Squire , and the ephemeral vocalist Yes, Trevor Horn (who produced 1999 version of The carpet crawlers in the reunification of Genesis ). The keyboard player for a long time collaborator Hackett, Julian Colbeck , participated in live performances Anderson-Bruford-Wakeman-Howe . Following his departure from GTR collaborated with artists like Paul Carrack , Bonny Tyler , John Wetton and Brian May .

In the spring of 1988 Steve released his second album of his acoustic set, Momentum, again John Hackett on flute. The promotional tour was Momentum throughout Europe , including the Soviet Union made considered unusual for a classical guitar player. It is precisely this ability to successfully complete both ends of the musical spectrum that has earned the admiration of both rock contemporaries and leading classical authors, and in 1992 was confirmed with one of his ambitions, working with the London Chamber Orchestra in a performance of a concert of Vivaldi guitar at the prestigious South Bank of London . Later that year joined a new band and toured the U.S. to promote their live album Time lapse (1992).

The solo career Hackett continued, releasing several albums based on acoustic and electric guitar for 90. In 1993 was released Guitar noir in 1995, Blues with a feeling , a return to its roots with a mixture of guitars and harmonic sounds, sex and exoticism that surprised and pleased to his followers. In April 1997 he published A midsummer night's dream of neoclassical influence, accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra , entering the album in the Top 10 the British classical charts.

most recent albums have a high level of sophistication along with a powerful and dynamic presence, from the dramatic and atmospheric darkness of Darktown and Wild orchids the colorful journey through time and space To watch the storms.

Although Steve Hackett has enjoyed recognition throughout his solo career, his fans have always remembered with particular affection his time with Genesis . Steve Hackett has shown his attachment to the music of his former group in the project Genesis Revisited, which started in 1996 with a collaboration between the ex-King Crimson , Ian McDonald , John Wetton , former Genesis , Chester Thompson, and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, which celebrated the group updated parts, also offering some issues themselves faithful to the spirit of the band.

During the 90 led a group called Steve Hackett / Friends , including members of King Crimson , who revived their progressive rockk classical pieces in the form of new concerts, CDs and videos of concerts. Since then Hackett has recorded several solo albums, as Darktown (1999), To watch the storms (2003), Metamorpheus (2005) and Wild orchids ( 2006).

is currently releasing records on a regular basis, traveling the world touring and collaborating with musicians from different major currents, as Neal Morse of Spock's Beard . Highlights his work with his brother, the flutist John Hackett in Sketches of Satie (2000), which offers a refined version for flute and classical guitar, the most popular parts Erik Satie .

By October of 2009 out which is so far his latest work, Out of the tunnel's mouth , again in the key of progressive rock, along with musicians like Chris Squire , Yes bassist and Anthony Phillips, lead guitarist of Genesis .

In August 2010 it published the biography Hackett Sketches of by Alan Hewitt through Wymer Publishing. The first edition included a bonus DVD with a 90-minute interview earlier this year at the home of Steve .

His influences include Eric Clapton , Jeff Beck, George Harrison and Andrés Segovia. Steve Hackett was the first rock guitarist who used the technique tapping and picking, the opposite of what everyone thinks, it was Eddie Van Halen . While this may be true, experts agree that the development of this technique should be more the second than the first. The technique of tapping and picking (using the needle) can be heard on the themes of Genesis , The musical box, Dancing with the moonlight knight and Supper's ready But where better note this technique is the issue Shadow of the hierophant of his first solo album Voyage of the acolyte. It's amazing resemblance to the theme of Van Halen, Eruption . Several have expressed admiration for guitarists Steve Hackett , including Alex Lifeson of Rush, Yngwie Malmsteen , Francis Dunnery , Roine Stolt and Mike Holmes . Brian May, guitarist of Queen has mentioned several times the influence he had on him guitar work on songs Hackett The musical box, and Return of the Giant Hogweed album Genesis, Nursery Cryme .

Sources:

http://es.wikipedia.org, http://en.wikipedia.org, http://www.lastfm.es, http://www.hackettsongs.com, http://www.progarchives.com, http://www.tvcoast.com, http://www.rincondesconexion.blogspot.com

Canciones recomendadas :

Ace of wands , Hands of the priestess I , Star of Sirius , Shadow of the hierophant (Voyage Of the acolyte)

Narnia , Please don't touch , How can I? , Hoping love will last , Icarus ascending (Please don't touch)

Spectral mornings , Clocks - The angel of mons , Lost time in Cordoba , Tigermoth , Spectral mornings (Spectral mornings)

The steppes , Time to get out , Jacuzzi , The toast , The show (Defector)

Hope I don't wake , Picture postcard , The air-conditioned nightmare , A cradle of swans (Cured)

Camino Royale , Cell 151 , Always somewhere else , Hackett to pieces (Highly strung)

Bay of kings , The journey , Marigold , St. Elmo's fire , Second chance , Horizons , The barren land , Calmaria , Time lapse at Milton Keynes (Bay of kings)

