The Country Eddie Van Halen

My apologies. The way I write these reviews tends to be in sections. On the Brad Paisley disc I had focused my attention on the front half (first 8 songs) for my first post. As it turns out Paisley does fly his freak flag with impressive guitar work on both “Mr. Policeman” and the instrumental finisher “Throttleneck.”

It’s almost as if Paisley is brown nosing me by including a guitar instrumental like “Throttleneck” to closeout the 5th Gear album. It’s a good one too, enough to set teenage boys’ imaginations on fire like “Eruption” did for the Van Halen generation. Too bad Paisley included some goofy outtakes on the album after “Throttleneck.” The record should have ended after this explosion of harmonics and finger tapping. Awesome stuff. “Throttleneck” must have them screaming “Yahoo!” live. The world needs more crazy ass guitar instrumentals with titles like “Throttleneck,” thanks for listening Mr. Paisley.