Lead guitarists: We don't need no stinking singers!

[toobfreak]

 

[The Duke]

Why did music go derp?

 

[The Duke]

 

[toobfreak]

For me, it was Uncle Meat. After the Beatles and LZ, Zappa just totally gutted me. I didn’t have music ears or understanding was going on.

Uncle Meat! Yes, that might have been his first big break-out album!
I have most of Zappa's albums throughout the 60s and 70s beginning with his debut album, Freak Out.
They all look like new.

 

[Leo123]

And now, some Django shredding.

 

[toobfreak]

 

[toobfreak]

Why did music go derp?

I saw Paco play in person and sweetness just flowed from his fingertips. He was with Al DiMiola and John McLaughlin.

 

[Billo_Really]

That’s a great list!

I regret turning down dozens of chance to see Frank Zappa

A lot of people thought Frank Zappa was a freak, but he really was a virtuoso on the guitar.

 

[Billo_Really]

Jeff was truly a great guy.


Steve Howe, another phenomenal instrumentalist who often goes unnoticed only because he was surrounded by so much other legendary talent with Yes.

I saw Yes twice in concert. They were really good! My favorite song by them was Heart of the Sunrise. They also have one of the top 5 live albums in rock history...

...Yessongs!

 

[CrusaderFrank]

A lot of people thought Frank Zappa was a freak, but he really was a virtuoso on the guitar.

I’ve listened to the Shut Up N Play Yer Guitar CDs probably 400 times, maybe more

 

[toobfreak]

I saw Yes twice in concert. They were really good! My favorite song by them was Heart of the Sunrise.

Yep. There will never be such an eclectic band as Yes ever again! Every person in that band had more talent than most whole groups have today. They could literally paint images and fantasy magical places in the mind with their music.

I have their first 7-8 albums and that song is definitely one of the great ones. I also have an excellent live concert they did about 2010 I think before Chris Squire passed away on video that is awesome.

I discovered Yes around 1973 I think going through a record store and at the front of one section was this pretty, bright green album that caught my eye. The name and the artwork caught my eye so I bought it on a whim. Turned out to be Close To The Edge. I have been in love with that album and the band ever since.

 

[Billo_Really]

Yep. There will never be such an eclectic band as Yes ever again! Every person in that band had more talent than most whole groups have today. They could literally paint images and fantasy magical places in the mind with their music.

I have their first 7-8 albums and that song is definitely one of the great ones. I also have an excellent live concert they did about 2010 I think before Chris Squire passed away on video that is awesome.

I discovered Yes around 1973 I think going through a record store and at the front of one section was this pretty, bright green album that caught my eye. The name and the artwork caught my eye so I bought it on a whim. Turned out to be Close To The Edge. I have been in love with that album and the band ever since.

The artwork was amazing.

Okay, since you're a Yes man, I have to ask the question...

...Bill Bruford or Alan White?

 

[toobfreak]

The artwork was amazing.
Okay, since you're a Yes man, I have to ask the question...
...Bill Bruford or Alan White?

Well, both were absolutely great. White was a more power-oriented dynamic drummer well suited to the later albums and is just fantastic in albums like Relayer, but Bruford was a more articulate and eclectic drummer with a wider percussive vocabulary who melded in perfectly with the original band! So, if I had to pick just one, my heart goes out to Bill Bruford.

If you can find it, White was also on a double album called Ginger Baker's Air Force at one point. Another absolutely fabulous LP. The album cover perfectly illustrates the fat sound of this ensemble.

 

[Billo_Really]

Well, both were absolutely great. White was a more power-oriented dynamic drummer well suited to the later albums and is just fantastic in albums like Relayer, but Bruford was a more articulate and eclectic drummer with a wider percussive vocabulary who melded in perfectly with the original band! So, if I had to pick just one, my heart goes out to Bill Bruford.

If you can find it, White was also on a double album called Ginger Baker's Air Force at one point. Another absolutely fabulous LP. The album cover perfectly illustrates the fat sound of this ensemble.

I had that album. I'm a Cream junky!

 

[WilmerV]

I'm not really musical, but it always seems bass guitarists often get overlooked by the crowd-at-large. Yes, of course, lead guitarists are out front (hence, the name), but it seems bass players are responsible for keeping the pace consistent. I try to tap my fingers at the same pace in a song, and I can't do it for very long. Same with drummer. Lead guitarists have the option of improvising if they miss something.

Any musical people think I am on target. Or do I not know what I am talking about? lol

 

[CrusaderFrank]

I loved Jeff Beck! Out of all the guitarists I saw in concert, Jeff Beck kicked the most ass!

Short list of guitarists I've seen in concert:

1. Eric Clapton (6 times)
2. Jimmy Page (twice)
3. Alvin Lee
4. Terry Kath
5. Carlos Santana (twice)
6. Steve Howe (twice)
7. Martin Barre (4 times)
8. Richie Blackmore (twice)
9. Tony Iommi (twice)
10. Kirk Cobain
11. Dicky Betts

 

[Billo_Really]

Frank, politically we are opposites; musically we are brothers in arms!

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Roy was not about making commercial music for air time. I have lots of Roy's and Frank's albums, all looking like new--- Zappa's talent often got glazed over by the industry paying more attention to his idiosyncratic efforts. Here's a picture of where Frank lived in LA until he passed away, only in his 50s.

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The Utility Muffin Research Kitchen

One of Zappa's band members, maybe it was Ike Willis said that FZ was a workaholic because it was as if knew he wasn't getting a lot of time here

 

[toobfreak]

The Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
One of Zappa's band members, maybe it was Ike Willis said that FZ was a workaholic because it was as if knew he wasn't getting a lot of time here

Ken Scott was a fantastic recording engineer.
Some people live long lives but progress little, Frank lived a century of living for every day of his life.

BTW, Frank wanted to call his band The Mothers but the label would have nothing of the name so he finally added the Mothers Of Invention to placate them.

 

[The Duke]

A lot of people thought Frank Zappa was a freak, but he really was a virtuoso on the guitar.

He was a musical genius, but he was nasty.