Re: (TV) How good a guitarist is Jimmy Rip?

[Russ <russvr@gmail.com>]

Ditto on the RFtT record! Ditto Jimmy's originality though I don't
think I have studied him as closely as you have, Rex. The MfF stuff
(hope it comes out on CD, I have the Kino DvD) is brilliant and any
one I have ever turned on to it agrees as well.
-Russ

On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Rex Broome <rexbroome@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 6:54 AM, leif joley <leifjoley@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> - Is Rip merely a good session player and an imitator of any style, which
>> could mean a "hack musician"?
>>
>> - Or does he have his own idiosyncrasies in playing? Could we expect an
>> addition of... something else than a Lloyd input? Not necessarily anything
>> better -- but different?
>
>
> Jimmy's a fuckin'-a good guitarist.  Check out boots of Tom's solo shows.
>  I've only heard bits here and there of his other work; the impression one
> gets is that he's more versatile than Tom (as is Richard) but has a very
> distinctive counterpoint style that he deploys when working with Tom (as
> does/did Richard), and that style is different from Richard's: if anything,
> it's more prone to call-and-response type fills, sort of dub-like flourishes
> (especially on those killer live versions of "Clear It Away") and
> Quine-style skronk, although he also does approach blues and roots styles
> ever so slightly more frequently than Richard (who is of course brilliant at
> that kind of thing but stayed well clear of it in Television).
>
> Anyway, as a huge fan of Tom's solo records and live work with Jimmy, I
> think we can expect a Television that is still very collaborative on the
> guitar side and in inventive and exciting ways.  Having the band excited to
> be working together again is more than half the battle.  It will be
> interesting to see if Jimmy gets any major solos on record (I don't think he
> did on Tom's solo stuff) but I think we can rest assured that Jimmy's
> content with his role as defined in the band, which is a good thing.  If I
> had to guess I'd say he's wanted the gig for years.
>
> Actually, writing that bit about Richard above reminded me that there's
> meant to be a new RFTT album with Richard soon... which is pretty damned
> exciting!
>
> -Rex
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