After a ferocious battle between ten tremendously talented finalists, Trey Alexander has won the title of Guitar Player's Guitar Hero 2006.
Styles: Melodic progressive fusion, jazz, Country, Classical, Blues, Rock
Back Ground: At age 15, Alexander pulled down a guitar that had been a family wall decoration, and began playing after hearing Hendrix's "Voodoo Chile" on the radio. Within a week, his dad found him a teacher, and he began to study different styles of music. He learned how to play with other musicians by attending open mic jams, and, by the age of 18, was working on his first album. Alexander currently plays with The Trey Alexander Band-- a progressive rock fusion band with jam band elements---and his style is both melodic and technical, drawing upon highly developed legato phrases, hybrid picking, eight finger tapping, and sweep arpeggios.
Mike Varney
Owner of Shrapnel Records
broadjam URL: http://www.broadjam.com/treyalexander