Looking at Roy Clark
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@Jolly said in Looking at Roy Clark:
@Larry said in Looking at Roy Clark:
I've tried to watch a few videos by "British guitarist" but I just can't take having to look at that shit eating grin he always has on his face.
'Fees up, Larry...Who was the best guitarist you've ever seen?
Hard to pick just one. But of the sessions players, right now I like Melanie Faye and John Hiland. Faye is a young 20ish black girl who can just blister a guitar playing improvisational jazz and blues, Hiland is a big ole fat boy who plays country and rock. But if we're talking big names, I think Tommy Emmanuel or Vince Gill. I could listen to either one of them all day long. Heck, I enjoy just watching them play.
The auto correct function on this place pisses me off....
wrote on 21 May 2020, 03:17 last edited byTommy Emmanuel is amazing. I went to two of his shows over the past couple of years. I will go again if the opportunity presents itself. Then there is Chet Atkins.
In the rock genre I go with Steve Howe, Steve Morse, Steve Hackett. The three Steves. lol Also, Alex Lifeson, & Robert Fripp
Al DiMeola, John Mclaughlin, Paco Delucia, Julian Bream, John Williams, Andreas Segovia, the list goes one.
There is no such thing as "the best". They are all amazing in their own right.
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wrote on 21 May 2020, 05:59 last edited by
Here's a video of John Hiland demonstrating a Telecaster through a Reeves tube amp:
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wrote on 21 May 2020, 11:20 last edited by
Johnny Hiland is an amazing player - I think I posted his stuff at the old place. He did quite a bit for PRS Guitars a few years ago, however I guess he jumped ship - maybe he doesn't appeal to their typical demographic.
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wrote on 21 May 2020, 11:43 last edited by
In terms of big name players, Joe Bonamassa is amazing. I also really like John Mayer's playing when he's not busy being a pop star.
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In terms of big name players, Joe Bonamassa is amazing. I also really like John Mayer's playing when he's not busy being a pop star.
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The best is somebody who can play just about anything, in almost any style he chooses.
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@Jolly said in Looking at Roy Clark:
The best is somebody who can play just about anything, in almost any style he chooses.
I'm not sure I agree with that. I think there's something to be said for specialisation if you want to listen to the absolute best in a certain genre. I wouldn't want to listen to Stevie Ray Vaughn play classical music, and John Williams's forays into rock guitar leave quite a bit to be desired IMHO.
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wrote on 21 May 2020, 15:16 last edited by
Here's Melanie Faye just fooling around at home. She's only 20 years old but her lyrical style has put her on the A list in Nashville.
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wrote on 21 May 2020, 15:42 last edited by
Oh, that's really nice. It's so refreshing to see a young kid who's not shredding.
Here's one of my favourite guitarists, Bill Frisell
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wrote on 21 May 2020, 16:49 last edited by mark
John Hiland is an awesome player.
Melanie Faye seems to be quite the natural. Excellent "noodling at home".
I will listen to Bill Frisell a little later.
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wrote on 21 May 2020, 17:53 last edited by
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Here's Melanie Faye just fooling around at home. She's only 20 years old but her lyrical style has put her on the A list in Nashville.
Link to videowrote on 21 May 2020, 18:01 last edited by@Larry said in Looking at Roy Clark:
Here's Melanie Faye just fooling around at home. She's only 20 years old but her lyrical style has put her on the A list in Nashville.
Link to videoBellissimo!
@Larry I am not familiar with that piece. Would you mind telling me if she was improvising, playing her own composition, or is it an arrangement of another song? (And there’s an accompaniment track in the background, right?)
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@Larry said in Looking at Roy Clark:
Here's Melanie Faye just fooling around at home. She's only 20 years old but her lyrical style has put her on the A list in Nashville.
Link to videoBellissimo!
@Larry I am not familiar with that piece. Would you mind telling me if she was improvising, playing her own composition, or is it an arrangement of another song? (And there’s an accompaniment track in the background, right?)
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@Jolly said in Looking at Roy Clark:
@Larry said in Looking at Roy Clark:
I've tried to watch a few videos by "British guitarist" but I just can't take having to look at that shit eating grin he always has on his face.
'Fees up, Larry...Who was the best guitarist you've ever seen?
Hard to pick just one. But of the sessions players, right now I like Melanie Faye and John Hiland. Faye is a young 20ish black girl who can just blister a guitar playing improvisational jazz and blues, Hiland is a big ole fat boy who plays country and rock. But if we're talking big names, I think Tommy Emmanuel or Vince Gill. I could listen to either one of them all day long. Heck, I enjoy just watching them play.
