Wanna check out some of Jay's buddies and other hot stuff on the Web? Here are some valuable links.

 

i.e. logical solutions. Ian Eales, one of Jay's (and Webmaster's) absolute best friends and David Foster's brother-in-law, has a website for his own software company specializing in applications for Windows. His brain is sharp as a razor and his background as an outstanding engineer in the music business, rendered him for instance a nomination for a Grammy award for the JARREAU album. Read more about Ian on his own section on Jay's website for instance about how he invented the Vocal Splicer.

Meet Stefan Olofsson Webmaster's son and a great jazz fusion musician. Listen to his music and enjoy!

State Cows is Stefan Olofsson (songwriter, keyboards, bass) and Daniel Andersson (songwriter, vocals, guitar). Among other gifted musicians you will find Jay Graydon, who delivers a superb guitar solo on two of the tunes on their albums. This music is a triumphant return of the classic Westcoast sound of Pages, Steely Dan and Airplay.

David Foster's Official Homepage Here is David's official site on the web.

Ernie Ball Homepage. Jay uses Ernie Ball strings and volume pedals. Pay a visit to their excellent site!

Bobby Cochran A totally Bitchin' Guitar Player Dude! His great uncle was the late Eddie Cochran (yea! THAT Eddie - "Summertime Blues"). Bobby is also known as Bobby "Surf Chops" Waxer - one of the guitarists soloing on track 16 - SURFERS TOE JAM - on Jay's surf album RAKE and the Surftones - and a very good friend of Jay's. A great guy and a heck of a guitar player! Check him out, guitar lovers!

Randy Goodrum One of Jay's closest pals and a fantastic songwriter, known for co-writing WHO'S HOLDONG DONNA NOW with Jay Graydon and David Foster, as well as a bunch of hits for the industry's brightest shining stars. Jay's songwriting and artist partner in the supergroup JaR which released their first album SCENE 29 in 2008. Now working on a new album with Jay Graydon to be released in 2019.

Ted Greene Remembered with thirteen tracks especially recorded to honor his legacy. Featured artists include: Jay Graydon, Tommy Emmanuel, Laurence Juber, Lee Ritenour, George Winston, Dan Sawyer, Anthony Wilson, Mark Goldenberg, Phil deGruy, Steve Ferguson, Stephen Bruton and a John Pisano-Ted Greene duet. Produced by Tom Bocci with liner notes by Barbara Franklin and the players themselves.

Denise Marie Luko. A superb music photographer and photojournalist as well as one of Jay's great friends. Check out her excellent concert pics! Her photos have appeared in such publications as Billboard, Cashbox, and Modern Drummer, where she worked as a stringer. She has also been published in magazines such as Time, Details, and Discover.

Blue Desert. The Danish Westcoast Music Site. A lot of info on the best music and an impressive list of links to the best musicians. Check it out - you'll be surprised!

PlayNetwork provides creative in-store entertainment solutions to retailers and restaurants worldwide - headquartered in Redmond, Washington, with affiliate offices in the U.K. and Japan. Music, messaging, and video programs uniquely branded for each business. An award-winning quality-assurance program for the design and installation of high performance A/V systems. Get more comprehensive info on their website!

ACMJ International Blog. "Adult Contemporary Music In Japan" - Blog International Version. sic In Japan Takeshi Ito in Japan has a great blog for all things WESTCOAST MUSIC and AOR. Check it out, folks!

The Official Blog for Westcoast Music in France. Featuring daily news, reviews about Westcoast Music. You may post information about your current and forthcoming projects, comment news and articles, and there are goodies like pics, calendars, interviews etc. You can send your material for reviews as well. Check it out!

Al Jarreau - the Official Website. Al and Jay worked together for many years and Jay had an enormous impact on Jarreau's musical career during the 80s. Just think about all those great songs and albums that were created. Here is Al's own official website.

Steve Lukather Check out this great website for super guitarist and Jay's buddy Luke by Kay and Arend Slagman in Holland. Comprehensive and cool!

