Album Notes

This CD is a culmination of 25 years of experience that Los Angeles based guitarist,Michael O'Neill has lived in the music industry.Starting in 1979 touring with the Crusaders on their "Street Life" tour to a 2 decades relationship working with guitar great, George Benson in his band (still currently with Benson)

O'Neill serves up 12 tunes which cover a wide range of styles that reflect the versatility he has acquired backing up some of the greats in the industry.Along the way Michael has supported such greats as Stevie Wonder,Rickie Lee Jones,Natalie Cole,Joe Sample,Ronnie Laws,Hubert Laws,Gato Barbieri,Sadao Watanabe,Boney James,Rick Braun,Peter White,Freddie Ravel,Gregg Karukas,Carl Anderson,Sheila E.,Gerald Albright,Kirk Whalum,Eric Marienthal among others.Choosing the classic hollow body jazz guitar and the classical spanish guitar as his featured voices, O'Neill offers 10 original compositions,an urban flavored version of the Stevie Wonder song "Visions" featuring Carl Anderson on vocals,Bobby Lyle on keys and Alphonso Johnson on bass,and a solo guitar version of the oft covered Beatles classic "Yesterday" reharmonized to obviously showcase his artistry on the instrument.This is a tastefully packaged forum to feature O'Neill's considerable voice in the world of guitar.Includes liner notes by George Benson.