tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033179740960720113.post5121261001701666651..comments2024-01-01T16:06:17.899-06:00Comments on elephant blog: Anecdote # 282adrian belewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09704211229457488730noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033179740960720113.post-84026374976896562502007-06-01T16:44:00.000-05:002007-06-01T16:44:00.000-05:00Thanks so much for this blog, Adrian, it is a joy....Thanks so much for this blog, Adrian, it is a joy.<BR/><BR/>I was truly glad to read that you and Jeff are friends... he is one of my eternal favorites...AlChuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06159822009483534964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033179740960720113.post-77141641944359331382007-04-22T07:24:00.000-05:002007-04-22T07:24:00.000-05:00Adrian, I've got to say, I love the blog...the ane...Adrian, I've got to say, I love the blog...the anecdotes are priceless and seem a great way to demo a book!<BR/><BR/>Jeff Beck sawing your arm...is there a better compliment?<BR/><BR/>After seeing the myspace video "Intro to AB", I wonder if you'd like to check out the articles at my new blog, in particular: "Another Girl Singer In Heat", which develops your ideas about present pop music.<BR/><BR/>ADGSuburban Geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00085012349433665213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033179740960720113.post-48902394862858467492007-04-21T16:12:00.000-05:002007-04-21T16:12:00.000-05:00Beck = feelingHendricks = flairFripp = precisionBeck = feeling<BR/>Hendricks = flair<BR/>Fripp = precisionRhetro Zenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17566997957616543870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033179740960720113.post-9823608404682618752007-04-21T02:11:00.000-05:002007-04-21T02:11:00.000-05:00Beck, definitely, but also Robert Quine, Richard L...Beck, definitely, but also Robert Quine, Richard Lloyd, and Gary Lucas. Beasts, each and every one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033179740960720113.post-19082152140235382562007-04-20T14:17:00.000-05:002007-04-20T14:17:00.000-05:00I hear you.Like Jeremy Jacobs a few posts up, my i...I hear you.<BR/><BR/>Like Jeremy Jacobs a few posts up, my inspirations are bassists. I won't bore you with the list and why each player is on it, except for Bob Nyswonger - from whom I learned <I>dedication</I> and <I>perseverance</I>. It was a Bears gig at the Antenna in Memphis, late 80's I believe. It was Bob's birthday and after you led the crowd in a rousing version of "Happy Birthday" you annouced that Bob also had the flu. He looked the part, too...sweating like a whore in church and very pale. But he wrangled that electric upright like there was nothing he would rather be doing.<BR/><BR/>The last gig I played was outdoors <I>in the sleet.</I> Part of me wanted to pack it in. The other part thought of Bob and, despite the ice landing in my ears, I rocked on and had the time of my life. <BR/><BR/>Feel free to pass that, and my thanks, along to him if you get the chance.ndifferencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07011590447190240322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033179740960720113.post-19788217656421534702007-04-19T21:55:00.000-05:002007-04-19T21:55:00.000-05:00I remember sitting around with high school buds an...I remember sitting around with high school buds and marveling at the guitar work on Disipline. I couldn't fathom playing like that. For me it was B.B. King. He played Willie Nelson's "Night Life" at the Ritz in NYC one night and I just cried like a baby. As I got better I began to realize that with some work I could emulate Robben Ford. Belew? Never. It's not in me, but it sounds great.Joe Glitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663159178729761664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033179740960720113.post-49221116037977626012007-04-19T12:08:00.000-05:002007-04-19T12:08:00.000-05:00Adrian, Love the Anecdotes....Jimi and Jeff have l...Adrian, Love the Anecdotes....Jimi and Jeff have long been favorites of mine as well. I wish I had seen Jimi live but I was only 9 at the time, another favorite of mine is Todd Rundgren, maybe not considered by many, I always enjoy his playing both studio and he can burn it up live. thanks for all the great music!Wagshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08866007641274366246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033179740960720113.post-85923702350116950352007-04-19T04:13:00.000-05:002007-04-19T04:13:00.000-05:00Three great guitar icons and unique styles you men...Three great guitar icons and unique styles you mention there Adrian. To this day, nobody else can match the way Hendrix could make a melody out of his chords by picking out the individual notes and adding rhythms within the structure. Frusciante comes close. It's a style that puts the music and the heart first and above all. Jeff Beck talks and sings with the instrument. A very intimate style that reveals your personal voice in the guitar as an extension or your thoughts and feelings. Very unique thoughts and expressions, so no-doubt fitting with your occasional Lone Rhino persona. Fripp has always been more cerebral in his playing - so much like his personality as well. Thoughtful and planned out, with occasional diversions that briefly take you down a road you don't expect and reveal some personal part of him that makes you briefly believe he is close to letting go, only to realize that it was all just a tease - a well thought out and planned tease to trick you into thinking he was letting go. Three great and very different styles with these players, and it's easy to see your playing has a bit of all of those elements at various points of your great career.Ed Mathewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00820366025434555850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033179740960720113.post-75710320957738838952007-04-18T23:22:00.000-05:002007-04-18T23:22:00.000-05:00oh yeah, and by the way, I have the pick you used ...oh yeah, and by the way, I have the pick you used at the TLA in Philly to play 3 of a Perfect Pair. I'm hoping you don't need it back...Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15403340053088099826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033179740960720113.post-13204246581026456462007-04-18T23:19:00.000-05:002007-04-18T23:19:00.000-05:00As the years go by, the guitarist I'm influenced b...As the years go by, the guitarist I'm influenced by seems to change. But I always go back to a chosen few. Alex Lifeson, Steve Howe, Jimmy Page, Robert, and, well, of course Adrian. <BR/>Hearing Crimson and the Twang Bar King album in the early 80's was a revelation and a justification of my desire to not only make music on a guitar, but also make NOISE.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15403340053088099826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033179740960720113.post-19668969394801648812007-04-18T16:31:00.000-05:002007-04-18T16:31:00.000-05:00Well, for me it was 3 great bassists (Lee, Squire,...Well, for me it was 3 great <I>bassists</I> (Lee, Squire, Levin)...<BR/><BR/>I will say I had the great pleasure of seeing the double-trio lineup of King Crimson in Atlanta in 1996. I was there with the other two-thirds of my band at the time, all of us eagerly anticipating the show. Not only were we excited to see one of our idols and influences, but we had reason to believe that we might actually find ourselves up on stage with them before the night was through!<BR/><BR/>See, we had sent a cassette tape of ourselves performing our own highly spirited, if less-than-flawless version of "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, part II" to the band's (management? fan club? honestly, it's been too long to remember) a few weeks before. Having heard absolutely nothing in response, we somehow took this as a sign that at the very least, Robert, Adrian, and Tony must have not only listened to it, but liked it so much that they were almost certain to interrupt the show and ask "would the lads who sent us that marvelous tape please report to the stage?"<BR/><BR/>Where do young people get such silly ideas?<BR/><BR/>At any rate, we enjoyed the hell out of the show, despite reality so rudely interrupting.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for all the great music you’ve given us over the years, Adrian. We really appreciate it.Jeremy Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07504336559974001015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033179740960720113.post-75434267244489826942007-04-18T15:27:00.000-05:002007-04-18T15:27:00.000-05:00Hey Adrian,first of all, thanks for the blog!When ...Hey Adrian,<BR/><BR/>first of all, thanks for the blog!<BR/>When I was 11 years old I saw Jeff Beck live for the first time (with my dad and then-guitar teacher), and it changed my playing life forever. I will never forget his version of "A Day in the Life"! You are right, Jeff made his guitar a voice. I sent Jeff a letter via snail-mail and got a very nice reply from his manager, who said he passed it on to Jeff. Nice guys all around.<BR/><BR/>I started playing when I was 6, and from the beginning I was huge Fender Strat fan and sought out anyone who played the instrument. My first issue of Guitar Player happened to be a "Strat Mania" issue, which is where I first discovered this cat named Belew who played a funky-looking Strat. Up until I was probably 15 I used to write these lists of my favorite guitar players, and they would be updated often. Needless to say, after checking out the music this Belew made it on the list. I guess you could say I had some pretty cool musical influences when I was young (there's a home video of me dancing around to Danny Gatton's 88 Elmira St. at 3 years old)!<BR/><BR/>I didn't discover Robert until years later. I was perusing my dad's vinyl collection, and <I>Discipline</I> was the first one I pulled out. Hey, Belew is on this album! So the first side of that album was my first Crimson exposure. I got deep into Robert's playing after that as well. Of course after that I had to have everything else Crimson ever did. <BR/><BR/>By the way, you mentioned all the black-and-white pictures of past acts at the RAH. If I ever get a chance to visit there, I should hope there will be a Belew picture up as well.<BR/><BR/>And if there was one person who I'd want to saw my arm off, Jeff would probably be it! <BR/><BR/>Thanks--stratmonkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17212296471180726442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033179740960720113.post-37994244250293103292007-04-18T15:03:00.000-05:002007-04-18T15:03:00.000-05:00Three great guitarists! Unfortunately I never had ...Three great guitarists! Unfortunately I never had the chance to see Beck or Hendrix. Jimi was on such a level, he transcended everything. Jeff Beck was such an innovator and experimentalist, but always seem to have the blues in his work. The first time I saw King Crimson was on July 4th 1984 in Hartford, CT. Seeing him come out by himself and playing The Star Spangled Banner just blew me away. Very Hendrix-like in a lot of ways, but most certainly all Fripp. I was so impressed King Crimson (my fav lineup), I ended up going the next night in Boston. <BR/>If I could add a couple of my favorite guitarists to the list, they would be:you, Richard Thompson, Pete Townshend, Bob Dylan (underatted in my opinion as a guitarist). Heck, I think I need to add Rob Fetters & George Cunningham as well :)Phillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08931824427359216560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7033179740960720113.post-74843491974131479762007-04-18T14:56:00.000-05:002007-04-18T14:56:00.000-05:00Ah, there. It's on now.Yes, Jeff Beck is one of m...Ah, there. It's on now.<BR/><BR/>Yes, Jeff Beck is one of my all time favorites, along with you, Robert Fripp and Jimmy Page. I try to see Jeff anytime he comes around. He never fails to amaze me. That finger picking/stumming and palm bending is incredible. You guys make it look so effortless and give it so much feeling. Thanks.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing your anecdotes. I'm really enjoying them.Ramiro Rodriguezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04767824931122815016noreply@blogger.com