Re: (TV) Keith, Sterling, and Fred "Sonic" Smith

[Noah Lopez <noahl@U.Arizona.EDU>]

Without the album in front of me, I can't remember who plays
what solos on "Back in the USA", and I'm a little foggy on
which solo accompanies what song...but the solos for things
like "Looking at You" (just a trembly note by note ascension
of a minor scale, but played as though the earth was
exploding) just amaze me. How can you explain the majestry
of guitar playing like that to the standard "Hendrix/Clapton
are the greatest" believers?

Noah


> straight funky rhythm. And let's not forget Fred "Sonic" Smith who could
> easily
> blow Wayne Kramer out of the water with his soloing. Only Fred had the good
> common
> sense that had he not played the rhythm the whole bottom would've fallen out
> which
> it did when Fred did his occasional solo. Any doubter need only to hear one
> of the
> two Sonic'c Rendezvous Band CD's to hear just how brilliant Fred was on
> guitar.
> See ya, M T C
> 
> >i'd say lloyd deserves a hell of a lot of credit for not being afraid to
> >play a mean rhythm guitar & to play support to verlaine,,,same goes for ivan
> >julien.
> >alotta the verlaine/quine/n young/r thompson-inspired "lead" guitarists i've
> >known & played with never seem to grasp the idea that the rhythm is the
> >fundamental....
> >not accusing verlaine or quine (esp. not quine) of perpetual doodling, but
> >it seems they've spawned legions of said lead men. 
> >
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> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: AndrewMFC@aol.com [mailto:AndrewMFC@aol.com]
> >Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 11:32 AM
> >To: tv@obbard.com
> >Subject: Re: (TV) Sweet's picks for guitar, guitarists make a difference
> >
> >
> >I knew my hypothetical ordering of the three gods of New York might arouse 
> >some interest!  I did that deliberately, actually  ;-).  It's a funny 
> >thing... as a struggling crap guitarist myself, I look at Verlaine and Quine
> >
> >and say "Jesus, these guys are incredible," but dismiss entirely the idea 
> >that I could ever competently mimic their work, especially the lead parts.  
> >With Lloyd though, I tend to think," what a great part he plays there -- 
> >fucking perfect -- I wish I knew TO play that!"  which to me is quite a 
> >different proposition from "I wish I COULD play that."   Esoteric
> >distinction 
> >perhaps, but one I find myself making all the time.
> >To be honest, Tom Verlaine is like Paganini to me -- an absolute virtuoso, 
> >and with apologies to Andy Gill, hands down my favorite rock instrumentalist
> >
> >ever.  But I still want to sound like Lloyd!  Odd?  probably....
> >
> >Andrew
> >
> >n a message dated 01/28/2000 11:39:47 AM Central Standard Time, 
> >scott.aldrich@worldnet.att.net writes:
> >
> >> I agree it would be a better world if Sweet had made those choices(and
> >more
> >>  appropriate, since he has used 2 out of 3 on his own records - not to
> >>  disparage the ones he did choose, of course, they're great to be sure),  
> >but
> >>  I'm just curious, you'd put Lloyd on top of Quine and Verlaine? I think
> >>  Lloyd's a great player, no doubt, but I would argue he has not had as
> >>  profound an impact on lead guitar as either Verlaine or Quine. I love his
> >>  playing (been listening to "Alchemy" and Sweet's "Altered Beast" all day
> >>  today in fact-great stuff), but when I hear Tom or Quine, to me they
> >sound
> >>  like almost noone else. What do you think?
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