Jude Gold (also credited as Judah Gold) is an American guitarist who has toured with Jefferson Starship since 2012 and has toured with Kristin Chenoweth, JGB, Eddie Money, 2 Live Crew, Jeff Berlin, and more.
Jude Gold | |
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 Gold with Jefferson Starship in 2012 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Berkeley, California |
| Genres | Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Los Angeles editor of Guitar Player magazine, musician |
| Instrument | Guitar |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Website | judegold |
Gold has been the Los Angeles editor of Guitar Player magazine since 2001, with numerous cover stories to his credit.[1]
Career
editJude Gold is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley. He has performed with Metallica's Kirk Hammett, 2 Live Crew, David Grisman and The String Cheese Incident. He has also toured with JGB (featuring Jerry Garcia Band members Melvin Seals, Donny Baldwin, Gloria Jones, and Jackie LaBranch) and Kristin Chenoweth. He also played with BX3, a group made up of bass players Stu Hamm, Jeff Berlin, and Billy Sheehan. His credits include playing on Miguel Migs' Outside the Skyline and Get Salted Vol. 2, as well as Hed Kandi's Beach House; Gold is also mentioned in the liner notes of Lee Ritenour's 6 String Theory.[2]
In October 2012, Gold joined Jefferson Starship as lead guitarist. He has performed in Europe, Brazil, America, Japan, Mexico, Scandinavia, and Canada with the band Gold played guitar on the Academy Award-nominated documentary, Daughter from Danang.
Gold is a well-known guitar journalist, and the subjects of his writing and interviews include Steve Lukather,[3] Third Eye Blind,[4] Slash,[5] Brad Paisley[6] and many Guitar Player magazine "Master Classes" (a popular column of Guitar Player).[7][8] Gold has also written for Relix, Rumble, Frets, and Bass Player magazines.
Gold is director of the Guitar Institute of Technology in Hollywood.[9]
Since 2015, Gold has been the host of a guitar podcast called No Guitar Is Safe where he interviews famous guitarists while they are both playing guitars.[10]
Credits
edit- 2 Live Crew, Shake a Lil' Somethin' (Guitar)
- Miguel Migs, Outside the Skyline (Guitar)
- JGB, Welcome to our World (For Members Only) (Guitar)
- Lee Ritenour, 6 String Theory (Liner Notes)
- Hed Kandi, Beach House (Guitar)
- Miguel Migs, Get Salted, Vol. 2 (Guitar) *Miguel Migs, Those Things (Guitar) *Stuart Hamm, Outbound (Guitar) *Stuart Hamm, Live Stu x 2 (Guitar) *Stuart Hamm, Just Outside of Normal (Guitar)
References
edit- ^ "Extreme Sweeping: Jean Marc Belkadi's Polytonal Plectrum Pyrotechnics". Guitar Player, pp. 144–145.
- ^ "Jude Gold (Credits)". All Music. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
- ^ Gold, Jude (February 2003), "Steve Lukather's vicious triplets", Guitar Player, vol. 37, no. 2, p. 19, ISSN 0017-5463
- ^ Gold, Jude, "Third Eye Blind; A collection" – album review, Guitar Player magazine, August 2006.
- ^ Slash Reflects on His Astonishing Rise from Seedy Bars to Soccer Stadiums to the Xbox 360
- ^ Shut Up And Play Your Guitar: On Play, Brad Paisley Lets His Telecaster Do the Talking
- ^ Ricocheting Octaves and Beyond Pt. 2, A Fast, Funky, Full-Contact Sixteenth-Note Smackdown, Guitar Player magazine article 04/22/2011 by Jude Gold
- ^ Spank! How to slap, pop, yank, and smack magical new sounds out of your favorite guitar.(LESSONS: MASTER CLASS)
- ^ Shadrick, Jason (August 1, 2012). "Higher Ground: A Look at Guitar in Higher Education". Premier Guitar. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
- ^ "Guitar Player's "No Guitar Is Safe" Podcast Debuts with Joe Satriani". Guitar Player. July 21, 2015.
External links
edit- Official website
- Jude Gold discography at Discogs