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That was certainly true by 1973 but Keith was playing alot of standard tuning stuff during the '72 tour but mostly open G by '73.Quote
71Tele
It had to do mainly with him going into a heavy Open G rhythm phase starting in '72 and Mick T. at the same time took over straight lead. It's very difficult to switch because the scale for lead guitar is harder to play in Open G and he also didn't want to disrupt the rhythm part, so many songs wound up with Taylor playing the solo.
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milliondollarsad
I always assumed it was Taylor on lead on the studio Dead Flowers because I couldn't imagine Keith play a solo that lifeless. Sort of sounds like Mick T going out of his comfort zone and playing countryish licks without much feel.
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Tumblin_Dice_07
We've had this discussion about the "Dead Flowers" solo before. It's Taylor. Keith plays some fills, but Taylor plays the solo. Taylor himself says so.
I don't really know why some people think it's Keith. To me, just judging by the style of play, I'm 100% sure it's Taylor.
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71Tele
It had to do mainly with him going into a heavy Open G rhythm phase starting in '72 and Mick T. at the same time took over straight lead. It's very difficult to switch because the scale for lead guitar is harder to play in Open G and he also didn't want to disrupt the rhythm part, so many songs wound up with Taylor playing the solo.
That was certainly true by 1973 but Keith was playing alot of standard tuning stuff during the '72 tour but mostly open G by '73.
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Tumblin_Dice_07
We've had this discussion about the "Dead Flowers" solo before. It's Taylor. Keith plays some fills, but Taylor plays the solo. Taylor himself says so.
I don't really know why some people think it's Keith. To me, just judging by the style of play, I'm 100% sure it's Taylor.
maybe because the tone sounds like keith's, not taylor's?
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ChrisM
Tumblin', you observations on the mixes on Sticky Fingers, Exile and Layla are interesting. From my own standpoint though, it has always been easy to distinguish Keith from Mick in so far as guitar goes except in the case of 'Dead Flowers' which to my ears had elements of both Keith and Mick's playing styles. The same goes for the Laya. As you mentioned, the differences in style between Duane and Eric were fairly well pronounced but so were the guitar tones. The out of phase sound that Eric gets with the Strat is unmistakable, as the mid range tone with Duane's Les Paul.