2,000 live shows since their inception. Notable Collaborations The following artists have appeared on CGT recordings: Bonnie Prince Billy on Echoes Nora Germain on Komorebi Tom Griesgraber on Andromeda and Komorebi Trey Gunn on Invitation Petra Haden on Komorebi Fareed Haque on Masterworks Bill Janssen on Rocks The West Tony Levin on Rocks The West, Monday Night in San Francisco, Live at the Key Club, CG3+2, Masterworks, Andromeda Komorebi, Elegy Pat Mastelotto on Live at the Key Club, CG3+2 Fabio Mittino on Elegy Davide Rossi on Komorebi and Elegy Eric Slick and Julie Slick on Echoes and Andromeda Tyler Trotter on Echoes and Andromeda Appearances on Other Artists' Recordings 1995 Alice's album Charade 2000 Waters of Eden on Tony Levin's album Waters of Eden 2003 Grammy Awards-nominated track "Apollo" on Tony Levin's Pieces of the Sun. Opening Acts and Shared Bills In addition to their collaborations, California Guitar Trio have shared the stage as either an opening act or headlining performance with musicians as varied as King Crimson, John McLaughlin, Jerry Marotta, David Sylvian, Tito Puente, Leftover Salmon, Taj Mahal, Guy Pratt, Steve Lukather, Simon Phillips, Adrian Legg, Jon Anderson, the California Symphony, Monte Montgomery, Enchant, Spock's Beard, The Flower Kings, Slash's Snakepit, Rick Wakeman, The Flower Kings, Primus, Zoë Keating, Adrian Belew Power Trio, Jake Shimabukuro and Trace Bundy. Lams Side Projects In 2005, Lams released Nascent, a collection of Bach preludes and violin partitas transcribed for the guitar in New Standard Tuning. Chapman Stick player Tom Griesgraber opened for CGT on several beginning in 2005. As an offshoot of this collaboration, Griesgraber and Lams began a series of smaller tours and "house concerts" starting in 2008. In 2012 they released the album Unnamed Lands. Lams, along with Italian guitarist Fabio Mittino have recorded and toured as a duet performing the music of George Gurdjieff and Thomas de Hartmann. They have released three albums to date. Discography California Guitar Trio has released 22 albums, including twelve studio albums with a mixture of original CGT compositions, classical arrangements and cover songs and seven live albums. California Guitar Trio are also feature players in the Robert Fripp String Quintet, which included Robert Fripp and Trey Gunn. The three founding members of CGT can also be heard on two albums recorded by Robert Fripp and The League of Crafty Guitarists. Studio Albums The California Guitar Trio (1991) Yamanashi Blues (1993) Invitation (1995)