CREEM SHOWCASE

Every year at approximately this time, contenders for the title of International Fretmeister emerge, fingers flying and harmonics ringing, taking on last year’s gunslinger in a battle of the polls. One of this year’s picks, so far, is George Lynch— who, rather than storming out of nowhere like some of the Asgardian brats we have known—has been plying his chops in the journeyman’s hard rock band Dokken.