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Post by grampalerxst on May 29, 2019 6:21:42 GMT -6
So when I first got up this morning I was practicing (again/still) getting consistency on little baby one step bends. Then I got distracted by something shiny and wound up watching this. Timmons is an excellent player, but this piece has him at the edge of his abilities--gotta respect guys who don't play it safe. Just a live cell capture, so not great sound, but still ...
Here's another of a similar vein, but with his band.
Such vocal/lyrical phrasing, it makes me want to smash all my guitars and join one of those silent monastic orders.
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Post by bluesbruce on May 29, 2019 16:05:32 GMT -6
That's very cool, grampa. You don't see many people play solo electric guitar, with no backing band of any kind. You've definitely got to have your playing together to pull that off!
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Post by grampalerxst on May 29, 2019 18:08:16 GMT -6
Glad you liked it Bruce, what strikes me is you don't often hear guys playing with "rock tones" try to do so much with multiple voices/counterpoint. That's usually the realm of guys with clean and jazzy tones. I started the clip where the performance starts but in the lead up if you rewind it he mentions that he was going to discard the arrangement as a failed experiment, but for the first time his wife mentioned she was looking forward to hearing him perform something she heard him practicing around the house, so he decided to keep it alive. I imagine if he keeps on with it in a few years he'll have it worked out better. If you compare it to the Beatles clip, you can discern how hard it is for him to play (and how good he is).
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Post by bluesbruce on May 30, 2019 18:15:45 GMT -6
Glad you liked it Bruce, what strikes me is you don't often hear guys playing with "rock tones" try to do so much with multiple voices/counterpoint. That's usually the realm of guys with clean and jazzy tones. I started the clip where the performance starts but in the lead up if you rewind it he mentions that he was going to discard the arrangement as a failed experiment, but for the first time his wife mentioned she was looking forward to hearing him perform something she heard him practicing around the house, so he decided to keep it alive. I imagine if he keeps on with it in a few years he'll have it worked out better. If you compare it to the Beatles clip, you can discern how hard it is for him to play (and how good he is). Yeah, I misspoke - should have said you don't see much solo electric "rock" guitar - certainly chord-melody jazz is often played solo on an electric guitar. That's some interesting background story behind it - a "failed experiment"! |
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