History

Verheyen has authored many instructional books, including Improvising Without Scales, as well as Studio City, a collection of articles written for the magazine Guitar for the Practicing Musician

Guitar for the Practicing Musician

Guitar for the Practicing Musician was a guitar magazine published in the United States by Cherry Lane Music in the 1980s and 1990s. In 1992, it was the most popular music publication at newsstands, selling 740,000 issues over a six-month period. It was popular for publishing songs with guitar and...

from 1996-1999. In 1996 Carl won the LA Music Awards category of Best Guitarist.

His first solo album was entitled No Borders; his follow up, Garage Sale, features his own vocals. 1998’s Slang Justice, Verheyen's third release, was the first time he toured to support one of his records. His tour bandmates included bassist Cliff Hugo, drummers Chad Wackerman, Steve DiStanislao and Bernie Dresel. Slingshot, released in 1998, included drummer Gregg Bissonette and keyboard legend Jim Cox. Verheyen continued to play as a session player on other artists’ records whenever in town, for acts such as the Bee Gees

Bee Gees

The Bee Gees are a musical group that originally comprised three brothers: Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio was successful for most of their 40-plus years of recording music, but they had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a pop act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as a...

 and Cher

Cher

Cher is an American recording artist, television personality, actress, director, record producer and philanthropist. Referred to as the Goddess of Pop, she has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globes and a Cannes Film Festival Award among others for her work in...

, as well as for movie soundtracks including The Crow

The Crow

The Crow is a comic book series created by James O'Barr. The series was originally written by O'Barr as a means of dealing with the death of his girlfriend at the hands of a drunk driver. It was later published by Caliber Comics in 1989, becoming an underground success, and later adapted into a...

 and The Usual Suspects

The Usual Suspects

The Usual Suspects is a 1995 American neo-noir film written by Christopher McQuarrie and directed by Bryan Singer. It stars Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio del Toro, Chazz Palminteri, Kevin Pollak, Kevin Spacey and Pete Postlethwaite....

. In January 2000, he released the CD Atlas Overload, followed, in 2001,by a solo guitar composition entitled Solo Guitar Improvisations.

Verheyen has also produced instructional DVDs, online lessons and a book/CD which profiles his “intervallic” style called Improvising Without Scales, as well as a book entitled Studio City, a compilation of all columns wrote by him for Guitar Magazine  between 1996 and 1999. He currently writes a monthly column for Chitarre, an Italian guitar publication.

In 2001, Verheyen released a collaborative work entitled Reel to Real with Karl Ratzer, an Austrian jazz guitarist. Recorded in two days, it consisted of extended “jams” and interactive musical exchanges between the two guitarists and the assembled rhythm section. Shortly afterwards, he released a collection of past songs entitled Six, featuring a cover of Lennon/McCartney

Lennon/McCartney

The Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership is one of the best-known and most successful musical collaborations in history...

’s "Yes It Is". The band toured extensively behind this record, eventually playing in 14 countries over two years.

In 2005 he recorded Rumor Mill, a DVD box set. His latest release was in 2007 with Take One Step, featuring an extended piece called “Bells of April”.

Throughout 2009 he toured the UK, giving guitar tutorial and instruction.

In early 2011 Verheyen released the live DVD The Road Divides featuring previously unreleased material ("The Road Divides") extended jams and acoustic numbers ("Henry's Farm" and "Jerry's Breakdown"). The package included extensive interview footage with Verheyen and band members Dave Marotta (bass) and Walfredo Reyes, Jr (drums) and was directed by Nigel Dick

Nigel Dick

Nigel Dick is an English music video and film director, writer and musician based in Los Angeles, California. He directed the Band Aid video "Do They Know It's Christmas?", as well as over 300 other music videos.Nigel Dick should not be confused with the Australian Dr...

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Albums

• 1988 - No Borders
• 1994 - Garage Sale
• 1997 - Slang Justice
• 1999 - Slingshot
• 2000 - Atlas Overload
• 2001 - Solo Guitar Improvisations
• 2001 - Real to Reel
• 2003 - SIX
• 2005 - Rumor Mill
• 2006 - Take One Step
• 2009 - Trading 8s

External links

• Official website
• Official Myspace
• Carl Verheyen Interview (2010) - iTalkGuitar
• Audio Interview with Carl on Guitar Jam Daily
• Carl Verheyen at the Internet Movie Database