Russ Henry

  **UPDATE DECEMBER 30, 2007***
  New "Official" -=RkR=- website is up. See the homepage link to the right.
  
  
  ***UPDATE February 10 2007***
  FTLOG back online
  
  ***UPDATE April 28, 2007***
  Over 13,000 Downloads of the current 7 songs!! THANKS!!!
  
  
  Feel free to post comments on my blog:
  http://www.russellhenry.com
  
  
   I'm now well over 22,000 TOTAL downloads for ALL the songs I've had online here in the last 2 years and I just wanted to say THANKS again for all the positive emails, votes and support, I'm just a guy that does this for my own amusement, and to have it appreciated on this scale is amazing. YOU ROCK!!!
  
  
  
  
  -=RkR=- (pronounced: "Rocker") is just me, Russ Henry. I'm not involved in a band at the moment, so all of this is (not very) produced in my home studio (or "bedroom" as my wife calls it.) near Muscle Shoals, Alabama USA.
  If you like what you hear, or hate it, feel free to email me your thoughts,or just vote and I'll figure it out from there :-) I just do this for fun.
   I am ACTIVELY seeking a kick-ass DRUMMER to collaborate on songs via the internet, so if you fit that description and have pro gear and the ability to record and mail/ftp your drum parts to me, contact me at the email address listed here.
  
  Special thanks to Phill Hanback for the 2nd guitar on "Spoofest".
  
  Song/Gear Details:
  
  1: Castle Gates is a song I did in May 2005. The solo is live, 1 pass, NO overdubs at all. Anywhere. Period. I used my Ibanez USA Custom "Necromancer's Castle" guitar, Digitech RP2000, and my Marshall JCM900/Laney GC-30v run in stereo with Shure/Peavey mics into my Nady MXE-812 Mixing Console.
  
  
  2: Floral Scented Death is an instrumental I was playing around with in December '04, this mix is a "work mix" and was not the finished song, but I haven't gone back and redone the solo yet, but eventually I'll update it and post it when I get it done. :-)
  I used my 1978 Hamer USA Sunburst exclusively.(SD JB/'59 Pickups),Dean Edge 5 bass, Drums done in Acid Pro. "Amps" are the Digitech RP2000 direct.
  
  
  3: For The Love Of God is one that I've always wanted to play. It's not note for note of the original, I'm just going for the overall "feel" of it more than anything else. This track was played on my Jackson USA KE-2 Kelly with SD JB/Jazz pickups through my POD XT Live direct.
  
  
  4: Jem Jam is just that... the first jam I did after I got my 1987 Ibanez Jem7RB (Root Beer) w/ Dimarzio Evolution pickups. I sent it to Lee Garver at GMW GuitarWorks and had it refinished to "Nu-Grape" Purple. I hadn't had a good "Floyd'ed" guitar in a while, so it's "whammy bar hell"... No overdubs. At all. Anywhere. Period.
  
  5: Killing Kelly is a jam I did in April 2005. It's just me and a drum machine. I used my Jackson USA KE-2 Kelly for this one, hence the name :-) No overdubs. At all. Anywhere. Period.
  This track was previously available here as "April Jam Track" and has only been slightly remixed.
  
  
  6: Necromancer's Boogie is a new jam I've been playing around with, it kind of reminds me of what Joe Satriani would sound like if he didn't have all that pesky talent getting in the way. I used my Ibanez USA Custom Necromancer's Castle guitar,Digitech RP2000 and Marshall JCM900/Laney GC-30V run in stereo to my Marshall 1960 4x12 cab and a no-name 4x12 with Celestions/Randall speakers respectively. Shure/Peavey mics into my Nady MXE-812 mixing console. The solo is 100% live, as it was played, warts and all. No overdubs. At all. Anywhere. Period.
  
  
  7: Although not really "Metal" per se, Spoofest is sort of a "magic moment" caught on tape. Phill Hanback and I just "spoo'ed" (did improv soloing) over a basic jam track and this is the result.A "Spoo-fest". :-) Live, 1 pass solos. I'm on the right, Phill is on the left of the mix. I played my BC Rich Warlock (EMG 81/81 Pickups), and Phill is on his Ibanez RG550 (Bill Lawrence pickups). No overdubs. At all. Anywhere. Period.
  
  Original songs copyright Russ Henry
  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
  Others respective of their own copyright used by permission.
  
  Here's the whole "herd" of guitars:
  
  L-R:
  1980 Silverburst
  2003 Jackson USA KE-2 Kelly
  1989 Ibanez USA Custom "Necromancer's Castle"
  1987 Ibanez Jem7RB
  1978 Hamer USA Sunburst
  1984 BC Rich Gunslinger
  1984 BC Rich Warlock Custom
  2001 Fender scalloped fretboard Stratocaster
  1980s Arbor single cut
  2002 Dean Edge 5 string bass
  1962 Guild acoustic
  1970s Martin/Goya Classical
  
  Enjoy!

 ·Castle Gates-New Mix
 ·Floral Scented Death
 ·For The Love Of God
 ·Jem Jam
 ·Killing Kelly
 ·Necromancer's Boogie
 ·Spoofest in E Minor Opus 1