Marc Bonilla - Slaughter On Memory Lane

[shawnzi24]

just found out about this guy a few weeks ago, my unrefined music pallette tells me this is the best guitar player in the world

[Satch7699]

gotta be mike keneally right?

[sweetchildonline]

mike keneally nice!

[RyseTheWizard]

Nice. I wasn't really feelin' it until 3 minutes into it where the song took its turn, then it got jazzy. He's a good guitarist, but needs more wah for me.

[JimmyGris]

Never mind and no matter. It iis a A+.

[garruda7]

Sounds more like jeff beck

[berylbill]

I remember my dad playing EE ticket on the cassete player in the car when I was just a little guy, maybe 4 or 5 years old. They definately changed my life. Does anyone remember the name of the album with the song entitled rodeo with the really fast base guitar. Classic.

[McMinnManiac]

I love that saturated guitar tone , not abig fan of the whammy bar , this is a true stereo guitar sound , sounds cool

[savantiflag]

o0o0o Toss Panos...<3

[speedburnervideo]

HAAA! Yes look at Toss with the shaggy dew, nice ;) he's a stellar drummer as well as a great guy, good freind too.

[jacques34379]

minchia!! un genio stu chitarrista!!!!

[pickforfood]

Still the baddest!

[ROBSHEAN]

I wish he'd do a solo tour and put out a new album. I fell in love with his playing what seems like close to 20 years ago. I found both his playing and his songwriting abilities to be amazing. He should be a household name!

[pendehassen]

I MET MARC yesterday, they came with CTA was great, he fucking rocks!!!

[tucciotucci]

this song is very very very  beautiful ,

prefer the cd version

thanks marc!

[santyrush]

american matador. this album I can`t find in spain...... lastima!!! but I will try.

[chucksguitarshop]

Marc & Mike are both very approachable guys. I saw them at GIT back in the early 90's when this video was recorded & it was VERY EXCITING. Nobody knew who they were & the place was fairly empty. These guys are the real thing. Beyond all of our old heroes & HUMAN. This is the GOLDEN AGE OF THE GUITAR.

[whoopadoopa]

I agree he's definitely underrated as a player. He put out some recent work with Chicago and he can shred but play with restraint when needed. Not like those other guys that have to overplay (steve vai yuk)

[MisledDan]

@whoopadoopa Yngwie is probably the worst when it comes to over-playing--far worse than Vai in that regard.

[chutch15]

Marc's work on the new Keith Emerson Band album is fantastic. Hell of a nice guy too!

[MarkRobertson]

I wrote to the guy when I was younger and he sent me some sheet music - cool huh ! I still rate him above the usual noodle fests like Satriani etc - much more depth in his playing

[blndrckr]

Who is the bass player???

[blindmellonchittlen]

Thats Billy Cox, Jimi Hendrixs old bass player.

[taurussinger]

@blindmellonchittlen The Bass Player is Dave Moreno

[taurussinger]

@blndrckr The Bass Player is Dave Moreno

[stampedehero22]

Could you play like him??????? He is a one and only!!!!!!! Have his albums... Great to blast through the car cabin when under hot pursuit!!!!

[plinkytx]

Thanks for putting this up. I've had this album for years but I've never found any video of it.

[BobtheUserName]

Nice, More pleezzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

[mikeybbdrummin]

Great stuff. Still have the tape and listened to it a few weeks ago on my day off. Great drumming by Troy Lukketta (Tesla)also. I actually learned how to play my drums in 9 from one of the tunes on this cd. This cd is one of my favorites. W/the exception of this more laid back tune, the cd has some good up tempo energy.

[sjcelestre]

Marc: Let's see some original music by Rock Island, Mark's early band from High school.

Still have my recording of Stardancer. Need that on You tube.

[aguardamarieta]

Fantastic. An almost unknown guitarist with incredible songs and playing

My deep respect for such fantastic artist

[snakemaster7]

just got my copy of ee ticket. awsome stuff!

[nightflypage]

i work at a music store with marcs nephew. i was working today and he started telling me about him. i thought he was kidding.

[jystevens]

hey Jim Garcia, I took lessons from Marc also back in the 80's in Pacheco. wish I had his lessons on video instead of cassette. what an amazing teacher and player.

Jeff Stevens

[rivbike]

This music, and a lot of music, is beyond my sphere of familiarity...but I went to high school with Marc--and this is my reason for writing---I remember him being really good back then, people who knew about such things seemed to think he was a bit of a superstar back then. The facial expressionat the start of this video--same as it was back then. He always had a "left-handed look."

