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PhillyFAN
Not really fresh but this is from a year ago. He still can play incredibly.
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Stoneburst
Doxa, I was at that show. The best bit (in my opinion) was not actually this, but the Crossroads encore - a bit shambolic overall, but MT walked on halfway through with Terry Reid, plugged his Les Paul in and took a quick solo that killed everyone dead - twelve bars and out, but worth every note (about three minutes in):
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OpenG
Yeah Rocks Off has those bluesy ending licks way to short.Also MT's way to short studio solo on heartbreaker. That solo along with little wing have to be up there as the greatest short solos on record.
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Redhotcarpet
why on earth is this man not playing with the band he helped shape and recreate.
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OpenG
On the other hand - the glimmers cut loose taylor in the studio or they just did not care and let him do his outro solos on sway, his epic looping outro solo on MM and his outro solo on CYHMK and outro wah wah on 100 years ago, and on winter.
With Keith MIA on sway and moonlight I guess it was the right time to showcase MT.
I think MT worked well with MJ on GHS
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PhillyFAN
I personally believe Mick Taylor is one of the most brilliant guitarists and in a class with Jimi Hendrix.
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DandelionPowderman
«Never» is a strong word, though. I bet you'll find Hendrix bending the same b-string at the very same point (in the e minor pentatonic scale) in Little Wing, for instance
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DandelionPowderman
«Never» is a strong word, though. I bet you'll find Hendrix bending the same b-string at the very same point (in the e minor pentatonic scale) in Little Wing, for instance
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DandelionPowderman
«Never» is a strong word, though. I bet you'll find Hendrix bending the same b-string at the very same point (in the e minor pentatonic scale) in Little Wing, for instance
That's a moot point your Honor!
Seriously now : when I listen to all the live tapes from Europe 73 I sometimes feel a bit of fatigue with Taylor's solos. They're brilliant for sure but they have a slight repetitive thing to them.
Maybe it was a good thing MT left in 1974... Otherwise the 1975 TOTA would habe sounded like the 72-73 tours only with longer solos.
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TravelinMan
In '75 we would have been able to hear Taylor on Wild Horses, If You Can't Rock Me, Get Off My Cloud, and It's Only Rock n Roll...
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TravelinMan
In '75 we would have been able to hear Taylor on Wild Horses, If You Can't Rock Me, Get Off My Cloud, and It's Only Rock n Roll...
Imho the setlists for the 75 tour would have been "73 pt.II" with a few songs from IOOR added.
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PhillyFAN
I personally believe Mick Taylor is one of the most brilliant guitarists and in a class with Jimi Hendrix.
Imho the Hendrix comparison is ill-advised. Live Hendrix never played a song the same way while MT tended to rely on the same licks same solo night after night.
Listen to the 73 live recordings. It can get slightly predictable at times like ; "well it's 2.52 into "Gimme Shelter" Taylor is just about to play his solo. He'll start on the ninth position and plays there for 8 seconds, then go up the neck etc etc". Like clockwork.
Hendrix never was predictable.