Dr. Brian Harold May of Queen. From 20-part orchestrations to searing solos to fingerpicking majesty, he does it all on the guitar he built with his dad when he was 17!
Posted on 05/28/2008 5:10:29 PM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD
Parazider was the “horn” guy....He’s also in that movie ...the hippie driving the van with Terry (before he blew away Robert Blake)....
Freewill!
It was a reaching back to their Fillmore days, when it was a chemically based thing to get it.
His brother, Michael, rocked when he was with UFO.
The solo in "Time" ain't too shabby either ... one of my all 'time' favorites
I used to skip my last two classes, sneak back home, pull my 8-track player out and crank up Time and Money. I had no amplifier, only headphones. There's high piched squeak of feedback during the Money solo that I alway thought was my old man opening up the screen door. Always used to snap me out of my reverie.
Both of the songs are excellent and have excellent solos.
Did you ever notice that Dark Side opens up with an overture of the entire album? It's a very tight work of art.
No, never noticed any "overture" within the opening, at least not musically, other than the cash-register ref to "Money" in the opening heartbeat ... do you mean that "Breathe" has subtle elements foreshadowing the rest of the album?
It's a very tight work of art.
No doubt, its a classic. I'll even go as far as to state that it's a *perfect album*, in every sense. There is not one bummer note or phrase on the entire album, no filler, no BS ... a perfect album.
Even Roger Waters has been quoted as saying "when we made DSOTM, I knew that we were finished as a band, that we would never be able to top Dark Side"
IMHO, I kinda agree with Water's statement ... "Wish You Were Here" and "Animals" were rushed out of the works in order to capitalize on what was then a hot act [cynically told in the lyrics of "Have A Cigar"] ... and also IMHO, both of those albums fell far short of the magnificence of DSOTM.
It was only years later, with "The Wall", that the Floyd outdid themselves ... The Wall being an artistic masterpiece almost on par with DSOTM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jonJu6-XpWU&feature=related
and by the way Terry Adkins, where are you?
Dark Side is perfect musically, and at varies from pragmatic to gut wrenching emotionally. It is astounding just how well everything works on it.
That said, I have never been a Pink Floyd groupee. I thought the Wall was...overwrought. Admittedly, it took years to appreciate Comfortably Numb -- by that age, I was actually listening to lyrics, and I just didn't like the conclusion implied by The Wall.
At my current age, I just ignore what I don't like. The solos on that song are monumental.
Wish you were here sure looks incredible on UTube. I think it works, all though the album seems to lack the overall vision that Dark Side has.
Easy: Trace Bundy and Stevie Ray Vaughn
FWIW, Johnny Winter.
My favorite: Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown.
Dr. Brian Harold May of Queen. From 20-part orchestrations to searing solos to fingerpicking majesty, he does it all on the guitar he built with his dad when he was 17!
Al Jardine? He was the rhythm guitarist — Carl Wilson was lead guitar. Although many of the studio guitar parts were played by Glen Campbell since Brian Wilson liked to record the instrumental tracks while the other Beach Boys were touring....
You are correct. I am lucky to remember their names....both are great with the guitar.
Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth
Tony Mottola! Who is going to argue with The Man, Frank Sinatra?
Back in the 70’s, I saw Mahavishnu orchestra about 8 times, including once at Madison Square Garden.
Now I am more into blues/rock than jazz as a genre, but I have to say John could play better than just about anyone else I ever saw or heard.
And I just got done downloading “Dream” off of the live album “Between Nothingness and Eternity” and gave it a listen at (almost!!) full volume the guy is just out and out incredible... I’m still shakin my head!!!
My own favourites...(hope you're confortable)...
Ritchie Blackmore (simply the best)
Uli John Roth
Tony Iommi
Steve Howe
David Gilmour
Huw Lloyd Langton
John Petrucci
Steve Vai
Alex Lifeson
and on and on I could go...Blackmore was light years ahead of anyone back in the early seventies and still is a brilliant and emotion player today.
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