Another fine guitarist!

[fringe_dweller]

Originally Posted by ngcles

Hi Fringe Dweller & All,

Oh dear, so there are individuals out there who are almost as sad as myself --I have to admit that I have my ticket stubs too.

yep I havent met anyone else who does that either , thankfully? hehe

Originally Posted by ngcles

No, Maggie couldn't have sung Moonlight Shadow. That was on the Crises album 1983 or 1984. But she did sing several bits where voice was needed on Five Miles Out -- Deep, deep sound etc, Ommadawn and a QE II track or two.

ahh your right Les, i was a little out of it at the time as per usual back then - could explain my memory your recollection is superb, I'm impressed!

Originally Posted by ngcles

Dunno about 20 gits, maybe 8 or 10, though the main one used was a deep red Gibson SG but he also had a Tele as well -- probably the instrument that was used to record most of Tubular Bells. All played through a big Fender twin.

i was gonna say 10-20 gits, but settld for latter as that was my hyper impression of it.

Originally Posted by ngcles

Steve Howe still plays occasionally with Yes but is now really into Jazz. He plays a lot of Jazz gigs.

I am aware of him for sure, specially from in Asia, theres lots of great players as you know

Originally Posted by ngcles

Virtually all my music is prog rock -- that is nothing to be ashamed off. I've a feeling our collections wold have a lot in common.

you could be right les, altho i never replaced everthing i had on tape or vinyl before CD's so dont currently have them all again, but thrashed them as a youngster

hows the amazing unknowns being discovered regularly on utube these days like this guy

http://youtube.com/watch?v=dt1fB62cGbo

theres a healthy crop comin through still

[fringe_dweller]

Originally Posted by ngcles

Forgot the scan of the programme

Les D

lol amazing! thats a keeper!
cheers!

[Outbackmanyep]

Originally Posted by fringe_dweller

wasnt it around the time of 'moonlight shadow' and Maggie Reilly was there that night, and sang it?

Maggie Reilly......what a voice she had hey! Nice sort too!

[DavidU (Dave)]

Irwin Thomas is a legend ! He used to be called Jack Jones and he's a Aussie.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=srM0K8NanLw

[ngcles]

Hi Outback & All,

Yep, Maggie has a sensational voice with an expansive range -- many have described it as being "angelic" sounding. The best thing I think she did with Mike was the Deep, Deep Sound on Five Miles Out.

Sadly, Maggie got the flick after the Crises album in favour of Anita what's-her-name who Mike subsequently married (and then later divorced).

"Nice sort" ? Well I guess if all that "teased out" day-glow red hair with a strong Glasgow accent is the sort of thing that floats your boat ...


Best,

Les D
Contributing Editor
AS&T

[fringe_dweller]

Originally Posted by ngcles

Hi Outback & All,

Y"Nice sort" ? Well I guess if all that "teased out" day-glow red hair with a strong Glasgow accent is the sort of thing that floats your boat ...

lol thousands of glaswegians can't be wrong? i wouldnt of kicked her out of the .. umm .. ermm .. you know back then and if i was single of course

ok, and what about pauline hanson being a pinup here at one time? please explain?

I guess what I am saying that struck me and stays in my mind with the gits on stage, was that they seemed to be a centre piece like the stars of the show or something, at the one I saw. They were prominent centre stage, where-as ive never seen that done like that again, usually handed to them by a techie from off stage? anyway i certainly remember the having a great time!

[merlin8r]

Just caught this thread after a long IIS absence. Yes, it was Snowy White on the Roger Waters "In the Flesh" DVD. Among other things you can see him in the guitar "duel" in the second solo of Comfortably Numb. He's on a Gibson, where the other guy (whose name I don't remember) plays a strat upside down! I've just started learning to play guitar, and it gives you a whole new perspective on how great some of these guitarists are. Not just the playing, but the composing as well. I get immense satisfaction bashing my way through "Wish You Were Here".

[Outbackmanyep]

hey merlin8r,
i know wish you were here quite well, it was one of the first i learnt to play, the first song i learnt was "brain damage" and still is one of my favs to play. I have trouble holding down the first 2 strings on the 3rd fret with my third finger playing wish you were here....the intro is ok and the chords are easy to remember too - C,D,Am,G / D,C,Am,G

[merlin8r]

Even easier is "Mother"... 3 chords in the verses, G, C and D. I'm still struggling with chord transition though, and Mother has some very quick ones.

[dmizen]

what about martin pugh ? steamhammer/armegeddon

[merlin8r]

Originally Posted by Outbackmanyep

hey merlin8r,
i know wish you were here quite well, it was one of the first i learnt to play, the first song i learnt was "brain damage" and still is one of my favs to play. I have trouble holding down the first 2 strings on the 3rd fret with my third finger playing wish you were here....the intro is ok and the chords are easy to remember too - C,D,Am,G / D,C,Am,G

The way I play it, fingers 3 and 4 hold down 1st and 2nd string on the 3rd fret, for the entire intro bit. Much easier.

[Outbackmanyep]

Originally Posted by merlin8r

Even easier is "Mother"... 3 chords in the verses, G, C and D. I'm still struggling with chord transition though, and Mother has some very quick ones.