What's my name , The Rio connection , Matilda Smith-William home for the aged , Let me count the ways , Stadiums of the damned (Till we have faces)

When the heart rules the mind , The hunter , Here I wait , Toe the line , Hackett to bits (GTR)

Cavalcanti , When the bell breaks , Concert for Munich , Last rites of innocence , Pierrot (Momentum)

Sierra Quemada , Take these pearls , There are many sides to the night , Lost in your eyes , In the heart of the city , Dark as the grave , Walking away from rainbows (Guitar noir)

Born in Chicago , Love of another kind , A blue part of town , Blues with a feeling , Big Dallas sky , Solid ground (Blues with a feeling)

Watcher of the skies , Dance on a volcano , Valley of the kings , Déjà vu , Firth of fifth (Watcher of the skies: Genesis revisited)

A form in wax , By paved fountain , Mountains turned into clouds , The lunatic, the lover & the poet , Starligth , Celebration (A midsummer night's dream)

Firewall , The dealer (The Tokyo tapes)

Darktown , Dreaming with open eyes , Twice around the sun , Rise again , Jane Austen's door , In memoriam (Darktown)

Gnossienne n. 3 , Gnossienne n. 1 , Dance through n. 2 , Gnossienne n. 4 , Gnossienne n. 5 (Sketches of Satie)

Cassandra , Prizefighters , Slot machine , Do not fall , Our Lady of the Flowers , Slot machine (Feedback '86)

The Devil Is An Englishman , Wind, Sand and Stars , Brand New , This world, Rebecca , Fire island , The moon under water , Serpentine song (To watch the storms)

To Earth like rain , The dancing ground , That vast life , Under the world - Orpheus look back , Severance , Lyra (Metamorpheus)

Transylvanian Express , Waters of the wild , Blue child, Ego & Id , Man in the long black coat , Howl (Wild Orchids)

Fire on the moon , Nomads, Emerald and ash , Sleepers , Ghost in the glass (Out of the tunnel's mouth)

videos :

Shadow of hierophant with Sally Oldfield on vocals, and Star of Sirius, with Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford , album Voyage of the acolyte :

Shadow of hierophant - Steve Hackett

Star of Sirius - Steve Hackett

Icarus ascending with Richie Havens on vocals, and Please do not touch live album Please do not touch : Icarus ascending

- Steve Hackett

Please do not touch (live) - Steve Hackett

Two direct
Spectral mornings and Every day, and Lost time in Cordoba , Spectral Mornings album :

Spectral Mornings (live) - Steve Hackett

Every day (live) - Steve Hackett

Lost time in Cordoba - Steve Hackett

A direct The steppes and The show of Defector album :

The steppes (live) - Steve Hackett

The show - Steve Hackett

A live version of The air-conditioned nightmare , Cured Album:

The Air-Conditioned Nightmare (live) - Steve Hackett

A direct Camino Royale and Cell 151, from the album Highly strung :

Camino Royale - Steve Hackett

Cell 151 - Steve Hackett

Second chance , The journey and Marigold , album Bay of kings :

Second Chance - Steve Hackett

The journey - Steve Hackett

Marigold - Steve Hackett

When the heart rules the mind , The hunter and Hackett to bits, the eponymous album from supergroup GTR :

When the heart rules the mind - GTR

The Hunter - GTR

Hackett to bits - GTR

When the bell breaks and Concert for Munich, the album Momentum :

When the bell breaks - Steve Hackett

Concert for Munich - Steve Hackett

Sierra Quemada, Dark as the grave and direct Walking away from rainbows , album Guitar Noir :

Sierra Quemada - Steve Hackett

Dark as the grave - Steve Hackett

Walking away from rainbows (live) - Steve Hackett

Born in Chicago and A blue part of town, from the album Blues with a feeling :

Born in Chicago - Steve Hackett

A blue part of town - Steve Hackett

In its draft Genesis Revisited, Valley of the Kings live, and versions of Déjà vu (with Paul Carrack the voice), Watches of the Skies and Firth of Fifth ( both sung by John Wetton ) connected to Watches album of the Skies: Genesis Revisited :

Valley of the Kings (live) - Genesis Revisited

Déjà vu - Genesis Revisited

Watches of the Skies - Genesis Revisited

Firth of fifth - Genesis Revisited

Celebration , album A midsummer night's dream :

Celebration - Steve Hackett

Twice around the sun and a beauty called In memoriam , dark town album :

Twice around the sun - Steve Hackett

In Memoriam - Steve Hackett

Gnossienne n. 1 , with his brother John Hackett on flute, the album Sketches of Satie :

Gnossienne n. 1 - Steve Hackett & John Hackett

Cassandra, accompanied on guitar by Brian May and vocals by Chris Thompson and Prizefighters with Chris Thompson and Bonnie Tyler the voice for the album Feedback'86 :

Cassandra - Steve Hackett feat. Brian May & Chris Thompson