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In Reply to: Holy guitar strings, batman! posted by Mike K on January 15, 2022 at 21:32:34:
I gave it a listen but gave up after a couple of minutes.
Top of my list of guitarists I listen to again and again is Ed Bickert, and it's a fairly long list which doesn't include speed merchants. I get more out of Grant Green, for instance.
Many, many musicians are able to play guitar and bass licks at great speed, but the speed itself usually denies the space and timing necessary to make deeper artistic statements. There are exceptions but it really does ask the question why speed itself is a goal.
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- Entertaining to hear once! - andy evans 01:19:23 01/16/22 (19)
- Speed is your criteria? - Rick W 10:48:34 01/17/22 (17)
- Partly but not always - andy evans 02:47:59 01/18/22 (16)
- Dunno what to say if you can't relate to the Emmanuel ballad I linked. - Rick W 09:55:48 01/18/22 (15)
- Saxes and fast licks..... - andy evans 11:23:28 01/18/22 (14)
- Michael Brecker et. al - belyin 20:52:09 01/18/22 (13)
- To put it mildly, I disagree (long). - Rick W 09:39:46 01/19/22 (0)
- RE: Michael Brecker et. al - GEO 07:02:08 01/19/22 (0)
- Albert Ayler instead of Mike Brecker? - oldmkvi 06:50:26 01/19/22 (9)
- RE: Albert Ayler instead of Mike Brecker? - belyin 22:27:29 01/19/22 (8)
- Separating the person from the recordings - andy evans 03:16:08 01/20/22 (2)
- "Deal with it". LOL. Not much of a problem. nt - Rick W 13:33:05 01/20/22 (0)
- RE: Separating the person from the recordings - belyin 10:31:51 01/20/22 (0)
- LOL. Amusing put down of Mike. So how about a few names of the iconoclast musicians you like - for context. - Rick W 23:06:48 01/19/22 (4)
- RE: Fair Enough - belyin 10:10:07 01/20/22 (3)
- You're wrong. Our perspectives are very similar. - Rick W 10:27:09 01/20/22 (2)
- RE: You're wrong. Our perspectives are very similar. - belyin 11:15:45 01/20/22 (1)
- Our views re: Brecker are different but I think we're basically on the same page. nt - Rick W 13:54:23 01/20/22 (0)
- Really interesting assessment - thanks! - andy evans 23:53:42 01/18/22 (0)
- Here's the thing - Mike K 08:19:50 01/16/22 (0)