Saturday, July 11, 2026

shred guitar anniversary: Howe II - Now Hear This

Now Hear This is the second album by hard rock band Howe II, featuring both of the Howe brothers: Albert Howe on vocals, and the fretboard-incinerating guitar wizard, sonic magician, and master of disaster, Greg Howe on guitar. It looks like Howe II (two Howes in the same band, right?!) was active for only a couple of years. Their first album was called High Gear and was released in 1989. After this second album, it looks like the guitar maestro left Howe II in order to focus on his solo guitar career. Below is a sample song from Now Hear This, but check this out: On YouTube, some awesome people managed to find and upload a live concert of Howe II from back in the day! I am really enjoying watching this old concert, and on YouTube there are a couple of comments from people who actually got to see this shredding, rocking machine live back then, and they say it was an incredible show. Thank you to the people that uploaded the video and made it available for us to witness history.
Howe II: Now Hear This - July 1991 - Shrapnel Records
Fat Cat 4:18 - The Ride 3:48 - Now Hear This 4:46 - Motherlode 3:56 - Bigger the Bite 3:34 - Crowd Pleaser 4:08 - A Delicacy 2:05 - Tip of My Tongue 3:59 - Heart of a Woman 5:12 - A Few Good Men 3:36 - total length: 39:22.
Albert Howe lead vocals – Greg Howe guitar, background vocals, production – Mike Mani keyboard – Kevin Soffera drums, background vocals – Vern Parsons bass, background vocals - Steve Fontano engineering, production - Shawn Michael Morris engineering - Paul Stubblebine mastering - Mike Varney – production
Howe II: Crowd Pleaser
Howe II Electrifies the Stage at Musicians Institute

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