Al came through town in 2011 and I made a point to go see him this time. The venue was Jazz Alley. Man, what a great show. All these years I thought Al had a jazz keyboard player (and a totally awesome oone at that), but I was wrong. It was a dude playing ACCORDION!
I brought along my signature Al Di Meola Ovation Custom Legend, and he signed it! It's almost all wore off now, but I know it was there!