Snowman999
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Everyone has their musical heroes.
Jimmy Page #1. He's other worldly on the guitar.
Mick Ronson #2. Magnificent guitarist and arranger.
Mick Jones #3. He's no powerhouse on the guitar. But, everything he does is perfect. Brilliant songwriter and vocalist. He was the musical force of the Clash. His solos are the essence of cool.
Johnny Thunders #4. He doesn't get an iota of respect he deserves. Everyone wanted to be him. You could play his riffs on his guitar through his amp, and you still couldn't duplicate him. Every hair metal band in the 80s did the Thunders/Doll hair and none had his style.
With the exception of Jones, I knew all these guys since the early 70s. It was in the late 70s I saw Roy Buchanan on TV, and said "I want that guitar". It's obviously the guitar making those sounds, and if he can do it so effortlessly, I could do it.
I'm grateful I got to see him play live. I wasn't more than two feet from him.
Roy supposedly committed suicide after being arrested for being drunk and disorderly after a domestic disturbance. He was found hung by his shirt in a cell. What a waste.
I'd bet only the old foggies like me remember what a guitar force he was.
Jimmy Page #1. He's other worldly on the guitar.
Mick Ronson #2. Magnificent guitarist and arranger.
Mick Jones #3. He's no powerhouse on the guitar. But, everything he does is perfect. Brilliant songwriter and vocalist. He was the musical force of the Clash. His solos are the essence of cool.
Johnny Thunders #4. He doesn't get an iota of respect he deserves. Everyone wanted to be him. You could play his riffs on his guitar through his amp, and you still couldn't duplicate him. Every hair metal band in the 80s did the Thunders/Doll hair and none had his style.
With the exception of Jones, I knew all these guys since the early 70s. It was in the late 70s I saw Roy Buchanan on TV, and said "I want that guitar". It's obviously the guitar making those sounds, and if he can do it so effortlessly, I could do it.
I'm grateful I got to see him play live. I wasn't more than two feet from him.
Roy supposedly committed suicide after being arrested for being drunk and disorderly after a domestic disturbance. He was found hung by his shirt in a cell. What a waste.
I'd bet only the old foggies like me remember what a guitar force he was.