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In Reply to: Define your own criteria??????????? posted by dave c on January 22, 2007 at 14:21:39:
different meanings to different people. Not wanting to taint or slant opinion in any direction I left "better" up to the individual.
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There is no doubt that Garcia was a very old soul with depth of feeling and tenderness that comes with that.
Betts was adequate,but he had the Greg and Duane to do the gritty work.
I cannot think of why these 2 appeared in your question together.
Agreed - I would hate to declare either of these guys "better" than the other given their dissimilar styles and accomplished music careers.Jerry wasn't the cleanest electric player, and his playing could be down right bad, but the brilliant moments were, well - brilliant. I always liked his version of "I Shall Be Released" on Garcia, and many examples of good electric work on "Dead Set". Loved the acoustic work on "Reckoning". I would hate to pass of Garcia as a G-Dead guitarist - he was very versatile. When discussing musicianship, the wonderful bluegrass work Jerry did with David Grisman should also be considered.
The fact that the Allman Bros continued to thrive after Duane Allman died is largely due to the strength of Betts workman-like abilities on the electric, slide and acoustic guitars - not to mention the material he went on to release post Allman Bros. "Little Martha" continues to be one of my guitar solo favorites of all time, and is one of the most covered tunes by many guitar giants (Kottke, Jerry Douglas, Pete Huttlinger, many others I can't think of at the moment).
Exactly what occurred to me. I like them both for different reasons. I like Richard Thompson and John Renbourne more than either.
... Bill Frisell.
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