I can't find the album credits on Allmusic.com (well, I can, but they don't list the players). Wilsey for awhile was hanging out with us over on the Gretsch Pages forum, and I know he hasn't worked with Chris in awhile, but that Christmas Album was 2007, so not sure....
As for Wilsey, he has a great guitar record of his own - El Dorado. I was shocked to hear him report, when everyone asked him what gear he used, assuming it was vintage amps and tape echoes, that everything was recorded DIRECT- all software!! Great tones tho.
Or it's Hershel Yatovitz, another great player! Side note- Among other guitarists, Hershel and I auditioned for the Chis Isaak guitar spot around 18 years ago and it finalized between me and him, but I bowed out of the finals, mostly because I wanted to play my music with my new band at the time, the 10 Gallon Cats... *Obviously* Hershel was the right guy, and my bet is he was going to get the chair anyway - my playing can be too weird for a setting like Isaak. I received a little San Francisco press at the time for "turning it down" but that was misleading - and somewhat disrespectful to Hershel because he's awesome and the band picked the perfect guy for the job. Here's an interview... http://tonereport.com/blogs/interviews/herschel-yatovitz
Wow! What great insight!!! Thanks for that!!! I had never seen that Wilsey interview before...
And I've never heard of Yatovitz, so thanks for the introduction to him! Looks like he never finished/released the instrumental album he was planning? Narrabeen? If he did, I can't find it anywhere....
Never knew you were up for the spot in Isaak's band... altho I must say, if that would have meant no "Orange", no "Table For One", I'm glad things worked out the way they did!
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As for Wilsey, he has a great guitar record of his own - El Dorado. I was shocked to hear him report, when everyone asked him what gear he used, assuming it was vintage amps and tape echoes, that everything was recorded DIRECT- all software!! Great tones tho.
http://somethingelsereviews.com/2015/01/10/james-wilsey-chris-isaak-guitarist/
Or it's Hershel Yatovitz, another great player! Side note- Among other guitarists, Hershel and I auditioned for the Chis Isaak guitar spot around 18 years ago and it finalized between me and him, but I bowed out of the finals, mostly because I wanted to play my music with my new band at the time, the 10 Gallon Cats... *Obviously* Hershel was the right guy, and my bet is he was going to get the chair anyway - my playing can be too weird for a setting like Isaak. I received a little San Francisco press at the time for "turning it down" but that was misleading - and somewhat disrespectful to Hershel because he's awesome and the band picked the perfect guy for the job. Here's an interview...
http://tonereport.com/blogs/interviews/herschel-yatovitz
And I've never heard of Yatovitz, so thanks for the introduction to him! Looks like he never finished/released the instrumental album he was planning? Narrabeen? If he did, I can't find it anywhere....
Never knew you were up for the spot in Isaak's band... altho I must say, if that would have meant no "Orange", no "Table For One", I'm glad things worked out the way they did!
I found these credits for the album, looks like it was Hershel.
http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=6764321
I love that James Wilsey album El Dorado. Very evocative, great tones.