Dave Martone: Nacimiento - acoustic album featuring Satriani, Batten and Howe amongst others

• Dave Martone - Guitar, Cajon, Percussion
• David Spidel - Bass

Special Guest:
• Mike Michalkow: Percussion - "Threesome"

"Nacimiento" means birth or beginning. For Dave Martone, that means returning to his musical roots and revisiting his love of the nylon string guitar. The acoustic nylon string guitar has a warm, organic sound which fits the passion of the flamenco style on Dave’s new album. Dave brings his sense of style and musical energy to familiar movie and television tunes such as “Spider-Man”, “Rocky” and “The Godfather”; as well as hard rock favorites with Aerosmith’s “Dream On” and Europe’s “The Final Countdown”. Dave also performs guitar standards such as “Classical Gas”, “Maria Elena” and “Malagueña”. And, even Boney M’s lush disco classic “Rasputin” gets the flamenco treatment.


“My father started me off at age 6 on the nylon guitar and that is where I needed to return. I hope you can enjoy this album for what it means to me, and how I find the sound of the nylon guitar so inspiring, so raw, so pure, so beautiful."
Thank you
Dave Martone

• Dave Martone - Guitar and Vocals
• David Spidel - Bass
• Daniel Adair - Drums ("Clean")
• Gary Grace - Drums ("Live At Metalworks"

Special Guests:
• Joe Satriani: Guitar - "Clean"
• Billy Sheehan: Bass - "Clean"
• Jennifer Batten: Guitar - "Clean"
• Ric Fierabracci: Bass - "Clean"
• Greg Howe: Guitar - "Clean"
• Glen Drover: Guitar - "Live At Metalworks"

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Influenced by San Francisco-based guitar demigod Joe Satriani and six-string trickster Steve Vai, Canadian instrumental guitar firebrand, Dave Martone, pelts us with a plethora of exceedingly fast riffs while drilling us with copious amounts of metallic overdrive. Since releasing his Magna Carta debut Clean, in 2008, Martone has garnered accolades from numerous music publications.
He's floored enthusiastic audiences across the globe with his obvious passion, superior technical ability and animated stage presence, and was handpicked to be the opening act for Joe Satriani's 2010/2011 Canadian tour.

The Martone express keeps rolling. On Sunday, September 25 at 3PM EDT, Martone and his labelmate Glen Drover (Megadeth, Testament) will perform live from the North Auditorium of Toronto's famed Metal Works studios for a special Internet Webcast sponsored by Magna Carta. Martone and Drover will each perform separate sets and then combine their talents for a final superjam with soon-to-be-announced special guests. "I'm looking forward to playing my butt off for everyone who signs on," says Martone. "I know I'm going to have as much fun as legally possible during that Internet broadcast."

Over the last decade, Martone has recorded several independent instrumental guitar records spotlighting his originality and fluidity on the instrument, including A Demon's Dream, Shut Up 'n' Listen and When the Aliens Come for labels such as Lion Music and Guitar Nine Records. Martone eventually inked a deal with Magna Carta Records and emerged with the critically lauded Clean, a record that marks a new beginning in Martone's life.

Featuring drummer Daniel Adair (3 Doors Down, Nickleback) and bassist David Spidel (Bo Bice), as well as special guests, guitarists Joe Satriani, Jennifer Batten (Michael Jackson) and Greg Howe (Justin Timberlake), and bassists Billy Sheehan and Ric Fierabracci (Dave Weckl, Yanni), Clean is a rare achievement, indeed.

"It takes commitment and a little bit of luck to establish a career in this musical vein," says Martone. "Anyone who plays instrumental guitar music is doing it for the love of the music."

“Live At Metalworks” captures audio/video performances by Dave Martone and Glen Drover which were streamed live over the internet on September 25, 2011. This show was viewed by over 25,000 people in over 63 countries around the World.

Dave Martone (a true modern guitar hero) performs with his band on such guitar virtuouso tracks as “The Goodie Squiggee Song” and “Dinky Pinky” from Martone’s Magna Carta debut, “Clean” (MA-90972). Other highlights of Martone's set include a cover of Charlie Daniels Band’s “The Devil Went Down To Georgia”. Another special moment occurs when Martone brings Glen Drover on stage for an encore version of Joe Satriani’s “Crush Of Love”.

Dave Martone - "Rasputin" performance video