Pluck of the devil
11 July 2004. Inspired by .
In one of those rather good accidental moments, I happened upon a young Japanese busker in the street today who plays guitar like some kind of electric fender god (until the police moved him on. Bastards). At the tender age of 20, Hikaru Tanimoto has all of the tricks in the book plus those from the appendix that were left out of all but the limited edition. Unfortunately, neither his English nor his Spanish were good enough to tell me if he had any gigs lined up apart from in the street but he's around for two months so if you're here, catch him fast. His self-penned music is pretty damn good too.
I don't know which demon Hikaru sold his soul to but, considering the price he got, he must have been several Popes in a former life. We will watch your career with great interest, young Skywalker.