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you really want me to count??
melbourne based ‘black cab’ in there, but they dont mention the D word,
‘Trivium’ a metal band from Florida, wrong side of the states for the D word, but the lead guitarist looks 12 yrs old.
Give it another try, im sure you will be hooked again, and this month has ‘Comftably numb’ tabbed out, and their transcriptions are always spot on.Dude.
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[quote=”glw”]Name and shame me all you want. I never understood this guitarist obsession with “the blues”. It’s part of the reason I gave up reading Guitarist magazine because they were obsessed with it. Apparently you had to own a copy of John Mayall’s Blues Breakers featuring Eric Clapton (the Beano album), otherwise you coudn’t call yourself a real guitarist. In the end I bought a copy out of curiousity. It’s not that great.
And when they weren’t harping on about the debt we owe to the blues then it was all hair metal guitarists that I’d never heard of, and the likes of Yngvie, Vai and Satriani. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz….
My guitar heroes came out of the punk movement.
All I know of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s work is that he played guitar on David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” album.
And if that’s not shocking enough for you, I don’t like or rate Eric Clapton either.[/quote]
glw, just been through this months edition of ‘Guitarist’ and not and old blues player article in sight, just a blues lesson, total of half a page, and written by Nevil Marten of course.
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Happy to be named and shamed. the number of times someone has come up to me and said ” you MUST know this song, everyone does” is just incredible. 🙄
As a mostly Beatles guy, with some Robert Johnson and the odd Stones tune thrown in, I now play what I like, not what others would like me to play. Might have upset my good lady wife (she loves AC/DC’s Rosie) but that’s tough. IMHO, If you dont like the song you cant put the feeling into it to make it sound like it should. -
Apols for my “out of date” posting. I fell into that old trick of replying to page 1, without looking to see if there was a page 2.
The only op I have on SRV is that he crops up a lot when I search Fleeb for “left-handed”. Something to do with his tremelo. But do I know the ‘open mic blues night’ feeling… It’s even more interesting for the bass player.
Ooh, starting in “A”, wonder where I’m going next? 🙄
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I don’t actually dislike the blues, I just never worshipped it. I understand it’s the genesis of much of today’s music but that doesn’t mean it’s the only true or relevant music. No disrespect was meant to all the old blues men… Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, and all those lads.
Yeah… Neville Martin… that was the fellow. Perhaps I’ll give Guitarist magazine another try one of these days.
Actually, thinking back to when I was a little kid watching TOTP or whatever, I think the first people who turned me onto the guitar, who made me daydream about playing one myself, were Marc Bolan, David Bowie/Mick Ronson, The Faces, Mott the Hoople, etc. Watching them had a big impact on me. Then later when punk started, the “anybody can do it” approach, I latched onto that.
One of my favourite guitarists is The Damned’s Captain Sensible – he really is an excellent player and very under-rated. He’s quite handy on bass too – I saw him with Dead Men Walking earlier this week in Swindon, and will be taking in the London show on Saturday too. I was also quite impressed with Kirk Brandon’s guitar work – another very under-rated guy.
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[quote=”glw”]Name and shame me all you want. I never understood this guitarist obsession with “the blues”. It’s part of the reason I gave up reading Guitarist magazine because they were obsessed with it. Apparently you had to own a copy of John Mayall’s Blues Breakers featuring Eric Clapton (the Beano album), otherwise you coudn’t call yourself a real guitarist. In the end I bought a copy out of curiousity. It’s not that great.
And when they weren’t harping on about the debt we owe to the blues then it was all hair metal guitarists that I’d never heard of, and the likes of Yngvie, Via and Satriani. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz….
My guitar heroes came out of the punk movement.
All I know of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s work is that he played guitar on David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” album.
And if that’s not shocking enough for you, I don’t like or rate Eric Clapton either.[/quote]
i agree with every word you said, i did the same with the Beano CD except i didnt pay for it (thank god), my mate ripped it for me me, i managed to play the first track and a bit of the 2nd, and then it went in the bin, i was expecting a road to damascus moment and was disgusted when it didnt happen, Guitarist has changed a bit since Nevil Marten the old editor got moved onto another publication a year back i agree too much blues, i used to hate the 3 page special on some unknown blues prodigy from NYC. and you know the worst evening ever? going to a blues jam night, my god you need to be anaesthatised before you go in, and the brought round just before closing time, i accidently got dragged into a blues evening once, we had to audition for a gig a a good venue for a friday night slot, landlady said come along and play 3 numbers on our blues jam night, but before we got on to do our 3 song set we had to endure 1 hour of amatuer blues widdling in the minor key of course, i slipped into a coma within 10 mins then all the £5000 custom shop strats came out, and all the crap players from all over the district played a 12 bar.., ever heard Brown sugar played in a slow blues style? it was something to behold, we got up and blew the old farts away. Try Guitarist again its not bluesy anymore, its much more a guitarists mag. I have one Stevie Ray Vaughn CD, he is a great player but i dont idolise him, same with Clapton, i have maybe 2 CD’s but im no great fan, and i grew up with the jam, pistols, clash, damned, xray specs, then went on to the new wave stuff, energy rather than widdling, great post glw, i think i have found a soul mate.
Still no excuse for not knowing pride and joy though. 😆
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Name and shame me all you want. I never understood this guitarist obsession with “the blues”. It’s part of the reason I gave up reading Guitarist magazine because they were obsessed with it. Apparently you had to own a copy of John Mayall’s Blues Breakers featuring Eric Clapton (the Beano album), otherwise you coudn’t call yourself a real guitarist. In the end I bought a copy out of curiousity. It’s not that great.
And when they weren’t harping on about the debt we owe to the blues then it was all hair metal guitarists that I’d never heard of, and the likes of Yngvie, Vai and Satriani. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz….
My guitar heroes came out of the punk movement.
All I know of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s work is that he played guitar on David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” album.
And if that’s not shocking enough for you, I don’t like or rate Eric Clapton either.
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GLW
MICHAEL
AXE_BUNNYyou have all been named and shamed.
How can you not know that song?, have you all heard of Stevie ray vaughn? pride and joy was his biggest moment, i think it gets played to death (ive never played it) because it is one of his more popular tunes, and also a little easy on the fingers, played by wannabe SRV’s wearing the hat and boots.
Actualy its a very good song, when SRV did it. 😆 -
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We used to have to play Silver Machine a lot, but that was because they guy who owned the amps loved Hawkwind. Guess thats the price you pay for being in a student band – the guy with the money calls the shots.
Played most of the others too though but not Pride and Joy – I’ve never heard of it. is that bad ? 🙂 -
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