The auto correct function on this place pisses me off....
wrote on 21 May 2020, 19:46 last edited by@Larry said in Looking at Roy Clark:
The auto correct function on this place pisses me off....
This place has no auto correct function. Most likely it is some general auto correct function that is enabled on your particular device (phone?). Next time before you try to piss on this forum, check for headwind first.
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@Larry said in Looking at Roy Clark:
Here's Melanie Faye just fooling around at home. She's only 20 years old but her lyrical style has put her on the A list in Nashville.
Link to videoBellissimo!
@Larry I am not familiar with that piece. Would you mind telling me if she was improvising, playing her own composition, or is it an arrangement of another song? (And there’s an accompaniment track in the background, right?)
wrote on 21 May 2020, 19:53 last edited by@Axtremus said in Looking at Roy Clark:
@Larry said in Looking at Roy Clark:
Here's Melanie Faye just fooling around at home. She's only 20 years old but her lyrical style has put her on the A list in Nashville.
Link to videoBellissimo!
@Larry I am not familiar with that piece. Would you mind telling me if she was improvising, playing her own composition, or is it an arrangement of another song? (And there’s an accompaniment track in the background, right?)
No backing track. After she lays out her theme she does reach down and turn on a little drum machine playing a simple rim tap on one and three, but other than those 2 taps per measure everything else you hear is coming off her guitar. As far as what it is she's playing, I don't know if it's someone else's or not. She's improvising. Lay out a chord progression, go back and establish a melody line, then just play with it.
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@Larry said in Looking at Roy Clark:
The auto correct function on this place pisses me off....
This place has no auto correct function. Most likely it is some general auto correct function that is enabled on your particular device (phone?). Next time before you try to piss on this forum, check for headwind first.
wrote on 21 May 2020, 19:54 last edited by@Klaus said in Looking at Roy Clark:
@Larry said in Looking at Roy Clark:
The auto correct function on this place pisses me off....
This place has no auto correct function. Most likely it is some general auto correct function that is enabled on your particular device (phone?). Next time before you try to piss on this forum, check for headwind first.
No one tried to "piss on this forum". Pull your panties out of your ass and cool your jets.
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@Axtremus said in Looking at Roy Clark:
@Larry said in Looking at Roy Clark:
Here's Melanie Faye just fooling around at home. She's only 20 years old but her lyrical style has put her on the A list in Nashville.
Link to videoBellissimo!
@Larry I am not familiar with that piece. Would you mind telling me if she was improvising, playing her own composition, or is it an arrangement of another song? (And there’s an accompaniment track in the background, right?)
No backing track. After she lays out her theme she does reach down and turn on a little drum machine playing a simple rim tap on one and three, but other than those 2 taps per measure everything else you hear is coming off her guitar. As far as what it is she's playing, I don't know if it's someone else's or not. She's improvising. Lay out a chord progression, go back and establish a melody line, then just play with it.
wrote on 21 May 2020, 22:07 last edited by@Larry said in Looking at Roy Clark:
@Axtremus said in Looking at Roy Clark:
@Larry said in Looking at Roy Clark:
Here's Melanie Faye just fooling around at home. She's only 20 years old but her lyrical style has put her on the A list in Nashville.
Link to videoBellissimo!
@Larry I am not familiar with that piece. Would you mind telling me if she was improvising, playing her own composition, or is it an arrangement of another song? (And there’s an accompaniment track in the background, right?)
No backing track. After she lays out her theme she does reach down and turn on a little drum machine playing a simple rim tap on one and three, but other than those 2 taps per measure everything else you hear is coming off her guitar. As far as what it is she's playing, I don't know if it's someone else's or not. She's improvising. Lay out a chord progression, go back and establish a melody line, then just play with it.
She's using a looper to record the chord progression - and then jamming over the top of it. It's very nice. According to the title, she's covering a Mariah Carey song 'My All', but we shouldn't hold that against her
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wrote on 22 May 2020, 02:11 last edited by Copper
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wrote on 22 May 2020, 03:41 last edited by
Old Doc Phibes:
"She's using a looper to record the chord progression - and then jamming over the top of it. "I don't see her playing the bass notes, so I assume a looper is a digital tape machine, software?
Not as impressive as the big guy earlier in the thread, but he's got some years on her of course. I couldn't tell if he might be blind, or maybe has lousy vision, he didn't seem to have any need to look at the fretboard. -
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He can see a little, but he's legally blind.
