{"id":2505,"date":"2010-07-15T08:34:02","date_gmt":"2010-07-15T15:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anthologysd.com\/blog\/?p=2505"},"modified":"2010-07-15T08:40:12","modified_gmt":"2010-07-15T15:40:12","slug":"captain-fingers-and-crew-sail-into-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anthologysd.com\/press\/2010\/07\/15\/captain-fingers-and-crew-sail-into-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Captain Fingers and Crew sail into town"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"By George Varga | signonsandiego.com<\/a><\/cite><\/p>\n

Lee Ritenour is not the most recorded guitarist in the country, but he comes close. Known by fans as both Rit ?and \u201cCaptain Fingers,\u201d he is perhaps most noted for his sleek pop-jazz outings, both as a veteran solo artist and for his tenure as the original guitarist in Fourplay, the all-star quartet cofounded by San Diego-bred bass great Nathan East<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

But Ritenour, who performs with his band tonight at downtown\u2019s all-ages Anthology, is even more notable as one of the most prolific and versatile guitarists of the past 40 years. After early recording dates with artists as varied as Carly Simon<\/a><\/span> , The Four Tops<\/a><\/span>, Peggy Lee<\/a> <\/span> and George Duke<\/a><\/span>, he swiftly became one of the most in-demand studio guitarists in Los Angeles<\/a> <\/span> and, by extension, the world. From Aretha Franklin<\/a><\/span>, Renn\u00e9e Fleming and Dizzy Gillespie<\/a> <\/span> to B.B. King<\/a><\/span> , Simon & Garfunkel<\/a> <\/span>and arch-rock ?pioneers Sparks, Ritenour has played on more records by more artists than all but a handful of other guitarists. One would expect no less from this six-string ace, who was 16 when he did his first studio date with The Mamas & The Papas and 18 when he backed Tony Bennett<\/a> <\/span>and Lena Horne<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

By my mathematically impaired count, Ritenour, 58, has done more than 2,500 recording dates. His list of credits includes Pink Floyd\u2019s \u201cThe Wall\u201d (that\u2019s him on \u201cRun Like Hell\u201d), Steely Dan\u2019s \u201cAja,\u201d Bobby \u201cBlue\u201d Bland\u2019s ?\u201cReflections in Blue,\u201d Barbra ?Streisand\u2019s \u201cGuilty,\u201d The Pointer Sisters\u2019 \u201cSo Excited,\u201d Al Jarreau\u2019s \u201cAll Fly Home,\u201d The Brothers Johnson\u2019s \u201cLook Out for No. 1,\u201d George Benson\u2019s \u201cGive Me the Night,\u201d the \u201cSaturday Night Fever\u201d film soundtrack and, well, you get the idea.<\/p>\n

Given such eclecticism, it\u2019s no surprise Ritenour\u2019s new album, the aptly titled \u201c6 ?String Theory,\u201d showcases 20 other guitar greats, among them King, Benson<\/a><\/span>, Pat Martino<\/a><\/span>, John Scofield<\/a><\/span>, Slash<\/a><\/span> , ?Vince Gill<\/a><\/span> , Robert Cray<\/a><\/span>, Neal Schon ?and Steve Lukather. ?Also featured are artists as varied as Taj Mahal, Joey DeFrancesco and two precocious guitar phenoms, Shon Boublil, ?16, and YouTube sensation Joe Robinson, 18.<\/p>\n

Just how Ritenour will be able to pull off these new songs live at Anthology \u2014 where he\u2019ll be accompanied by keyboardist Jesse Milliner, ?bassist Melvin Davis and ex-Yellowjackets\u2019 drummer Will Kennedy \u2014 is anybody\u2019s guess. But if anyone can figure out how to cover so many multiple guitar parts and styles live, by himself, there are few more qualified candidates.<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

Via signonsandiego.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By George Varga | signonsandiego.com Lee Ritenour is not the most recorded guitarist in the country, but he comes close. Known by fans as both Rit ?and \u201cCaptain Fingers,\u201d he is perhaps most noted for his sleek pop-jazz outings, both as a veteran solo artist and for his tenure as the original guitarist in Fourplay, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,17],"tags":[841,49,254,840],"class_list":["post-2505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-news","category-past-shows","tag-captain-fingers","tag-guitar","tag-guitarist","tag-lee-ritenour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthologysd.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthologysd.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthologysd.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthologysd.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthologysd.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2505"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/anthologysd.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2517,"href":"https:\/\/anthologysd.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2505\/revisions\/2517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthologysd.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthologysd.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthologysd.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthologysd.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}