Orianthi, Michael Jackson`s 24-year old guitarist seen in the `This Is It` movie, has her debut album out this week.
Carlos Santana first noticed the guitarist from Adelaide when she was 11. “I begged my dad to get me a second hand electric guitar so I could be like Carlos, and that was it, no more acoustic. After that, I would buy all of Carlos' videos , on VHS! , which I kept rewinding to try and learn his solos. I totally wore out the tapes," she said.Carlos remembered her when he came back to Adelaide 11-years later and invited Orianthi on stage. She played with the music legend for 35 minutes in front of a hometown crowd.
Four years ago Orianthi moved to Los Angeles and started work on her debut album with producer Howard Benson (My Chemical Romance, Daughtry).
Then the call came in from Michael Jackson and Orianthi became part of his band. At one point in the ‘This Is It’ movie, Jackson tells her “this is her time to shine”.
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