Jesse Taylor, RIP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiBbXGTk59c
Posted on 05/28/2008 5:10:29 PM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD
Is he still performing dead?
Stanley Jordan
Jesse Taylor, RIP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiBbXGTk59c
And I'll bet he loved every minute of that.
Always enjoyed Bowie's guitarists.
The guys who played on Robert Palmer's "Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley" had the rhythm down pat.
The soloist Hugh Burns on "Waiting for the Day" by Gerry Rafferty.
Amos Garret played the solo on "Midnight at the Oasis" by Maria Muldaur and it is one of the finest solos anywhere, anytime, ever.
Since no one else seems to have mentioned Keith Richards and Ron Wood, I'll do it, because they're pros and they set the standard for rock and roll rhythm guitarists.
Well, she was in her early forties, fit, chatty and very attractive.
Mrs. Joe has my heart and knows it!
She also knows that I enjoy just “flirting”. I have not told her this story yet, but she will bust a gut when I tell her!
I agree on Albert King. I like him a lot better than B.B.
That's the whole problem with that band, whatsitsname, one of these guys is supposed to the lead guitarist.
Also, check out Justin Adams who plays with Robert Plant. Superb!
This is a great photo.
They worship greatness in the abstract, detest it in the flesh.
Nothing wrong with a little flirting here & there.... I do it all of the time, and hubby knows what I’m all about.... I flirted with Chris Plante bigtime last summer when I met him at that WMAL meet & greet....
All this talk about Rick Nielsen made me go downstairs to the basement to my records/cassettes/CD box and dust off Cheap Trick’s Greatest Hits CD.... I cannot tell you how satisfying it is to listen to “Surrender” and “Dream Police” while washing the dishes right now....
God, I miss the 80’s!
I don't mean to butcher your sacred cow or anything, but really, musically, in terms of not just technique (which clearly must be at least spec) but about feel?
What am I missing?
Joe,
You’ll laugh your arse off at this:
‘Bill Clinton’ jammin’ with Cheap Trick in 2006 —
Starts at 5:27....
Check out Bubba’s ‘solo’ during “Dream Police”, at minute 7:55!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvO3OGPygHE&NR=1
Most likely because when Bun was already a star all these other "drummers", like Lars Ulrich, Tommy Lee, Rikki Rocket et. al. were still shifting brown in their diaper. All those 80's bands built their careers on Cheap Trick's blend of British Invasion melodies and melodies and hard rock.
LOL! I will have to try that. Also, “Jessica” by the Allman Bros.
Good question.
Really, it’s not that you’re missing anything.
For years I used to at least pretend to eschew blue-eyed soul, bubblegum and powerpop because I was above it, it wasn’t cool or all that hip. Basically, even when I was “cool” I used to be fenced in by what other people thought of about my choice in music.
Cheap Trick is really just a very good powerpop band, no more, no less.
Rick Nielson is a pretty good guitarist and one of the biggest hams in the entertainment industry. Carlos is merely a very steady 2/4 drummer, but he looks like he should be working in the produce section of your local grocery store. I will say that Robin Zander is an exceptional vocalist with a tremendous range.
Here’s the really cool part, and it’s something that I just happen to know about Cheap Trick from friends that know and have met them;
They make lots of money doing something that they love to do
They know that it makes lots of people happy and they enjoy that part of the job.
They know that they are the luckiest people on the planet to be doing it!
In today’s day and age of snotty celebs and rotten to the core and pretensious prima donas, who think they are special, better and above the people that they perform for Cheap Trick is a breath of fresh air.
I dig their tunes and I dig their tude. It ain’t rocket science ~ it’s just rock n’ roll! Carl Palmer, Dave Grohl, Stewart Copeland and Neil Pert are great, too, if you like hitting as many pieces of stuff in a 32nd of a second that you can. Not my thing. The rhythm should support and drive the elements of melody and harmony. Not capture our attention, in and of themselves.
I think that’s okay. But I’ll take the like of a merely adequate power drummer such as Bunn E. Carlos, Tom Ardolino and Ringo Starr, all the same.
I don't know about "these other drummers," cause I don't think I can recall a remarkable drummer from the '80s. I recall some very solid ones -- the guy from Heart, Steve Miller's drummer; the guy who played on Peter Gabriel's "So" (Manute Katch [sp?]); and Stewart Copeland was a master of the spartan syncopation, etc. But the 'eighties were sort the decade of the Guitar, and I think we owe a great deal of that to SRV.
Notwithstanding, to say that Cheap Trick was such a ubiquitous influence is big news to me indeed, and I was very much listening back then.
But, admittedly, not to a lot of Cheap Trick. So I have to digest this assertion of yours.
Back when Cheap Trick was charting, I was listening to WXRT in Chicago, which back then was the coolest. Heard Lene Lovitch, David Johansen, all sorts of names that no FReeper would admit to digging. But I dug 'em all, 'cause for me, it's all about the music.
I will say that "I want you to want me" brings back great memories and is a very creditable live tune with some beautiful, racy guitar licks by Mr. Nielson. And the interaction with the audience is precious. It was a good time on vinyl.
Plus, my sister picked up a guitar pick at a Cheap Trick show with Neilson's unmistakeable mug on it. That was probably 30 years ago, and I remember how cool I thought that was -- it was like, "yeah, this guy's hamming it up and it's fun."
I just didn't understand why people say Bun E Carlos is a such a legendary drummer.
I played a little kit, and I know who I like, and it is NOT all about speed -- I like Buddy Rich and I like Ringo Starr. But I can't bring myself to say that Ringo Starr is legendary. He's a founding father, that's for sure, and not standing out can speak volumes about talent, too. But I just don't hear surpassing mastery of the medium.
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