Hard Rock - Shred guitarist Laki Ragazas had his first contact with the
guitar when he was 14. Influenced by the overwhelming expression and
technique of guitarists such as Jimi Hendrix, Michael Schenker and Gary
Moore it didnt take long to give in to the magic of playing on stage.
Though he had done some private lessons he must be considered as self
taught guitarist, acquiring a Certificate in classical harmony.
He started playing with local cover bands, but soon he began working on
original material.
With a great proffessional background, working as a session musician,
playing with numerous bands touring just about everywhere, hes attained
maximum live experience in excess of 1000 performances, including TV
shows on local and satellite channels, having had the opportunity to be the
opening act of international artists like Nazareth, HTP (Glenn Hughes -
Joe Lynn Turner Project), Eric Sardinas and UFO.
He was nominated among 12 guitarists all over the world for a full
year scholarship to attend the Atlanta Institute of Music which was in
cooperation with Jason Becker.
He also won a $5000 scholarship from Bostons Berklee College of Music.
He's been voted by guitar fan sites as "one of the best upcoming guitarists".
For the last ten years hes been working as a guitar teacher in various music
schools of Thessaloniki, Greece and he has successfully made guitar
instruction clinics. In recent guitar seminars he presented his new teaching
approach called Electric Guitar; Advanced Techniques and Theory.
In 2006 he founded the Killer Sixgun project, he recorded eight songs
included in the first self released CD, (6 instrumental and 2 with singer John
Jeff Touch) which received stunning reviews from all over the world. Track No2 in the CD called "Highway Of Love" is included in a compilation called "Race Track Rock" released in the U.S. under Versailles Records on June 19th 2007.
He’s currently preparing new music material on the Killer Sixgun project.
Laki Ragazas has recently performed live as the lead guitarist for legendary ex-Iron Maiden frontman Paul DiAnno on his Greek shows in March 2008.
LAKI RAGAZAS PLAYING LIVE FOR PAUL DiANNO
IN CHANIA MARCH 16th 2008
Paul Dianno "2009 World Tour Dates" (Still more dates being added) July Friday 03-07 Opera 1,Curitiba, Brazil (PR) Saturday 04-07 Criciúma, Brazil (SC) Sunday 05-07 Big Bowling, Joinville, Brazil (SC) Friday 10-07 540 Club Passo Fundo, Brazil (RS) ......... Saturday 11-07 Brazil, Frederico Westphalen (RS) Sunday 12-07 Manara, Porto Alegre,Brazil (RS) Thursday 16-07 Vila Dionisio, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil (SP) Friday 17-07 Vila Dionisio, São José do Rio Preto (SP) Saturday 18-07 Manifesto, São Paulo, Brazil (SP) Sunday 19-07 Space Rock, Santos, Brazil (SP) Friday 24-07 'Metallist' Stadium, Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine Wednesday 29-07 Plaza de Toros Calafia, Mexicali BCN, Mexcio Thursday 30-07 Teatro De La Sauceda, Hermosillo Sonora, Mexico Friday 31-07 Forum, Los Mochis Sinaloa, Mexico August Saturday 01-08 TBA, Mexico City, Mexico Thursday 06-08 Ibex Rock Bar, Monterrey, Mexico Friday 07-08 TBA Saltillo Coahuila, Mexico Saturday 08-08 TBA Merida Yucatan, Mexico Thursday 13-08 Centro de Convenciones, Scencia, Lima, Peru Friday 14-08 Discoteca Makumba, Huancayo, Peru Saturday 15-08 TBC Peru Sunday 16-08 Bar Zazu, Cusco, Peru Monday 17-08 TBC Peru Tuesday 18-08 TBC Peru Friday 21-08 La Mar de Ruido Festival, Avilés, Spain Sunday 23-08 Rock City Open Air Festival, Romania September Friday 11-09 TBC Canada Saturday 12-09 The Warehouse, Calgary AB, Canada Monday 14-09 14 Wild Bills, Banff AB, Canada Wednesday 16-09 TBC Canada Thursday 17-09 Mavericks, Dawson Creek BC, Canada Friday 18-09 Better Than Freds, Grande Prairie AB, Canada Saturday 19-09 Billy OUtlaw Inn, Slave Lake AB, Canada Friday 25-09 Blue Box, Sofia, Bulgaria October Sunday 11-10 Classic Rock Jam Vol. 17 Kousei Nennkinn Hall Tokyo Japan Friday 16-10 Tokyo TBC Thursday 22-10 Italy BSide, Cozenza (CS) Friday 23-10 Italy TBC Saturday 24-10 Italy TBC Sunday 25-10 Italy TBC Tuesday 27-10 Cyprus TBC
Hey Thanx gia to req...."highway of love kai ta muala sta kagkela" perimenoume sxolia gia ta kommatia mas...eite einai thetika...eite einai arnitika...
Hey Killer Sixgun, Te añado un fotito de esa pedazo de guitarra que creo compartimos.....esto es como el jamón "pata negra" Agures..... Long Live Rock..n Roll
Mackenzie and Ricky are getting married in May. How have you been doing? We are going Saturday and start looking at dresses. They didn't give me much notice but thats Mackenzie, right? LOL Oh hey! I already took the pics to be printed lol! Some of them were soo freakin hilarious! And i loved the picture of us ... it was sooo cute..so yah, guess what? 'member those surveys i was doing online? well, i got 2 checks so far! told ya it was real!! it aint like a ton of money, just like 175 so far, but its good coin to start with, right? you should really do it, now that i've gotten paid ..i guess you'll have to type the link into internet explorer or whatever, but here it is:
YES! I do too, but I can't breathe, I can't sleep and my head is throbbing....I went to the Pharmacy last night and she hooked me up, so I hope with these meds I can get to feeling better. I am not coming in this afternoon to work. We might actually do that. Send a text my way and remind me, if you don't mind. I'd love to do that! We are SOOO loving our vacation time and love being around people too. the extra money we made from taking those paid surveys online helped out so much!! you should really do them too; i mean, hey, the extra money comes in handy, right? i guess you'll have to type the link into internet explorer or whatever, but here it is:
www.surveyblingbling.com
anyways, so, I will see you next Tuesday. Have a great day!
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