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Lee Ritenour

"My son Wesley has just turned 13. He was 12 during the recording of this record and he is quite a drummer already and has been studying drums since he was four, but he's also very interested in African percussion and studies percussion."

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"My son Wesley has just turned 13. He was 12 during the recording of this record and he is quite a drummer already and has been studying drums since he was four, but he's also very interested in African percussion and studies percussion."

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Donna Grant

"I have amply provided for my son during my lifetime."

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Donna Grant

"I'm thinking about naming my first son Emmy so I can say I've got one. I want Emmy, Oscar and Tony - and my daughter Grammy."

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Donna Grant

"You know, he likes me because I'm his son. I have to go long and far to find someone who knows me just as me, rather than me the songwriter or whatever."

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Donna Grant

"Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him."

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Donna Grant

"Our children, two daughters and a son, were born in 1874, 1876, and 1879."

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Donna Grant

"No, my son's a songwriter and he does that."

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Donna Grant

"My son Wesley has just turned 13. He was 12 during the recording of this record and he is quite a drummer already and has been studying drums since he was four, but he's also very interested in African percussion and studies percussion."

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Donna Grant

"My son - and what's a song? A thing begot within a pair of minutes, thereabout, a lump bred up in darkness."

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Donna Grant

"My son don't have to say it loud, I'm black and I'm proud. He don't have to be called those crazy names."

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Donna Grant

"I can't say too much about it because I don't know a lot. We're not told what's in store for our characters until we turn up to shoot the episode. But it's fair to say that Betty and her son bring a brand new mystery to the street and they will be around all season."

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Lee Ritenour
"I had redesigned my entire amplifier system for this tour because airlines are very strict now."

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Lee Ritenour
"If you play the very subtle jazz tunes with acoustic pianos, acoustic bass and it's a dead standard, you are going to play very differently. It depends on the music."

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Lee Ritenour
"I've done a lot of albums and I kinda know when I'm onto something that was inspirational for me to record and create, and this was one of those projects where I really enjoyed making the album."

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Lee Ritenour
"My son Wesley has just turned 13. He was 12 during the recording of this record and he is quite a drummer already and has been studying drums since he was four, but he's also very interested in African percussion and studies percussion."

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Lee Ritenour
"Arranging is the way I put my stamp on my music as much as my guitar playing."

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Lee Ritenour
"Well, Smoke n' Mirrors has very much a world music flavor and it doesn't park itself in one country. It borrows heavily from the Brazilian angle, which is dear to my heart, and I recorded several albums with that flavor."

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"I used a baritone guitar with a very unusual tuning that became the body of the composition, while the classical guitar is on top of it with the main rhythm part."

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Lee Ritenour
"Even though there are some great keyboard players on the album, there are a number of songs with no keyboard on them and the backing is all guitar oriented. This is first time I've ever done this actually."

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