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thoughts from the keyboard of litepipe ;-

"When he
> bend strings he seems to squeeze the notes out so effortlessly. I get this
> vibe from a lot of guitarists that seem to think B.B. is sub par or
> something just because he's not flashy."

that to me is what is so magical about the guitar- the personal expression
that is possible. The favourite players I mentioned all definitely have
that. The guitar to me is probably the closest  instrument in terms of
expression you can get to the human voice, and, incidentally, most of my
favourite guitar players are also good singers as well. The rest maybe are
frustrated/not confident singers??????

Yes BB king is fantastic. the abillity to say it all with one bent note with
vibrato. and a great blues singer as well...

Sad to hear that John Lee died recently, ........

It may be a cliche, but the players I admire the most are the ones who
really make the guitar "sing".

thats what I strive for in my lead playing as well.

Cheers

John

Groovey Band website                          mail to :
chickenjohn@...
http://www.grooveyband.co.uk/
East Kent Morris Minor Club web site        or  ; john@...
http://www.ekmm.co.uk
Shake The Snake web site (other band)   or  ; john@...
http://www.shakethesnake.co.uk


----- Original Message -----
From: litepipe <litepipe@...>
To: <logic-ot@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: 23 June 2001 22:23
Subject: Re: [L-OT] guitar gods


>
> Peter Duemmler wrote:
> > Brent Mason (does anybody outside of the Country music universe even
know
> this devil?)
>
>   Yes, he's a great guitarist!!
>   Speaking of bending strings and great vibrato.... I saw B.B. King about
> two months ago. I must say it was quite impressive. (To say the least). He
> came out and played for two hours straight and he's like what 76? I was
> amazed at how fluid his playing was. He has such smooth vibrato. When he
> bend strings he seems to squeeze the notes out so effortlessly. I get this
> vibe from a lot of guitarists that seem to think B.B. is sub par or
> something just because he's not flashy. There really aren't that many
guitar
> players that can express themselves as clearly as B.B. does. And with such
> finnesse and grace.
>   I sat there watching him thinking about how some guitarists learn every
> note from albums and only learn the notes. They never really *play* the
> notes. They just know the movements and say hey this is sooooo easy
because
> it's just a pentatonic scale. To someday be at that place where you can
play
> exactly what you feel (Not think). Is there anything more pure than that?
>   There are many guitar players that do this in all styles of music. B.B.
is
> not the only one. I'm just saying as a guitar player my mouth dropped when
I
> saw him. I came home, looked at my Strat and said we gotta' have a talk:))
>                        --Roger
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