How come my guitar hero didn't dress up in funny clothes?

At least this player looks good in a dress:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8u12iqQPJQ

How come my guitar hero didn't dress up in funny clothes?

Mine did:

My man Frank never did anything half Windsor'd.

That illustration looks like what they put over Saddam's neck...  Except the discomfort isn't over as quick.

I became aware of Mr Gatton when a friend who owned a record store called me at our bicycle shop one day and frantically said you have to come down and buy a CD I just got in stock.

He had received 2 copies of Redneck Jazz Explosion... he kept one and he wanted me to have the other.

It blew my mind!!!! Full throttle.

Thanks Steve!

That Cat's the real thing!

I'm confused... I was commenting on your link to the Brian Setzer video... I was appreciating the fact that "That Cat's the real thing!".

:-)

I saw the Stray Cats once in a small hall.

By coincidence I once dined at a restaurant in Hollywood where he was sitting at the next table. Nice guy.

I also saw the Brian Setzer Orchestra one night at a small club and it was astonishing.

He gave me a pick that night.

A good friend of mine did live sound (for 5 years running) for the Christmas show by Brain Setzer and his Orchestra.

Got to see them three of those five times. Fun show.

Oh boy they are coming out of the wood work now.

Adrian Legg is a monster!

Joe Pass is an alien from outer space! I actually was watching the Satin Doll video this morning but didn't want to get tagged as an elitist old fart jazz guy so I figured I'd stay under the radar.

Thanks for the great links!

mike_mccue


I actually was watching the Satin Doll video this morning but didn't want to get tagged as an elitist old fart jazz guy so I figured I'd stay under the radar.

Thanks for the great links!

Ah c'mon Mike, was that supposed to be directed at me? Sounds it man. You'd only be tagged "an elitist old fart jazz guy" if you downed other styles and told the people you downed "you're just not intelligent enough to understand jazz". Since I've never heard you make a mention of that, I'd say you're the furthest from an elitist. Share away. :)

rhynosynth


I love these kid of threads. I enjoyed all the clips above. Thanks for posting

Danny does have a nice pink shirt on the fist clip.

 Here's a couple of my favorite plug and play hero's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd4uVwxsSHk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyjQv52Nzno 

Wow that Cajan thing was cool and Joe Pass is one of my favorites.  I love this one with him and Roy Clark.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoRq1JAwHJg
Don't feel bad Danny my appreciation for guys like these by no means detracts from my appreciation for great Hard Rock and Metal guitarist such as yourself, to me it's all good and like a whole other instrument all together. I think perhaps all to often some folks misinterpret other folks tastes as them feeling elitist about about what they do. I also like most of the guitarist that you have mentioned except for one, Steve Vai. I have respect for the technicality of what he does, I just hate the way it sounds, the modes he uses..it all just seems like heartless noise to me after a bit. But I can hear the parts of your style that sound influenced by him that I find quite pleasant and unique I like hearing Steve Vai through your heart. I can think of a few other folks that has been influenced by folks that I'm not a fan of but I sure like what they took with them...Bapu's a fan of Frank Zappa...I am not, but I sure like the Frank in Bapu. I just love guitar, country, classical, metal, flamenco, it's all good. I love this every bit as much http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8FG7WVZUyg
 

Danny Danzi

mike_mccue


I actually was watching the Satin Doll video this morning but didn't want to get tagged as an elitist old fart jazz guy so I figured I'd stay under the radar.

Thanks for the great links!

Ah c'mon Mike, was that supposed to be directed at me? Sounds it man. You'd only be tagged "an elitist old fart jazz guy" if you downed other styles and told the people you downed "you're just not intelligent enough to understand jazz". Since I've never heard you make a mention of that, I'd say you're the furthest from an elitist. Share away. :)

Naw Danny, I thought you might one day... but I think you'd know it when you did and admit doing it... because you are a stand up guy!!!

If anything, I'm amalgamating a few different people's specific comments into one unified generalized comment that reflects my insecurities about being old, farty, and into jazz. :-)

BTW, I don't buy the "you're just not intelligent enough to understand jazz" fusion stuff either... I do think you have to develop and ear for later jazz... because it is built on older song forms that become barely recognizable if you don't know them inside and out.

By the time you have to start justifying kludged together song forms and disharmony with verbal excuses while calling it fusion.... I don't think it's jazz any more. So, personally, I just step back from that discussion... it is not about anything I am interested in.... I must not be smart enough for that stuff. :-)



all the best,
mike

George Benson? I was going to go with Wes Montgomery to cover that style... but that link above... WOW the band is just so, well, FANTASTIC. The drummer and bass player are killing it.

I wonder if it's obvious that Mr. Benson is laying back and playing it straight, simple, and slow for the sake of the song?


Guthrie Govan seems to really have it all, but I have to admit I wish he'd employ a tone that was a beautiful as the melodies he explores... and sometimes I don't understand why he can't work with the rhythm section a bit more integrally...  or find a rhythm section that can keep up and contribute to the whole of the song. It also seems to me that a player such as he depends on the highly compressed tone for sustain on the fastest tap passages but that that tone detracts from the soulful expression of the the more melodious stuff he plays. I guess that is why I was linking examples of guys that play lightning fast without all the compression and saturated odd ordered harmonics... to display the idea that fast playing and fret board competence doesn't have to be associated exclusively with a tone that seems less than ideal at times. If that makes sense?


all the best,
mike

  So now you're lifting the right cheek?  Now that's high class I'm going to have to practice that.