schneider@2littl.DEC (DANIEL SCHNEIDER) (10/10/85)
> Clearly because they are all wrong! The best guitarists are Fred Frith > and Robert Frip, and there can be *no* argument. > > Doug Alan Methinks that Messrs. Frith and Fripp would be searching around the floor of the stage trying to pick up Steve Morse's guitar pick. Daniel Schneider {decvax}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-2littl!schneider
rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen) (10/12/85)
> Methinks that Messrs. Frith and Fripp would be searching around the floor > of the stage trying to pick up Steve Morse's guitar pick. > Daniel Schneider If he's clumsy enough to have dropped it, too bad, let him find his own pick. I'd rather hear Fri?? (Frith or Fripp) any day. Besides, all of them are dwarfed by Toejam Jawallaby, whose use of picks in the most revolutionary way in the history of guitar playing outshines all of them by far. (By the way, Marcel, I'm kind of surprised at your statements about the ultimate greatness of Utawanga as a guitarist, especially since his decision to only use digital drum machines on all recordings and at all concert performances hereafter.) -- "There! I've run rings 'round you logically!" "Oh, intercourse the penguin!" Rich Rosen ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr
mfs@mhuxr.UUCP (Damballah Wedo) (10/14/85)
> (By the way, Marcel, I'm kind of surprised at your statements about the > ultimate greatness of Utawanga as a guitarist, especially since his decision > to only use digital drum machines on all recordings and at all concert > performances hereafter.) > Rich Rosen ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr I was of course referring to the Fat Man's seminal recordings with Calvin "Razor Blade" Jones, without question the greatest drummer of all time. Utawanga has stated that he uses drum machines because he can no longer afford to pay Razor Blade, and that any other drummer would be a letdown. So he uses the machines, figuring that fans will blame them if they don't like his recordings (Reference: _Guitar Talk_ Magazine, Vol 4 Iss 9) Incidentally, did you hear where your man Jawallaby is a big Duke Ellington fan? [from _Guitar Talk_ Vol 6 Iss 4] Q. Which musicians were you influenced by? A. I was not influenced by too many guitarists, excepting Fat Muhfuh of course. He is the greatest on the strings. But the man who had the greatest impact on me was Duke [Ellington]. I used to go listen whenever his band was in town. I'd sit there in the balcony and I'd be laughing and crying at the same time. The man was the greatest American musician ever, that's for sure. All the rest of us can't even tie his shoelaces. Any dude who says otherwise is nothing but a damn liar. We all owe the Duke a debt. -- Marcel-Franck Simon ihnp4!{mhuxr, hl3b5b}!mfs " Papa Loko, ou se' van, ou-a pouse'-n alle' Nou se' papiyon, n-a pote' nouvel bay Agwe' "
nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (Doug Alan) (10/16/85)
Toejam never lies! I'm now convinced that what's-his-name from Kiss is the greatest guitarist. So could anyone recommend some of the better Kiss albums? I think I'd like them better, though, if they used drum machines, more power chords, and Steve Morse's picks, got Kate Bush to do vocals and Duke Ellington to play piano, put their make-up back on, and wore "Choose Life" T-shirts.... -Doug Alan nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (or ARPA)
jimmy@scgvaxd.UUCP (J A Raisanen) (10/17/85)
Hey EVERYONE on this terminal knows BILLY GIBBONS is the Universe's Greatest Guitarist!!!!!!! C'mon gang!!!! Have Mercy!! NOBODY is the "best Guitarist!" Although I admit that I was taken aback that no one else mentioned Billy, there still is no best guitarist. Once you get in the league of all these great guitarists that have been mentioned, there is no best, only favorites! Billy Gibbons and Rik Emmett are my favorite guitarists. TRUE Billy Gibbons and Rik Emmett are the best guitarists. FALSE, although they are as good as anybody else's favs! I'm sure many people must agree with me that we are tired of this effervescent argument. THERE IS NO BEST !! George Harrison ain't no slouch either! Jim `This is a mandolin not a bass' Raisanen
rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen) (10/19/85)
> Toejam never lies! I'm now convinced that what's-his-name from Kiss is > the greatest guitarist. So could anyone recommend some of the better > Kiss albums? > > I think I'd like them better, though, if they used drum machines, more > power chords, and Steve Morse's picks, got Kate Bush to do vocals and > Duke Ellington to play piano, put their make-up back on, and wore > "Choose Life" T-shirts.... What's his name is no longer with Kiss, at least he wasn't with them for the last album. In an interview in GUITARIST magazine, Toejam Jawallaby mentioned that he had leaped onto the stage to jam with Frehley at some place or other. Does anyone remember where and when that was? Jawallaby doesn't carry Steve Howe's honor of so many successive "overall best guitarist" titles, but GUITARIST Magazine's staff has named him as a top five guitarist in at least three different categories per year over the last ten years. (The funny thing is, the categories have differed from year to year, including classical, rock, blues, jazz, and country/western!) I think that says it all, and his opinions as to who is really the best guitarist of all do more than just hold water. (Not to forget Utawanga, Marcel Simon's favorite, who was the fourth guitarist to enter the GUITARIST Hall of Fame (after Les Paul, Bill Haley, Chet Atkins, and Ace Frehley). He is making quite a comeback with a new album soon to be released and an upcoming tour. "Cities Outside Life", with Utawanga's new group Jengaa, is truly incredible with the drum machines providing an excellent backdrop for the complex rhythms and melodic interweaving of Utawanga's guitar playing. The duet with Sammy Hagar is magnificent.) -- "I was walking down the street. A man came up to me and asked me what was the capital of Bolivia. I hesitated. Three sailors jumped me. The next thing I knew I was making chicken salad." "I don't believe that for a minute. Everyone knows the capital of Bolivia is La Paz." Rich Rosen pyuxd!rlr
jmd@rduxb.UUCP (Joseph M. Dakes) (10/21/85)
> Toejam never lies! I'm now convinced that what's-his-name from Kiss is > the greatest guitarist. So could anyone recommend some of the better > Kiss albums? My favorite Kiss lp has to be "Dressed to Kill." That's the album that sort of started their popularity, it features their first (I believe) top ten hit, "Rock and Roll All Nite." My favorite track on the lp is "Rock Bottom", it features an intro by Ace and some half decent lead by the extraterestrial too. Another good (the only other good?) Kiss lp is "Hotter than Hell", their 2nd. The one track, "Parasite" is what Heavy Metal was meant to sound like. Their first live lp, "Kiss Alive" features live tracks off their first 3 albums of which "DTK" and "HTH" are part of. Joseph M. Dakes AT&T Bell Laboratories Reading, PA rduxb!jmd P.S. I hardly believe that Ace is the greatest guitarist, though. Does anyone know what happened to him since he left the band?