(TV) More on Melodic or lack thereof

["Mark G. Ryan" <mgryan@cruzio.com>]

"Casey, Leo J" <CaseyL@VOLPE.DOT.GOV> wrote:
> 
>  "Somewhat mysteriously, Television was the most 
> widely touted band to emerge from the N.Y. New Wave. 
> But Marquee Moon showed the group as the exclusive project 
> of guitarist Tom Verlaine, an interesting Jerry Garcia influenced 
> guitarist who lacked melodic ideas or any emotional sensibility." 
> (Dave Marsh,  The Rolling Stone Record Guide )


That's harsh.  Unfair to Verlaine, everybody, esp. Richard Lloyd.  

If you didn't know any better, you'd get the idea from this
that Jerry Garcia was a figure in the N.Y New Wave scene. There's
an amusing picture...

Mark
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