Sloppy players who kick ass

[VitaminG]

that would be Kim Thayil of Soundgarden. Ron Thal is in Bumblefoot.

[horns666]

Thank you Gary..My singer worships them..turned me onto them..I only have "badmotorfinger"..

Thanks for the clear up..

OK KIm Thayil it is!!!

[horns666]

I love Jerry Cantrell..he's a fuggin' writing guru..

but I'm going to put him in this catagory..not a great technician, or monster player..but damn..it's Jerry Cantrell..he can do no wrong in my book!!

[jjw]

G...I got one..

seriously..

your boy...Vernon Reid..

I always thought the solo of "cult of personality" was pure %100 slop..but so many people loved that!!

cool tune, great band..good player...don't know much of his current stuff..

was he mentioned..??

yeahh the mags at the time said he was amazing for doing that solo!That solo is garbage,pure and simple-he can play the guitar well apart from solos!

[Grandturk]

Thank you Gary..My singer worships them..turned me onto them..I only have "badmotorfinger"..

All you need is Ultramega OK, Louder Than Love and Badmotorfinger. They went downhill after that, IMO.

I saw Living Colour open for the Stones in '89 at Shea. Talk about a trainwreck - they had everything going against them - they were sloppy, the crowd was not into them and the sound was shite.

[MBreinin]

I have seen Vernon Reid live twice, and he was not too sloppy when I saw him. I would call it more like, controlled chaos...I think his whole soloing style is to sound intentionally like a trainwreck...since he is from that experimental jazz background. He can motor like a motherfucker though, let me tell you...and he can play an organized, not quite discordant, solo when he wants to.

Mike

[Endrik]

I love Jerry Cantrell..he's a fuggin' writing guru..

but I'm going to put him in this catagory..not a great technician, or monster player..but damn..it's Jerry Cantrell..he can do no wrong in my book!!

Jerry is one of the few grunge dudes who was a huge fan of 80's guitar heroes and he didn't dissed them like Kurt from Shitvana and the others.

[horns666]

Yeah.I saw AIC open for VH on the FUCK tour..nobody knew or cared who they were..nobody was sitting in their seats..all out taking a pee or buying beer..

The whole stadium was friggin' empty..I was blown away by these guys.."Man in the box" just hit the radio..it was still pretty new..

I guess Jerry and Ed became good friends during that time and Ed gave Jerry like five 5150 stacks and some Ernie Ball geetars..I remember reading that..

[MBreinin]

When AIC hit the streets I really dug it. It was "new" but there was alot of good old fashioned metal in there...and Cantrell has great tone and really good bluesy chops. I think they really peaked with "Dirt" that record is still almost a daily listen while at work...great stuff. I would have liked to have seen them. Never got the chance.

Mike

[Superfly]

no one tops Page on the acoustic, for sheer creativity and incredible hooks, no one is even in the same ballpark.

I beg to differ my friend....
Scope this cat out...He passed away of Cancer a few years back.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgKB8zG5qP0


Check out some of his other stuff as well.
The BEST acoustic player ever IMHO....

[horns666]

wow I never saw that Michael Hedges dude, I heard of him..that's sorta like my bass tappin' stuff..

just like Jeff Berlin and Stu Hamm..I seen Stanley Jordan do that kind of stuff on his aluminum neck Kramer..but I never saw it done on a acoustic before..that's pretty amazing shit..

Is that a his own design..I never saw an acoustic like that before..

[nateb]

I beg to differ my friend....
Scope this cat out...He passed away of Cancer a few years back.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgKB8zG5qP0


Check out some of his other stuff as well.
The BEST acoustic player ever IMHO....

Actually he died in a car accident.... Very sad. You are right, and I agree with you on his playing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hedges

-Nate

[Superfly]

WOW.... All this time i thought he died of cancer. A friend had told me that and after seeing some pics of his last few months before he died, i took it as truth. Learn something new every day. Thanks bro !

[Superfly]

wow I never saw that Michael Hedges dude, I heard of him..that's sorta like my bass tappin' stuff..

just like Jeff Berlin and Stu Hamm..I seen Stanley Jordan do that kind of stuff on his aluminum neck Kramer..but I never saw it done on a acoustic before..that's pretty amazing shit..

Is that a his own design..I never saw an acoustic like that before..

It's called a harp guitar Bill...

http://www.harpguitars.net/

Would LOVE to own one although i wouldn't know what the hell to do with it

[toejam]

I've got Michael Hedges' Aerial Boundaries cassette somewhere. Awesome album! I remember winning some Windham Hill Records sampler album at my high school, like '86 or so, and the one song that really stuck out was Aerial Boundaries, so I had to pick that one up. Just amazing!