Orianthi is tagged as: rock, pop, guitar virtuoso, pop rock, guitar It was November 2005, when Orianthi stepped off a plane from Japan where she had been performing for PRS Guitars. She received a call that one of her all-time idols, Carlos Santana had spoken about her during an interview on Australian television earlier that morning. She had to hop on another waiting plane to her hometown, Adelaide before she could see the footage. It was the longest two hour flight. “It’s not cute any more. It’s seriously ass-whupping. If I was going to pass the baton to somebody, she would be my first choice.” - Carlos Santana |Orianthi was both stunned and humbled by these words. She had worked hard, and dedicated herself to practicing guitar but still to hear Carlos say this was such a huge and unexpected compliment that made it all worthwhile. Although Orianthi is now only 23 years old, she has been studying music for twenty of them. “I started piano when I was 3, and classical guitar when I was about 6,” she recalls, “my Dad’s guitars were around the house and I was hearing his guitar driven records on the stereo and wanted to change from piano to guitar. I started playing Roy Orbison and Carlos Santana songs at school assemblies. One day I didn’t bring my guitar to school, so I made one o... Read More About Orianthi Biography...  Send Orianthi ringtones to your cell
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