Mother is an AWESOME song to play, i play it just about every night!
The transition for me initially was hard too, but it just gets easier and easier, i reckon 2 hrs a night and by the end of the month you'll have it down pat!

I like the D to C transition during the "ooooh baaaabe" part.......
The chord i HATE playing, since i have the classical nylon string guitar, is the B chord! My little finger isn't long enough in the first joint to bridge BGD strings on the 4th fret, I try to hold them down with each of my other 3 fingers! LOL, i have used the steel strings at my brothers place and its much easier with the narrower fret, and sounds better! (my guitar was a gift!)

Thanks for the WYWH tip! i'll try that tomorrow night!

Cheers!

[Outbackmanyep]

Originally Posted by dmizen

what about martin pugh ? steamhammer/armegeddon

Hi dmizen!
I don't know that artist too well, but i'm sure Fringe_Dweller would know Mr Pugh!
I might have a listen to his stuff myself!

Cheers!

[Roger Davis]

How about:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ilNISJTryxw
Eric Mongrain

[dmizen]

a bit of back ground - Armageddon was a collaboration of martin pugh [from steamhammer] keith relf [yardbirds] and bass player and drumer who end up in steamhammer via edgar and johnny winter.

when steamhammer collapsed one half went to rod stewart as steampacket (?) the other half plus keith relf formed armageddon and released an album titled armageddon which made no 75 in the us in 1975. the album was recored contempoaneously with led zepplins physical graffiti in adjoining studios, to my mind there are tracks on the armageddon album that sound like an amalgamation of the two bands, given jimmy pages connection with keith relf through the yardbirds and pages abilty to appear just about every where I would not be supprised if that was in fact the case.

steamhamer were big in europe approx 67-72 their biggest hit (which they wrote) is juniors wailing staus quo had a bigger hit with it early in their career.

if your interested both steamhammer and armageddon are available on cd via amazon

[fringe_dweller]

i find asking people what their favourite music/guitarist is like asking someone whats their favourite colour, its such an individual taste thing.
its what speaks to you that matters, and i like some less technical but soulful/spirited players as much as I like the musical multi instrumentalist prodigies

dmizen, i admit to not knowing Martin Pugh , altho i am reminded of an ozzie astro photographer with the same name
but it seems to me there are as many good and great guitarists as there are stars in the sky! but there is only one Sirius to me
I am and have been for decades a HUGE fan of the yardbirds, and ol one lung keith relf was an amazing front man, and an extremely underrated harmonica player IMO
i see micky waller played with steamhammer, he played with JB in the JBG with stewart and woods at one stage, a GREAT drummer, the old six degrees of seperation with brit 60's 70's players is more like 2 degrees of seperation at times lol!

[GrahamL]

yeah aside the huge unbelievably talented names there are some some obscure ones you'd never know of who very much help shape a lot of music around today.

[fringe_dweller]

ok here's a selection of some cool vids of geetarists i like

Warren Haynes aptly titled facemelter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMxG90vP-aU

joe bonamassa is very hot indeed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXGnyc539LY

Adrian Belew 3 of a Perfect Pair

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f30bFAaGcs

here's an example of some that arent virtuosos - but still hit the spot with heaps of character ect.ie keith richards ect. i am going thru a down an dirty mississipi hills country blues stage for last year or two (there used to be better vids but they are removed?) i love the hypnotic trancey repetitive riff stuff to, kenny brown the white guy on git

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgsC1WlAzWE

and throw this one in as he amazing too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3gMgK7h-BA

[fringe_dweller]

ok an aussie list

my fave hmmm could be ross hannaford in his 'ross hannaford trio' mode, one of my alltime favourite cd's is the self titled album from late 90's, with nicky bomba - hard to get now, he is playing adelaide git festival atm, diff line up tho

http://www.adelaideguitarfestival.co...S_PERSON_ID=65

all the obvious ones like ian moss (got his latest cd, damn nice )
tommy emmanuel ect. tho lots of em arent born here like acdc's angus young, dave hole.
two guitarist from cruel sea, charlie owen
I have always liked rose tattoo's pete wells (RIP) (i like the former bass players turned slide gitarist )

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=JyDjNIxnR0g

never been a fan of angry much, but i am just realising how much he sounds like rod stewart LOL, in his early days as a rocker! coz i read a blurb that said they were influenced by the faces, and i can hear it now! weird, and petes ron woods slide playing! bizarre

what about Brett Garsed? i like his stuff, plays with john farnham

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=WF9Sb-vdApc

thers more, cant think at mo tho

[GrahamL]

mick ronson was one i found worth a read on his life .

I have bumped a few comments by some of the huge names
emerging in the early 70 s giving the nod to mick as being a major
influence .

Bowie was an undeniable talent alone .. but his most succesfull time
was without doubt when mick was involved .. which is another part of a great talent i guess .. not only do you have to BE good but you need to spot others who are .

To lend a little to that notion drag out a copy of Lou Reeds transformer

lou was going nowhere special music wise .. until this recording.
read the credits and the question begs .. why would bowie go half way round the world and drag his bands guitarist into a recording studio and completely involve him in the arrangement /perfomance / production ??

mossy could be getting on a bit kearn ,my wife tells me he had to ring her twice for directions to her motel despite being nearlly out front