Todd Bauchspies is, quite simply, the most gifted guitarist in the music industry today. A number of us in the Washington, DC / Baltimore / Annapolis area have known this for years, and the rest of the world is finally starting to figure it out.
Case in point: the world famous Paul Reed Smith, maker of some of the best (and some of the most expensive) guitars in the business – selected Todd to help promote some of the new line of acoustic guitars.
For those who aren’t “in the know” on high-end performance electric guitars, PRS guitars are among the preferred musical instruments of such musical artists as Carlos Santana, Steve Vai, Alex Lifeson (Rush), Ted Nugent, Dave Navarro (Jane’s Addiction), Nick Catanese (the 2001 movie Rock Star, among other things), and also – the amazing Todd Bauchspies.
Todd’s a virtuoso with a stunning range of capabilities. He used to perform a great deal with the late great Eva Cassidy, famous for her covers of classics such as Over the Rainbow and Sting’s Fields of Gold. And Todd’s fully capable of burning up the fretboard of any screaming electric (often a PRS) out there. My favorite searing electric leads of all time are Todd’s originals that he performed with the fusion group Permanent Vacation.
Recently PRS selected Todd to help promote their acoustic guitars. Here’s one of the videos that PRS created and uploaded to their own PRS channel, featuring Todd’s original composition, “Cecil, Pronto, and the Monkey Man”.
He’s the best – click the video above and enjoy!