California Guitar Trio

McGonigel's Mucky Duck presents California Guitar Trio.

The California Guitar Trio can play the last movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, minus the voices but with pretty much everything else intact, on three guitars and nothing else.

They play progressive rock, surf music, jazz, blues, country, probably the definitive version of "Bohemian Rhapsody," and some traditional North African and Asian sounds for good measure.

Like most Californians, the three members of the California Guitar Trio all come from someplace else: Bert Lams is Belgian, Hideyo Moriya is from Japan (where the band has a strong following), and Paul Richards is from Salt Lake City.

The CGT is a melding of diverse talents unlike anything you've heard before, and one you can't afford to miss. They recently celebrated their 20th anniversary with the release of a fine new album, "Andromeda."