Category #0 SUBMISSIONS: All the best are owned by someone else

Re: Category #0 SUBMISSIONS: All the best are owned by someone else

jeremy said:
go back to early electric blues guys like muddy, t-bone and wolf. they wore suits. i dont see a problem with joe wearing a suit. as far as playing rory's strat... should it just sit in a museum or would rory want it to be on stage? duanes gold top gets played every so often, derek trucks has used it, warren haynes has used it, lee roy parnell has used it too. i love duane but i dont see an issue with that guitar seeing stage time
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ArtieToo said:
I can understand that, but I can't help but imagine that Rory, Stevie, Danny, et al, would prefer to have their instruments continue to make music. Now, if the player was some grunge-band-wannabe, who wanted to plaster it with Metallica stickers, then no. But I bet Joe would treat that thing with the utmost respect.
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Like I said, those guitars probably have more than a couple of songs left in them. But for some reason I didn't get the vibe that Bonamassa is the right person to play Rory's Strat. Their demeanor and approach to the instrument is worlds apart, so it kinda feels incongruous. Not my place to decide anyways.

As for the Allman thing, there's a direct lineage there. The guitar is basically "in the family", so to speak, and in that kind of situation it doesn't feel out of place at all.

I don't know, it's not a rational thing at all so I can't really form a coherent argument for or against. There's no right or wrong here. But the way I look at it, it's kind of like...if I owned a Stradivarius violin and loaned it out every now and then I wouldn't just lend it to any prestigious violinist. I'd look for something that goes beyond just "yeah, that guy's/girl's real good".
 
Re: Category #0 SUBMISSIONS: All the best are owned by someone else

This is a real toss up for me... First, I love the iconic guitar/player tandems.. Willie and Trigger, Rory and the strat. And although I like having multiple guitars, I honestly wish I could settle on that "one" soulmate, that I could learn all of its nuances and be able to make it obey all of my commands. Where I toe the line is with these iconic guitars.. Part of me feels it's wrong for someone else to be playing those guitars.. HOWEVER, it's also a shame for these wonderful pieces to forever collect dust too. Kinda like a woman.. You may get sick of her and not want to be with her anymore, but don't want some other dude groping her either. So, for these guitars, Im very divided on this issue..

I think Joe is a great player and a great ambassador for the blues and guitars in general.. He believes they were meant to be played. I wonder how many amazing guitars like 59 lps are on display different places or locked in vaults and not having any music being played on them? Probably 90% of the ones left out there.. So kudos to him for that. And yes, seems strange seeing him playa guitar like Rory's, but he is celebrating that guitar. Also seems a shame to lock it away.. Which is right?? hard call. Seems they should be celebrated and played tho.

Obviously, Id cringe seeing some spoiled little teenager whose daddy has deep pockets own a guitar like Rorys and go out and thrash it around playing skate punk or something, But someone like Joe, who holds the instrument in reverence.. Not so much..

Kirk... another I don't know.. I listen to the old stuff, like Master of Puppets (one of my all time fav songs) and Im pretty impressed. Listen too him now and its just the same wah drenched drivel.. But, I have to remember, that he may be fast, but there isn't much soul behind it.
So yeah, seems a waste for him to have have a special guitar like that.
 
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