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Well, maybe Tom Morello is a blistering soloist- but in a very different way
than the "Mike Varney" bunch, who I  detest.

When I say something like "Hendrix is a guitar god", to me that means as a
rhythm player, songwriter, composer of riffs, accompanist, as well as a
soloist.

Personally, I take some of these groupie stories with a pinch of salt. How
much is true and how much legend??

Cheers

John

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----- Original Message -----
From: Dennis Gunn <mightyjohn@...>
To: <logic-ot@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: 24 June 2001 12:59
Subject: Re: [L-OT] guitar gods


> At 9:13 AM +0100 6/24/01, John Matthews wrote:
> >
> >May I really throw the cat among the pidgeons with a few really
> >controversial up to date names that I think changed the sound of rock
guitar
> >over the last 10-15 years:-
> >
> >The Edge (U2), Kurt Cobain, Tom Morello (Rage against the machine), John
> >Frusciante (Red Hot Chilli peppers).
> >
> >These are what I would call "attitude" players rather than blistering
> >soloists, but all four of em are guitar gods in their own right.
>
>
> I would not take issue with any of these guys belonging up there.
> Prince too.   Also I don't see how Tom Morello could escape the
> "blistering soloist" label.  The guy has put some pretty blistering
> bits on the 'Rage' albums.   Knocked me out the first time I heard
> it. One thing I never could swallow about that band though was the
> singer.  He just came off as whiny and impotent to me.  He seemed
> forever wanting to say something witty and cutting but simply lacking
> the tools to form the statement.  He just came off like a nervous
> chihuahua shitting itself while barking at a parking attendant from a
> fat lady's shoulder bag.
>
>
> As for the specifics of Richie Blackmore depravities, sorry I can't
> cite incidents.  It's just what several music writers who had the
> misfortune to interview him and his band members said.  When my
> friend who did the guitar work for him told me what asshole  he was I
> asked him for specifics as well but all he really said was that he
> figured "David Lynch used him as the model for 'Bob' in Twin Peaks".
>
> Haven't ever heard of Jimmy Page's flagilation fetish before either.
> I did read a book by Led Zepplin's roadie that had some pretty good
> scenes.  John Bonham apparently had a thing for shitting in the
> purses and shoes of whichever groupie Jimmy happened to be doing.  Or
> there was another scene where they invited a roadie to sit in on bass
> at a stadium gig then gave him a solo and walked off the stage
> leaving the poor sucker out there facing 10.000 fans valiantly trying
> to play a solo and keep up a groove till they came back which they
> never did until he finally just gave up after ten minutes of exposure
> to life threatening levels of humiliation.
> --
>
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