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(TV) Blue Aeroplanes



For anyone whose interested, the Blue Aeroplanes did a cover of Breakin in
my Heart in their show in London this week.

They are (or were) another seriously underrated band.

Cheers

Jeremy
----- Original Message -----
From: Sam Inglis <sam@sospubs.co.uk>
To: <tv@obbard.com>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: (TV) Keith, Sterling, and Fred "Sonic" Smith


> Some of my favourite guitarists are one trick ponies! How about Johnny
> Thunders, Mick Ronson, Neil Young... they all had only one trick, it just
> happened to be a very good one.
> And I'm not so sure about the importance of vibrato. It's a very blues
thing,
> and I kind of like the people who got away from that a bit -- Andy Gill,
for
> instance, doesn't really do vibrato, and Quine doesn't seem to use it
much. I
> don't remember Richard Thompson doing it very much either.
> One of the best guitarists around at the moment, I think, is Graham Coxon
from
> Blur. Very imaginative rhythm playing, and crosses over into solos in
clever ways.
> sam
>
> >
> > >     very easily, those trills and pull off's that Kramer does are a
cheap
> > > attempt at being a speed demon. Those are fundamental tricks that
every
> > > beginner
> > > guitarist learns. No more interesting than say, Alvin Lee
> > > or Mark farner from Grand Funk. Wayne is/was a one trick pony. He used
those
> > > trills and pull off's to death. Give me Fred "Sonic" Smith anyday. Not
even
> > > remotely close to the vibratos of Green, Hendrix, and even Richard
Lloyd.
> > > If you listen to Wayne Kramer, he has no vibrato in his guitar
playing. In
> > > essence, if you have no vibrato you're nothing. The vibrato is
everything
> > > and is what distinguishes one guitar player from the next. Otherwise,
how
> > > could
> > > they all fall in? M T C
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