geoffpikey
11:35 Mon Sep 29
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Eerie Descent 6:22 Mon Sep 29
"Jimmy Page was a great technical guitarist"
I'll agree to differ. Technically, Page was often all over the place. What he is/was is a great composer, producer and leader. Some of his solos are shockingly out of time or out of tune. Sure WHO people will mention "Stairway..." as a great solo, but that was melded from 3 to 4 different takes, cos he kept getting it wrong. Even he's admitted that.
But he was influential.Even though he stole a lot from BERT JANSCH and HUBERT SUMLIN.
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Alex V
11:11 Mon Sep 29
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Roy Race 6:34 Mon Sep 29
Great to see a rare Jason Falkner mention :). One of my absolute heroes still, and not just on the guitar.
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Far Cough
11:10 Mon Sep 29
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I love jangly, Roger McGuinn sounded great
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zebthecat
11:05 Mon Sep 29
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You're right there Bamber but there is something about flanged jangly guitar that annoys me intensely.
I get the same feeling when I hear The Edge.
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Bamber
10:59 Mon Sep 29
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Whatever about the rest of the world, for me it's Roddy Frame, Edwyn Collins, David Byrne and Robert Smith.
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Far Cough
10:58 Mon Sep 29
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DLR had tons of charisma that Sammy sadly lacked
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
10:57 Mon Sep 29
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Yes. Chuck Berry. I can't believe I left him off my list.
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geoffpikey
10:54 Mon Sep 29
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Chuck Berry. The olde perv. Cited by Keith Richards and Angus Young.
Jimi Hendrix. Cited by just about every guitarist, albeit for different reasons.
And note, Steve Hackett and Harvey Mandel were doing two-handed fret tapping WAY before Eddie Van Halen. Just not in tiger-stripe pants.
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Bungo
10:54 Mon Sep 29
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One break, coming up!
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Hammer and Pickle
10:48 Mon Sep 29
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I'll have to give it a whirl, as VH completely passed me by.
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Far Cough
10:48 Mon Sep 29
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Come on Dave...
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Loafer
10:47 Mon Sep 29
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Haha! Chet Atkins of course....and I'm listening to one of his albums as well!
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Bungo
10:46 Mon Sep 29
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Far Cough 10:36 Mon Sep 29
The whole Fair Warning album is actually quite remarkable.
I listened to it from start to finish in the car the other day, and would say that it is almost unique in it's style, texture and kind of dark air throughout. It sounds like no other band, is almost 'genre-less', and stands the test of time unbelievably well.
Just shows how far above the 'ordinary' Sunset Strip bands VH were in their heyday.
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Far Cough
10:36 Mon Sep 29
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Unchained is an exquisite track
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zebthecat
10:34 Mon Sep 29
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The first album is so good. Running with the Devil is just such a good song to start a band's album career.
Der der der der der der der screewwww...
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Far Cough
10:31 Mon Sep 29
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Only liked VH when DLR was there
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yngwies Cat
10:30 Mon Sep 29
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Would have loved to have seen Eddie Van Halen at his best .
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
10:25 Mon Sep 29
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Influential?
Duane Eddy
Hank Marvin
Scottie Moore
Dave Davies
Pete Townshend
Peter Green
Jimi Hendrix
Eric Clapton
Richie Blackmore
Martin Carthy
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zebthecat
10:24 Mon Sep 29
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He might mean Chet Atkins (or Ginger Baker - who knows?).
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zebthecat
10:21 Mon Sep 29
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>Frank Zappa though, as a giant musical intellect, is in a league of his own.
I'd put Tim Smith pretty close mind (not the guitar playing though)
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