I'm glad to see he made a go of it. Way to go, Marc. Remember me? I hung out with Don Bailey.

Grant P.

[ijgarcia]

I thank my lucky stars that I was able to take lessons from this guy for $20/hr back in the mid 80's, when he was living off Pacheco Blvd in Martinez, Ca. (also home of Joe DiMaggio, and the Martini). Marc, thank you. Jim Garcia

[stampedehero27]

Marc Bonilla is one of the best because he plays effortlessly and has total awareness where the next note/chord belongs. All the skunk players that rely on speed tapping ought to learn something from him. Too bad The television producer never inserted screen in screen leaving one camera on his right hand only. MB is a master........

[eporter66]

Killer - Marc is great, and Mike Keneally (on keys here) is quite a guitarist too! Great stuff

[dlchambers]

This is an AMAZING song on the CD, and an GREAT CD end-to-end. This performance is a bit sloppy :(

[HarrrySpider]

well, it was a MORNING show... seriously, I'd love to be this "sloppy" in my playing...

[penny31908]

marc bonilla is awesome actually thats my uncle hey marc its me patrick

[bobby0]

Outstanding song and performance. I got to see Marc with Keith Emerson, Ronnie Montrose, and Glen Hughes in Hollywood and they rocked and then rocked some more.

[utcbey]

Thank you Artsake....this guy is great, really great i bought American Matador ...Wow Marc Bonilla is better then Steve Vai, more melody, more feeling...

[vince54321]

;-)

Probably Yamaha guitars.

[vince54321]

An electric guitar

[arkustomworks]

What kind of guitar is Mark playing?

[Musecrafter]

Thanks for posting this, Artsake! I bought EE Ticket when I lived in S. Cal. and always wanted to see "Slaughter" performed but never did. Now I live on the East coast so seeing Marc live probably wont happen. Needless to say this video was a real treat for me!

Any idea what his rig was for this?

[artsake]

I believe at the time he was using a Yamaha T-100 designed by Mike Soldano.

[MuzzikLvr]

I used to program a radio station and Marc, Mike, Toss & Dave came out to promote EE Ticket. We interviewed them and let them play live for well over an hour. They did what we called "A To Z Medley" (not sure if that's what it was officially called) where they played a medley of songs in alphabetical order. It was amazing!!! Our audience loved it and we continued to play it until I left the station a year later. I'm still pissed that I didn't make a copy of it for myself.

[defcon777]

MUZZ....Where you at KLOS or KMET?. I remember Mark in the studio and people would call in and give him bizarre chords and then he made a song from it. It was great!

[kramerguitarshred]

This song is amazing. EE Ticket is amazing. American Matador is amazing. Marc is an amazing guitarist! He rocks my socks!

[funkyjones]

Thanks so much for posting! I bought EE Ticket when it first came out and this is my favorite song on the album. I even wrote a chart for it.

[marklar20]

Is that keith emerson at keys?

[funkyjones]

No, it's Mike Keneally.

[googlebyte]

anyone know what "EE Ticket" means?

[youtubewisdumb]

It is a reference to the old Disneyland when you had to buy tickets to get on rides. They had A tickets for the little rides, B for slightly better, etc up to E for the biggest rides. However, a few were double E rides.

[MuzzikLvr]

I'm pretty sure that Disneyland's tickets only went up to E. "Double E Ticket" was an expression Marc made up to mean something was at it's greatest, hippest, most fun.

Here's a quote from when Marc was interviewed at KCLB-FM on why he called the album "EE Ticket": People would describe what I would write like a roller coaster. And I would always use the phrase "double E ticket" in everyday life. Disneyland used to have ticket booklets, and the E tickets got you on the hippest rides..."

[freshieboy]

Thank you Artsake. This is good stuff. Unfortunately, I never got to see Marc and the DragonChoir live. Favorite part for me is at 0:05 when Marc makes a bizzare face as the host is heaping praise on him.

Check out Marc in the new cd by California Transit Authority.

[lzimmer]

Thank you Artsake. What's the connection? you've got some great stuff! Thanks for sharing it with the world. I've saw Marc and met him around this era, and it was great. He's a gifted musician and a really nice guy.

[twanghang]

Thanks for posting this. I've got vid of Marc, Dave Moreno & I performing "EE Ticket" with Tesla drummer Troy Luccketta at an elentary school (of all places!). I may have to post it.

[regromusic]

hell yeah, mike and toss!