MARTY FRIEDMAN Records Solo For New JASON BECKER Song

April 28, 2007

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman's official web site has been updated with the following message:

"Marty has contributed a guitar solo to a new song by Jason Becker, marking their first collaboration in 17 years. The solo is for a song called 'Believe' and was recorded in Tokyo just prior to Marty's European tour this March. We at the site, Marty himself and, of course, music fans around the world are hoping this is only the first of many future collaborations. Stay tuned for Marty's thoughts on this in a very special interview we have coming up at this site later this spring! For release info and more details, visit www.jasonbecker.com."

Hot Licks released JASON BECKER's "The Legendary Guitar Of…" DVD on April 10. With a running time of 91 minutes, the disc's contents is described as follows: "Jason Becker is one of the world's most moving, innovative, and awe-inspiring guitarists and musicians. At 17, he recorded the first of two CACOPHONY CDs with Marty Friedman, followed by two amazing solo albums: 'Perpetual Burn' and 'The Raspberry Jams'. In 1990, he was voted Best New Guitarist by the readers of Guitar magazine. While recording David Lee Roth's 'A Little Aint Enough', Jason contracted Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS, a.k.a. Lou Gehrig's Disease). Twelve years later, he released his groundbreaking third solo album. Included on this DVD: Archival footage of Jason from 1986 to 1999; Jason's guitar clinic at the Atlanta Institute of Music; Solo performances; Archival footage of CACOPHONY."

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When doctors diagnosed Becker with ALS in 1989 — one week after he joined David Lee Roth's band as Steve Vai's replacement — they gave him approximately five years to live. That was more than 17 years ago. Though Becker was able to complete Roth's album ("A Little Ain't Enough"),in the ensuing years the guitarist would be robbed of his mobility, forcing him to communicate through an "alphabet board" his father invented. The one-time promising young gun now chooses each letter of his speech via eye movements.

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