Been meaning to blog about this for a while, new baby == HUGE backlog .

Anyway, I was lucky enough to hear and see Lyle perform this superb cover at Monkeyfest 2011, and it blew me away. I’m glad to see Lyle has nipped into the studio to record a great quality version:

Check out Lyle’s debut CD, Homegrown, on CD Baby

If you haven’t seen it already I wholeheartedly recommend you check out this brilliantly filmed movie featuring highlights from this year’s amazing Monkeyfest:

Early bird tickets are now available for Monkeyfest 2012!

All 4 video blog videos of this year’s Monkeyfest have been uploaded!

Captures the great vibe of this year’s festival as well as a glimpse at the sheer amount of talent, notes and general mayhem

Footage of Rob Chapman, Godsized, Lyle Watt, Sam Coulson, Alex Hutchings, Jess Lewis, Andy James, Mike Dawes and Amy Turk, Laurie Monk, Emir Hot, Fred Brum, Sacred Mother Tongue and a little interview with a knackered looking me

(No footage of Guthrie Govan and The Fellowship, currently, as they didn’t want video uploaded)

The astonishingly talented Lyle Watt is now officially a Chapman Guitars artist and has recorded a new video with his new Chapman ML-1 guitar:

Here’s my first video with my new Chapman Guitars ML-1. I’m delighted to announce that I am now a Chapman Guitars Artist, so you’ll be seeing me with this guitar a lot more now!

OK, so the title for this is a bit silly really, but it’s instrumental music, you can call it anything, and it’s just a bit of fun. As the title might have suggested, this is a track I wrote a few years ago when I was going through my 1980′s Yngwie/Paul Gilbert phase. It’s not the kind of thing I do anymore, but I thought it would be cool to let you all hear this.

Lyle’s debut EP, “Homegrown”, is available from CD Baby

Been meaning to write up a post about Monkeyfest but til then here’s some blog video from the Monkeylord himself about the great event: