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John Prine: “Holden thouest mein gros stein
bier mein fraulein”
Here a little more Trower…
I was reminded of another of my favorites from back in the day when he popped up on the playlist of my old MP3 player as I mowed grass today. Was really into this guy when he was at his peak, late 80s, early 90s.
RIP Jeff Healy
Nice! Thanks.
Robben Ford can play.
Very nice! Thanks.
You mean from Road House?
That was Patrick Swayze on guitar. That blind dude was Ralph Macchio with a blonde wig and sped-up fretboard work.
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Yep, I loves me some Jeff Healey. It’s weird watching him play though.
Another guitarist whom I admire is all due to a cassette tape I found in the parking lot of the Broward Mall when I was 16 or 17 years old. I popped it into the boombox we had in the storage room where I worked and was instantly in love with the music on Road Games. I found out later, much later, that Frank Zappa loved his work and that Eddie Van Halen pretty much was trying be Allan Holdsworth.
I still can’t believe that anyone would purposely discard that tape.
This guy was smart AND talented:
Due to the death of Charlie Watts, I have been listening to a lot of Rolling Stones lately. I have discovered 3 things. Keith Richard is really good, Brian Jones complemented Richard very well and Mick Taylor’s playing took the Stones to a new level.
Yeah, among the all-time best, for sure. He always sounded to me like a guitarist who’d time travelled back from the future.
Came back to edit this because, although I don’t know anything about you, I know from your posts that you’re very much into music. So I had to laugh when you wrote about finding a cassette tape in a parking lot and keeping it just to hear what was on it. 
Yep, I’ve got nothing against Ron Wood or Brian Jones, but the version of the Stones with Mick Taylor was the best one, easily.
You know, I agree, but (in my opinion, which is worth about half a Zimbabwean dollar) that’s because Mick and Keith were hitting their peak as songwriters, not because of Taylor’s guitar playing.
Well, but you can’t discount the fact that Mick often said the reason he left was that he was disappointed that he never got any songwriting credit for songs that wouldn’t have existed in their current form without him. Perhaps the songwriting being better during that time was partly due to his input.
Could well be. And I remember reading somewhere that Bill Wyman complained about lack of credit, too.
Acoustic: Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, whether his work with Tull or solo. Particularly thinking of intros to “Baker Street Muse” & “Salamander” off the top of my head.
Electric: Steve Hackett of Genesis & solo work.
Good list. Please also add:
“Life’s a Long Song” is my favourite.