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["Casey, Leo J" <Leo.J.Casey@Volpe.dot.gov>]

Per (or anyone else), 

>As a guitarist I think this answer has it all. 
>It's as simple as that. 

I've gotta admit, unlike you Per, I'm disappointed  
in Richard's (ahem!) "answer".  It sounds just like 
something a Buddhist monk would say after you've 
climbed all the way up K-2 to ask him a question 
about existence (or for the answer to his koan).  

>But I understand if some of you gets confused. 
>**Can this really be the guy who always thinks 
>of high notes?**

Yes--I am confused----make that bewildered!
The guy who wrote that can NOT be Mr. Highnote; 
it's some god damn imposter whom Richard hired 
at $12 an hour to write fake answers to the 
hundreds  of questions people send every day 
to Richard's web-site, so that Richard can 
squeeze more guitar students into his schedule. 
(it's even possible given Richard's various 
technical inclinations that A.I. software he 
created prints out gives fake answers for 
$0/hour.) 

Richard wrote:
>I wouldn't want to stop any lively discussion 
>by providing answers to these questions.

Why you think Richard is being so coy here?  
Any theories on why he so secretive and 
doesn't want to explicitly (or even implicitly!) 
give us an answer (this is not a rhetorical 
question)?

Here's four plausible theories:

1) The true reason is very convoluted---it  
involves several different considerations, 
e.g., the truth could offend someone, or 
risk person(s) misinterpreting his real 
answer, thereby getting Richard into a lot 
of trouble.

2) Tom has told Richard to, under no 
circumstances, ever discuss this. For 
whatever reason, Tom has done a complete 
180: unlike the liner notes on their studio 
albums with the info on who plays the solo 
on each song, Tom now forbids the same info
be given out about live performances.

3) Age and bad habits have finally 
caught up with Tom (actually they  
caught up in 2002). The truth is that 
Tom can no longer play his guitar in 
a manner that meets his previous very 
high standards. This is primarily due 
to a combination of severe arthritis in 
his fingers and adequate oxygen not 
reaching his brain. 

So, since early in 2002, he just does the
vocals, and gives an incredible simulation 
of guitar playing on stage (his guitar is 
actually never plugged into his amp). As a 
result, Richard has to play both of their 
parts (solos and rhythm) simultaneously. 
This can eventually take its toll---even 
on Richard.  Sometimes on longer European 
tours, Richard's double-duty results 
in such exhaustion that Alan Licht is 
recruited to play Tom's parts behind a  
curtain.

4) Tom is actually dead; that's a 
beautiful robot you see (and hear) 
on-stage---again created by Richard 
and programmed to play perfect 
variations of Toms parts.

Whichever way you look at it, the fact 
that Richard won't give us a straight 
answer, is all Tom's fault.

	Leo



(PS: In the event I have offended anyone
----I know it an inadequate excuse but my 
mother had severe arthritis for 40 years.)
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