------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RICHIE KOTZEN - WITHOUT FEAR OF CHALLENGES Heverton Birth and Matt Blackett Picture: walter junior With over 25 years of career, Richie Kotzen follows renewing his style of guitar playing and composing. The latest foray is the guitarist Winery Dogs, featuring the virtuoso Billy Sheehan and also Mike Portnoy. Talent, luck, good taste, among others, are essential ingredients for a successful career. However, in times of infirmity, especially in the arts and information, it is undeniable that the ability to renew itself is indispensable for the guitarist who wants career longevity. How many guitarists surprised at first and after a period, disappear? In this sense, Richie Kotzen is vaccinated. Survivor was the "Shred" - this feature alone already puts him in a select group - he has constantly renewed.Their first album, self-titled, released in 1989, featured the antics and the swarm of notes typical of the era. Fever Dream (1990), the second work, already pointing to another path. Flirted with fewer pyrotechnics, more melodic, more mature songs.And with vocals. The fact that singing is another major responsibility for the success that Kotzen maintains today.  Full article in Guitar Player Magazine 214/Fevereiro 2014.  To purchase your copy click here . ---------------------