Nina DiGregorio and Brody Dolyniuk: Limelight
Nina DiGregorio is best known for pioneering the electric rock violin, but she’s also an accomplished bassist.
DiGregorio teamed up with multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Brody Dolyniuk for this killer cover of Rush’s “Limelight.”
While we’re all about the bass, DiGregorio’s note-for-note solo on violin was super impressive.
The back story on this is pretty cool too:
“This idea began with Brody suggesting Nina add it as one of her popular ‘famous guitar solos covered on electric violin’ series. Brody considers it a personal favorite of Alex’s many great solos, and thought it would lend itself well to the violin. Then as a birthday gift, Brody granted Nina’s long-time request for a Rickenbacker bass guitar. It was a given that a Rush song would be in the near future. So, shortly after returning home after getting married in New York, the newlyweds began laying down tracks for the full song…”