RE: (TV) Richard T.

[bedwellm@WellsFargo.COM]

Richard Thompson anecdote:
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I was at the Guinness Fleahd (sp?) in San Jose one year. Richard Thompson
was playing solo in the tent, while Wilco was blazing away on the main
stage.
R.T. is quietly tuning his guitar...looks towards Wilco and yells
"It's in 'A!'"

	Micah 

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Joe Hartley [SMTP:jh@brainiac.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, March 15, 2000 5:36 PM
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> Subject:	Re: (TV) Richard T.
> 
> jpontrelli@nallmiller.com wrote:
> > Now you can play exactly like Richard Thompson in a matter of only
> > weeks!
> 
> Sheesh - I've been trying for years and I can't come close!  Now I
> know what I've been missing.
> 
> <<< WARNING - GUITAR GEEKS ONLY AHEAD >>>
> 
> RT's got this amazing ability to split his right hand between the index
> and middle fingers.  The thumb and index fingers work out the bass riffs
> while the other three fingers play the chords or melody.  He often tunes
> the low E and A strings down a whole step to more easily facilitate the
> bass lines.  The result is that it often sounds like two guitars playing
> together.  The amount of coordination required for this staggers me.
> 
> Never heard him?  Need an example?  I have for a limited time put an
> MP3 of his "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" up on my website at
>   http://zappa.brainiac.com/vbl.mp3
> 
> If you play, you gotta hear this.
> 
> 
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