jeff85
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Alex Lifeson is pretty good.
Uli John Roth is one of my favorites.
Uli John Roth is one of my favorites.
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One of the founding members of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna.
Quit picking on Neil Young.
I think maybe the best guitarists ever were from an era when it was difficult to get an electric guitar to even work. Trying to compare Chuck Berry to more more recent guitarists like Mark Knopfler and Eddie Van Halen is truly apples and oranges. The guitars of today have so much technology that was not available in the early days of electrification & amplification, that I cannot see how they can even be compared.
To connect a simple electrical pickup to a even simpler amp and make the kind of sounds that Chuck, Les, and way back to Charlie Christian with his Gibson ES-150, made was truly remarkable. Those were the days that in order to get distortion for rock-n-roll music, one had to cut slits in their speakers. Amazing that they made so much great music with so little technology.
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I think maybe the best guitarists ever were from an era when it was difficult to get an electric guitar to even work. Trying to compare Chuck Berry to more more recent guitarists like Mark Knopfler and Eddie Van Halen is truly apples and oranges. The guitars of today have so much technology that was not available in the early days of electrification & amplification, that I cannot see how they can even be compared.
To connect a simple electrical pickup to a even simpler amp and make the kind of sounds that Chuck, Les, and way back to Charlie Christian with his Gibson ES-150, made was truly remarkable. Those were the days that in order to get distortion for rock-n-roll music, one had to cut slits in their speakers. Amazing that they made so much great music with so little technology.
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce9Jtl9D6FQ[/ame]
I've been through this whole thread and saw no mention of George Benson. Hmm. Saw him play at a jazz club on N. Main in Dayton (Rusty know the one I'm talking about). He brought along a young guitarist named Earl Klug. Unreal.
For my EDL (every day listening) SRV
For my EDL (every day listening) SRV
bigwheelzip
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He was there with only one other guy, on bass. Hubby says that he was Jack Cassidy, also from the old band.
I don't know about music, but we sat at a table in front of them, and were treated to a performance of joyous excellence, and they made it look so easy. Like water off a duck's back.
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I saw many great jazz acts a Gilly's. Small and cozy, unlike the new club he built.
Saw Rashan Roland Kirk at the N. Main club. That was a mind bender.
Saw several great guitar players down your way.
Saw Rashan Roland Kirk at the N. Main club. That was a mind bender.
Saw several great guitar players down your way.
We supposedly have one here in Vegas. Got the boots, but no horse.
Our mid sized venues were The Ludlow Garage and/still Bogarts and The Blue Whisp.
doublesharp
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Got no use for Neil Young but I do think a lot of David Grissom and the Stones were at their best when Mick Taylor was in the band. Duane Allman could play and Johnny Winter could too.
Lynyrd put it better than I could:
"Well, I hope Neil Young will remember, a southern man don't need him around anyhow."
"Well, I hope Neil Young will remember, a southern man don't need him around anyhow."
Up here in the north also.
doublesharp
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Old low quality video but it was a magic moment in mid 1980s cowpunk history 
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And this is another young Grissom but I love the way Bobby Keys makes that saxophone wail right along with the guitars
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How bout Eddie Shaver subbing in Dwight Yoakum's Band
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[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeGI__MK4y4[/ame]
And this is another young Grissom but I love the way Bobby Keys makes that saxophone wail right along with the guitars
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppiwjfZ-M0o[/ame]
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hojy5dmkoYA[/ame]
How bout Eddie Shaver subbing in Dwight Yoakum's Band
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj3PG3FSgfY[/ame]
NFrameFred
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Sorry - I've heard and read that same quote for over 40 years with both names substituted depending on who tells the story. One of the interesting(?) variations out of the dozens I've heard was
when someone asked Eric Clapton what it was like to be the greatest guitar player on the planet, he replied "I don't know, you'd have to ask Phil Keaggy."
As far as I've been able to ascertain, no one has ever been able to run down the origin of the quote and if it was ever really said by a particular guitar player about another. It's always related in third person. Makes a good story, though . . .
I have had the privilege of seeing Phil 4 times. The first was when he was in Glass Harp.
His solos in "Sounds" display his mastery of the whammy bar and he sounds like McCartney when he sings. He lost the middle finger on his right hand when he slid off a roof and it got caught.
One of the most gifted and truly humble people I have ever met.
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In today's local news, a vintage guitar superstore.
2 iconic local music stores merge in southern Indiana | Business | wdrb.com
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A southern Indiana music store is expanding with the purchase of a legendary Louisville business.
Maxwell's House of Music, in Jeffersonville, purchased the Guitar Emporium on March 4.
This comes as Maxwell's celebrates its 25th anniversary.
"They say 25 years makes something vintage," store owners said in a news release. "2022 makes the 25th year that Maxwell's House of Music has existed, so we're a vintage music store, right?"
Owners said the addition of the Guitar Emporium makes Maxwell's "even more vintage," something they want to keep alive as the two stores merge.
Jimmy Brown, the original founder of Guitar Emporium, started selling vintage guitars while he was in high school before launching the shop in 1975. He sold the business in 2013. Nine years later, it was made available again.
"For me, this is a dream come true," store manager Mike McAfee said in a news release. "I grew up surrounded by Jimmy Brown and his love of vintage gear, and it had a huge impact on my musical life."
2 iconic local music stores merge in southern Indiana | Business | wdrb.com
FTA:
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A southern Indiana music store is expanding with the purchase of a legendary Louisville business.
Maxwell's House of Music, in Jeffersonville, purchased the Guitar Emporium on March 4.
This comes as Maxwell's celebrates its 25th anniversary.
"They say 25 years makes something vintage," store owners said in a news release. "2022 makes the 25th year that Maxwell's House of Music has existed, so we're a vintage music store, right?"
Owners said the addition of the Guitar Emporium makes Maxwell's "even more vintage," something they want to keep alive as the two stores merge.
Jimmy Brown, the original founder of Guitar Emporium, started selling vintage guitars while he was in high school before launching the shop in 1975. He sold the business in 2013. Nine years later, it was made available again.
"For me, this is a dream come true," store manager Mike McAfee said in a news release. "I grew up surrounded by Jimmy Brown and his love of vintage gear, and it had a huge impact on my musical life."
I went to Guitar Emporium several times in the 80's and 90's. Cool store.
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Anyone remember the old Rhythm City store in Atlanta? It was a superstore before the big boxes existed.
Sam Ash Music in Brooklyn, Manny's Music and Rudy's Music in Manhattan's Music Row were bucket list destinations for musicians. I checked them off.
Sam Ash Music in Brooklyn, Manny's Music and Rudy's Music in Manhattan's Music Row were bucket list destinations for musicians. I checked them off.
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Terry Kath from the original Chicago Band. Even Jimmy Hendrix is quoted saying, "Terry is better than I am" at one of their first concerts in Tanglewood, MA. Terry not only was an incredible guitarist - his singing had a very distinctive sound! He SHOULD definitely be on the list!!
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