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anyone else think erik should be banned again?

Obviously "one"

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hound dog taylor, who was quoted as saying "i can't play shite, but i can sure make it sound good." that's sorta what slide playing is all about....

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hound dog taylor, who was quoted as saying "i can't play shite, but i can sure make it sound good." that's sorta what slide playing is all about....

I would never say this out of fear of showing my ignorance, but that is how I feel about slide playing. I cannot remember if I ever heard someone who was a terrible slide player. Seems like everyone is passable and some are truly exceptional.

In '72 Taylor played two solos on LIV, the first was slide, the second was fingers. It is always the second solo that knocks me out.

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Here's one from leftfield-Paul McCartney-based on his performance at 12/12/12 with Nirvana. That's one nasty sounding little geetar Pauly's a-playin' there! Nothing wrong with his slide skills. Can anyone put it up?

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that is pedal steel which is a different instrument....

its a guitar lying on its back

A pedal steel has as much to do with a guitar as a violin with a harp.

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let me use this opportunity to give my annual plug to ex-nighthawk jimmy thackery....one of the greatest players ever...slide or otherwise.

I used to work with Jimmy's wife Sally many years ago in DC. I wasn't familiar with The Nighthawks then, I remember Sally talking about her husband the musician. The Nighthawks were very big in the DC area, I haven't followed what Jimmy's been up to since then and I lost touch with Sally when I left the company where we both worked.

cool. you ever heard the tales of the nighthawks and GT & the Destroyers playing in clubs across the street from one another? let me know if you want me to finish the story...

Well of course T&A, you can't leave me hanging on those...

they would synch-up around midnight and both bands would play elmo's madison blues (slide guitars a-blazin', mind you)....george and jimmy would meet up in the middle of the street and switch guitar cables and then head into the opposite club, never missing a beat along the way. awesome stuff. i have a new year's eve broadcast from one of these...

when the nighthawks played a show in eugene at the wow hall in the early 80's, jimmy (playing a wireless, obviously) wandered out one exit during madison blues....never missed a beat/note....and a few minutes later came back in the opposite entrance, having just completed a trip around the block. the wow hall was indeed wowed.

jimmy's a master slide guy....during a show, he'll often grab a patron's beer bottle and play side with that for a tune...

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Here's one from leftfield-Paul McCartney-based on his performance at 12/12/12 with Nirvana. That's one nasty sounding little geetar Pauly's a-playin' there! Nothing wrong with his slide skills. Can anyone put it up?

Some of the best guitar solos on Beatles records were actually played by Paul. George couldn't quite get the hang of the lead lines for one of his own songs [Taxman], so Paul stepped in and played the lead guitar. That's also Paul on the opening title track to Sgt. Pepper, playing bass, rhythm, and lead guitar--eight arms to hold you indeed!