There comes a day when every smooth-rocker makes the smooth take a back seat to the rock. When he chooses to operate less from the head and heart and more from the crotch. When he’s on the run, no time to sleep, and he’s got to ride like the wind to be free again. When he says aloud, into the gaping maw of the universe, “We roll tonight, to the gui-tar bite.” This 80-minute mixtape brings together 20 songs that see each artist, if only for a brief shining moment, leaving behind the marina and entering the arena.
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Ryo Okumoto: “Crystal Highway” (1980)
Japanese keyboardist Ryo Okumoto called in L.A.’s studio A-Team to back him on his sophomore album, the exquisitely titled Makin’ Rock. This white-hot instrumental track features Steve Lukather and Jay Graydon on guitar, Jeff Porcaro on drums, Neil Stubenhaus on bass, and David Foster on keys.
