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Re: The Well XLVII: Hide your chickens, cause Butch is 'bout to start pickin!
Long story, but let's see if I can do this without writing an epic. In the early 1980's, I was playing Prog Rock and Fusion; but the technical aspect of it started getting sterile to me. I had a friend who was a drummer and he played a lot of Classic Rock. He was also a Jeff Porcaro fan. We would jam together on Toto stuff and just have a great time. A few months later, he came to my house and said he wanted to play Country. I just about showed him the door. I loathed Country. All I knew about Country was Telecasters and really clean, cheesy guitar.
He kept on though. I went to his house at his begging and he took me next door to a mutual friend's house. Our mutual friend was a very very god guitarist who mainly played Blues and Rock. Not a speedy player but he could burn it up with 3 notes. Anyway, I sat there and he put on an album that would change my life. It was an Albert Lee album. He just put it on and let it play. When I asked what guitar he was playing, my friend said, Do you like the tone?" I said yes. He said it was probably a 53 Tele. I was shocked but knew what was up. I had to be able to do that. I had found a way to play the technical Fusion and play Country too.
Enter the 1990's. I was much more of a Blues guy and Larry Carlton player. Then I head Brent Mason. It was like refreshing my love for Albert Lee all over. But at that time, I was older and was looking for more. Then I found Jerry Donahue, Danny Gatton, and others. So it's possible for me to like playing the music that I don't like to listen to.
Roy Clark was my very first guitar hero. I was watching Hee Haw one night and he played "Caravan" with an electric guitar. I was blown away. I loved Tom Sholz and EVH back in those days too. Tom Sholz's tone on "Don't Look Back" was soooo cool and he used a Les Paul. Ace used a Les Paul. At that time, there was no cooler guitar.
Originally posted by J Moose
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He kept on though. I went to his house at his begging and he took me next door to a mutual friend's house. Our mutual friend was a very very god guitarist who mainly played Blues and Rock. Not a speedy player but he could burn it up with 3 notes. Anyway, I sat there and he put on an album that would change my life. It was an Albert Lee album. He just put it on and let it play. When I asked what guitar he was playing, my friend said, Do you like the tone?" I said yes. He said it was probably a 53 Tele. I was shocked but knew what was up. I had to be able to do that. I had found a way to play the technical Fusion and play Country too.
Enter the 1990's. I was much more of a Blues guy and Larry Carlton player. Then I head Brent Mason. It was like refreshing my love for Albert Lee all over. But at that time, I was older and was looking for more. Then I found Jerry Donahue, Danny Gatton, and others. So it's possible for me to like playing the music that I don't like to listen to.
Originally posted by Wattage
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