JAYE FOUCHER - GUITAR ROCK - FEMALE MUSICIANS - ANOTHER EER REVIEW 4 U         






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JAYE FOUCHER: Contagious Grooves.
1999 (CD)
Style:  Instrumental guitar rock
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Total rating: 14 (16 is a perfect score)

     Jaye Foucher is back with more killer guitar. She beats her previous release
hands down. Foucher is as smokin’ on the frets as ever. There is a harder, fuller
sound at times with more crunch and low end but all the furious fretwork layered
in here and there is superb. Song compositions are well-thought and do not fall
prey to the curse of pentatonic-scaled, auto-rock, riffland. This is guitar
rock with brainy fingers versus auto-shred and its insipid boredoms.
Foucher is a comfortable listen, a guitarist’s guitarist and obviously
dedicated to her art and an avid promoter of guitar-driven rock in its more
progressively headier modes.
     Check her out on "Zombieland", Metallica move outta da way, Jaye is here!
Another great release from Jaye! A fun riff-ride. Avoid the doldrums of
shred and check out Foucher. Need I mention she is one gem among the hard rockin’
axe-boys? Well, she is and her riffs are solid proof. Oh yeah, no vocals
this time. ~ John W. Patterson



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Jaye Foucher>: Infectious Licks (CD, 45:34) 67676-2, 1997
Fuism Records
Rad Plaid Music
P.O. Box 79116
Waverley, MA 02179-0116 USA 
Cyberhome: http://www2.shore.net/~puma/jaye/
Phone: 781-899-8285, FAX: 781-650-9071
E-mail: jfoucher@aol.com

	Jaye Foucher is my first exposure to an axewoman that really takes full command of the 
instrument in her solos and frames it all in tight compositions. Her synth augmentations and 
arrangements are a fun ride. There is no dross power chording nor filler riffing here. Foucher 
deftly handles keys, guitars and delivers strong vocals here and there. Luis Espaillat provides bass 
and Justin Pacy keeps the beat on drums.
	Foucher's solos are never plagued with that bungee-jump/testosterone/ free-for-all of no-
think, noodle-fest riffin'. You can feel the soul, her heart, the song of her fingers through her 
guitar. She sings with her hands. Her siren words are the notes and she can scream like a banshee 
when the moment calls for that special overdriven emphasis.
	She knows how to flat-out, have-mercy, have fun, evident in "Stompin' the Bug". I heard a bit 
of that Michael Lee Firkins blues-rock clarity on that one. On "Epic" we get that must-have 
driving tune that simply sails along with that David Chastain determination and flair. Snippets of 
Satriani can be sorted out but Foucher is all her own style in the stop-n-go tempo shifts and 
intelligently written progressions.
	Adrian Belew of King Crimson sang that, " . . .fear is never boring . . ." and guitarists out 
there should carefully check out these ten tunes. Foucher is never boring. Fear Faye, dudes cuz 
she has got the whole melodic chops thang down pat. I guess the best way to sum up this first 
lady of the frets is -- 100% confidence and crystal clear finesse.
	The mountain top experience for this reviewer was Foucher stretching out on "Dis-jointed" 
which stands shoulder-to-shoulder with anything Eric "Chops" Johnson or Joe "Trailbalzer" 
Satriani might offer. Whoa baby! Nuff said. ~ John W. Patterson



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