The last three minutes of "Desire and the Comforter" from Electric Dreams say it all about John McLaughlin. He just tears apart his electric guitar with cascades of funk, blues, rock, jazz, and ...

There's even McLaughlin the occasional banjoist on "Electric Dreams, Electric Sighs from Electric Dreams (Columbia, 1978), the sole album by his fusion-centric One Truth Band. And there's plenty more, ...

If you listen to McLaughlin's version of "My Foolish Heart" from 1978's Johnny McLaughlin - Electric Guitarist, it's hard to logically explain how the same guitarist had also produced the sounds found ...

"I'm a fusion guy." So says John McLaughlin, making it as plain as can be. "Fusion," in the world of jazz and pop, is a word fraught with baggage. McLaughlin doesn't carry any of it. As a ...

McLaughlin's experiments with complex harmony, Eastern scales, and chromaticism – in conjunction with the rigs associated with the rock and proto-metal players of the late 1960s and early 70s ...

Electric guitar titan John McLaughlin already made waves earlier this year, when he announced This Moment, the first new album from his fusion ensemble, Shakti, since 1977. Now, McLaughlin has ...

McLaughlin was, at the time, blowing the minds of a rock ‘n’ roll audience with the electric fusion of Mahavishnu. Within a few years he would turn into a radically different path.

John McLaughlin, at 54, can still wail with purpose better ... Electric Guitarist and Electric Dreams.) The Promise falters only once. "No Return" is a fun idea but goes on a few minutes too long. The ...

John McLaughlin 's "Guardian Angels" must be on the ultra-short list of "most iconic jazz/fusion songs clocking in under 1 minute." The song takes us back to the time when experimental fusion artists ...

With guitar icon John McLaughlin's Fall, 2007 North American tour with his new group, The 4th Dimension, a thing of the past, Official Pirate: The Best of the American Tour 2007 gives those lucky ...

McLaughlin's experiments with complex harmony, Eastern scales, and chromaticism – in conjunction with the rigs associated ...