Electric gauchos

Founded in 1997 by former The League Of Crafty Guitarists and Los Gauchos Alemanes members Steve Ball and [a232584] — both associated with *Guitar Craft / Guitar Circle courses. Electric Gauchos played all over Argentina and Seattle, USA beginning with a sold out show at Seattle's Broadway Performance Hall in March 1997. That first show included guests Bill Rieflin, Trey Gunn, Tony Geballe, [a527333] and percussionist [a978072]. Core members include Seattle guitarists Steve Ball and two of Argentina's finest musicians: Fernando Kabusacki (guitars) and [a676085] (drums). EG also features guitarist [a2290512] (formerly Christian De Santis), German guitarist, Martin Schwutke as well as a series of rotating residential guests that over three decades have included Horacio Pozzo (keyboards and guitars), Julie Slick (bass), [a1369493] (clarinet), Igor Abuladze (bass), and Brock Avery (drums). *Guitar Craft was founded by Robert Fripp in March 1985.