Posted on 08/25/2008 5:07:54 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand
Not everyone's drinking the Kool-Aid these days.
Larry Carlton, a guitar player's guitar player, happened to be doing a series of shows in Chelsea this weekend, at the Blue Note.He played masterfully for an hour and a half, with a pick-up bassist (can't recall his name) and drummer (Billy Kilson, "one of the world's best," according to Mr. Carlton) . It was a rather smoothy-jazzy affair, without the ass-kicking solo work I'd hoped to hear, but after all it was a Sunday night, 8pm show (for those unfamiliar with Larry Carlton, he's the ace that played the great solo on the great "Kid Charlemagne" by Steely Dan).
At one point, Mr. Carlton, who is called "Mr. 335" after his signature axe, but could also just as fittingly be called the nicest guitar player alive, encouraged a little audience participation. He asked us to think of a name for the tune they were about to play.
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Glad to see this. Larry Carlton is my favorite guitarist. His version of “Minute by Minute” is the coolest. Spend 99 cents and download it over at Amazon.
A true gentleman.
A great mind works his hands.
...and the train only goes by the Potemkin villages.
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