Re: (TV) Sweet's picks for guitar, guitarists make a difference

["Michael Olcsvary" <olcsvary@erols.com>]

Just for the record, in the Feb - Mar 1976 Trouser Press ( the first article
on Television I ever saw ), Tom says " I could play rhythm guitar for an
hour."
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From: "Keith Allison" <keith@marquee.demon.co.uk>
To: <tv@obbard.com>
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 2:53 PM
Subject: Re: (TV) Sweet's picks for guitar, guitarists make a difference


> Eric,
>
> I agree with you about rhythm guitarists. I remember an interview with
> Lennon when he claimed "Well, I play a mean rhythm guitar" as if it
> meant something - and it does. Keith Richards springs to mind, too.
>
> Re. Verlaine, I was reading through the "Ask Richard" section on Tom's
> site the other day and, in one of the replies, Lloyd points out that
> Verlaine was/is a terrific rhythm guitarist - one of the best, I think
> he said. He also said that he and Verlaine often got credit for each
> other's work on the Television stuff, so ...who knows..
>
> Regards,
>
> Keith
>
> In message <6F916C7B1D3BD21194FE00805FA7E47A0976B370@exchange1bg2>, Eric
> Gregory <egregory@standard.com> writes
> >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.
>
> --
> Keith Allison
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