Marc Jordan's Website I do not think you need any explanation or presentation of this gifted singer/songwriter. If I say... "Blue Desert", "A Hole In The Wall" .... yea, I know you know. Check out what he is doing today!

Warren Wiebe Official Homepage He will be sadly missed forever, this singer with a voice from God. Gabriel Raya in Spain has made a fantastic Website dedicated to Warren.

MuseNet - the contact service homepage for professional musicians started by one of Jay's pals - "The Reverend" David Boruff. Among other interesting things you will find listings of professional musicians on the MuseNet's Yellow Pages.

Gretchen Parlato a talented jazz/bossa vocalist - graduated from UCLA School of Jazz (headed by Kenny Burrell). She is the daughter of gifted bass player Dave Parlato who used to be one of Jay's neighbors.

Welcome to Guitar Gold and Mike Deasy. One of Jay's fellow studio guitarists in LA way back in the 60's and 70's.

Jay Oliver and Dave Weckl Website. You do not need any further expounding about these two outstanding musicians, do you? A lot of cool stuff from their corner of the web!

Reverb Central You like surf music? Check out Phil Dirt's "Reverb Central" for everything you would ever want to know about this music genre. And on Saturday nights you can hear Phil - the King Of Surf Radio - on his "Surf's Up!" from 7-10PM on KFJC 89.7FM. From their own ad: Surf's Up! is the longest running instrumental surf show in the world, and has been the catalyst for the Bay Area surf music scene. Surf's Up! is more than just surf music. Phil Dirt provides color with facts and rumors about the artists.

Shop 14 Million CDs and LPs from 2500 record stores at MusicStack Buy music CDs, used cds and vinyl records from thousands of online record stores at MusicStack. Find used music, Cheap CDs, Out-Of-Print Albums, Rare CD Singles and Hard To Find LPs from record shops.

The Rock Report Web Pages Check out this cool site! In their own words: "ROCK REPORT is a glossy, Belgian magazine, that was set up in 1989 to promote AOR, melodic (hard) rock and progressive rock & metal. It was the lack of coverage in the better known music mags that made us decide to create a new medium, totally dedicated to the styles just mentioned."

Carmen Grillo One of Jay's pals for many years. Former guitarist of the legendary group"Tower of Power" and now a solo artist.

GuitarSite.com! This site is one of the most up-to-date sources on the net for guitarists and guitar lovers and is updated daily. We also have "Guitar News Weekly" - a weekly zine which you can read on this site or have emailed to you by subscribtion.

Gino Vannelli Official Website. With his powerful voice Gino is well known and highly appreciated by quality music connaisseurs. Part philosopher, musician, composer and poet, he brings these talents together in his music.

Elliott Randall Website Cool website with a guitarist who has made a legendary contribution to popular guitar performance and recording. Elliott has recorded and performed with for instance The Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan among others.

HEARNET H.E.A.R. (Hearing Education and Awareness for Rockers) is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness of the real dangers of repeated exposure to excessive noise levels which can lead to permanent, and sometime debilitating, hearing loss and tinnitus. We're here for musicians, music fans, and anyone needing help with their hearing. If your hearing is fine we're happy for you and invite you to hang out with us anyway. There's something here for everyone.

The Recording Academy Website Here you can find the Annual Grammy Awards and Nominations listings and much more. You can also choose to go back to Grammy Awards and Nominations of this website to check on Jay's Grammy Awards and Nominations.

The Official Steely Dan Website. Talking about world class music we have to include a link to this Steely Dan site. Remember Jay's great classic solo on Peg? Yes, I thought so......

The Ultimate Guitar Page My site primarily deals with guitar playing, music theory, tips and tricks on the guitar, exercises, a message board and a contest page. - Ryan

Beginner Guitar HQ - How To Play Chords is a comprehensive guide on the website Beginner Guitar HQ, which is an extremely informative How-To site with all things guitar. It is completely free! Check it out and have fun!

AOR HEAVEN is one of the biggest mail order services for melodic rock in Germany. We are specialists for AOR (surprise, surprise!), West Coast and all kinds of melodic hard rock.

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