are well worth checking out, what always made them worth hearing was Alvin’s stellar guitar playing.
He “shot to fame” following his performance at Woodstock and his performance was an essential part of the documentary of the event. He was personified by 'lightning-fast' playing
It was said that “Lee was named "the fastest guitarist in the West" and considered a precursor to shred-style playing that would develop in the 1980s.”
I would suggest that Miller is the very epitome of “not the usual suspects”. He’s a Scottish guitarist and is the very definition of a wandering minstrel, having played with a huge number of artists as well as in his own right.
Starting off working with Ian Hunter in the 1960s. I mention this because Ian refers to Miller on the track All American Alien Boy ("well I remember all the good times me and Miller enjoyed, up and down the M1 in some luminous yo-yo toy").
Apart from pursuing his solo career, he was a member of the Keef Hartley Band, which is where I first heard him. I also saw him guesting with the Strawbs at a gig on London many years ago. He was brilliant.
Eddie was an American guitarist and singer who played lead guitar with Parliament & Funkadelic, very much, to me anyway, in the vain of Jimi Hendrix as a guitarist. Probably the heaviest guitar sound in the whole of funk / soul history. A giant of the genre.
Along with George Clinton & Billy Nelson they became the driving force behind Funkadelic one of, if not, my favourite funk outfit of all time
The first three Funkadelic albums, Funkadelic (in 1970), Free Your Mind... and Your Ass Will Follow (also in 1970) and Maggot Brain (in 1971) were an immense undertaking and a creative high for the band. All three albums prominently featured Hazel's guitar work. His ten-minute guitar solo on the song "Maggot Brain" is one of the greatest solos of all time on any instrument. He appeared periodically on many other Parliament and Funkadelic albums
Eddie also worked with the Temptations on the albums 1990 (in 1973) and A Song for You (in 1975). Two of my favourite Temptations albums
All in all, he has featured heavily in my funk / soul journey
There was a huge amount of interaction here and then, for some reason, I stopped posting and it died. So, I've stuck this thread on life support and am going to start posting again.
I'm kicking off with Roy Buchanan and am just in the process of writing a piece on him
To whet your appetite, here are a couple of his tracks that I love
Beck dedicated his version of "Cause We've Ended As Lovers" from Blow by Blow to him. Honestly, anyone who influenced Jeff Beck, possibly the greatest guitarist of all time, is worthy of your attention.
If you can find it there is a documentary made in 1971 called Introducing Roy Buchanan, AKA The Best Unknown Guitarist in the World.
Was the person that made the Stones the greatest band in the world.
In addition to the Stones, this guy worked with everyone and I mean everyone. John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Little Feat, Ten Years After, Carla Olsen, Mike Oldfield, Mark Knopfler and Bob Dylan to name drop just a few
As a member of the Stones, he appeared on Let It Bleed, Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main St., Goats Head Soup, It's Only Rock 'n Roll, and Tattoo You. Let’s face it, the golden age for the Rolling Stones. Were the Stones ever better than this> Coincidence? I think not
So what made Mick so special. He brought elements of Latin music and jazz to his playing and you only have to hear Can’t You Hear Me Knocking, more on that later, to appreciate what a great, great guitarist he was. He was also multi-talented as he was also a great slide guitar player
As a 17-year-old Micks first success came with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, following two of the all time greats in the band, Eric Clapton and Peter Green, and he did it seamlessly apparently. That’s the measure of the man
Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash states that Taylor has had the biggest influence on him.
I could go on and on about Mick but it’s probably easiest to show you so I’m going to post a few YouTube videos of him. Judge for yourself
According to one source on Wiki, "The entire track was captured in one take, with the jam being a happy accident; the band had assumed the tape machine had been stopped, and were surprised to find the entire session had been captured. Originally, they were going to end the song before the jam started, but were so pleased with the jam that they decided to keep it in."
For me, this is the standout track from sticky fingers and quite rightly gets a 100 / 100 from me. It’s seven minutes of pure genius and happy coincidence. Spontaneous joy and raw playing. You have to love the latin feel to the second half of the track led my Mick Taylor.
The song opens with one of Keith Richards' most iconic riffs, and is one of my favourite guitar openers of all time.
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