“ Simon's releases never cease to amaze me! This one is my favorite I think... love the writing, and the players. Simon's guitar talents truly shine on this, as he effortlessly navigates through tricky progressions with fire, grace and taste! ” - T J Helmerich ( Procucer/engineer for Steve Vai, Victor Wooten, Scott Henderson and many more ) "Cloud run has got to be my fave tune of the bunch, it's actually a really impressive composition, rooted somewhere between dixie dregs and mahavishnu. The strongest points of your record are, that you have surrounded yourself with great musicians, which is so rare these days, so that definetly makes it stand out from the lot. The mix is really well done too, congrats. Quite exciting to hear you shred it hi gain too! I wish you all the success you deserve with this! " - Martin Miller ( JTC artist and endorser of Ibanez Guitars ) A bit about the album.... Coming from a Blues background and playing mainly Blues for 10 years, my playing took a stylistic turn when I decided to learn Country Guitar, expanding my right-hand finger picking technique. 3 years later was the birth of “ Country Fried Chicken ” of which the single “ String Pie ” made # 1 on the Independent Music Network Country charts U.S.A. After working some time with this new technique I found the cross over from Country to Rock very similar, emulating some of my favorite Rock/Fusion players ( Greg Howe, Scott Henderson, Richie Kotzen ) I soon found myself recording “ Strat Attack”. My vision was a high geared over driven Rock Guitar album with lots of solo’s, heavy riffs with a strong depth of harmony. Featured heavily is an extraordinary Keyboardist Michael Azzopardi with amazing electric Violin work by Christian Howes, ( check out the end solo to Cloud Run ) Rated as one of the 10 most watched Bass players on YouTube is Anton Davidyants who's playing is something else. Goran Rista is a world class drummer, laying it down and interacting in all the right moments. Mixed by Simon Kinny-Lewis, Simon Cotsworth, Goran Rista Mastered by Simon Cotsworth ( Incognito, George Benson, Simply Red, Steve Winwood ) All songs written by Simon Kinny-Lewis All songs © 2015. Simon Kinny-Lewis/ SKL MUSIC Produced by Simon Kinny-Lewis Photography by Simon Kinny-Lewis and Wayan Suratni Artwork by Sebastian Hue Simon Kinny-Lewis - Strat Michael Azzopardi - Keyboard ( Bob Mintzer, Marcia Hines ) Christian Howes - Violin ( Robben Ford, Les Paul ) Anton Davidyants - Bass ( Alex Hutchings, Feodor Dosumov, ) Goran Rista - Drums ( Neil Finn, Eddie Gomez )