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#70- TONY MACALPINE 
 Tony Jeff MacAlpine (born August 29, 1960 in Springfield, Massachusetts)
is an American guitarist and keyboardist with a unique style blending
elements of neo-classical and jazz fusion. He is best known as a solo
guitarist although he has worked with many different bands and musicians
like Planet X and Steve Vai. Besides being a guitarist, MacAlpine is
also a classically trained pianist and violinist and plays all the keyboard
parts on his own albums.
He plays guitars and keyboards in the band Steve Vai and The Breed (i.a.
the Real Illusions Tour 2005) and is featured on the band's Live at the
Astoria London DVD as well as on the live G3 DVDs, Live in Denver and
Live in Tokyo.
 For the follow-up, Project: Driver, MacAlpine formed the band M.A.R.S. with drummer Tommy Aldridge, vocalist Bob Rock and bassist Rudy Sarzo.
MacAlpine soon returned to his solo career, additionally forming his
own label, Squawk.
After 1987’s "Maximum Security", he founded another group, dubbed
 simply MacAlpine, with singer Alan Schorn, keyboardist Mark Robertson,
bassist Mike Jacques and drummer Billy Carmassi. The band's lone record,
"Eyes of the World", appeared in 1990, and MacAlpine returned to instrumental
projects for the remainder of the decade, issuing a series of albums
including 1992’s "Freedom to Fly", 1995’s "Evolution", 1997’s
"Live Insanity" and 2000’s "CAB". The GRAMMY-nominated "CAB2" followed
in 2001. "CAB4" was released in 2003 on Favored Nations Records.
Tony's latest release "Collection - The Shrapnel Years" is
out now through Shrapnel Records.
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