Comments on: Knicks Morning News (2023.08.26)

By: Nicos

Nicos — Sun, 27 Aug 2023 06:46:27 +0000

Steely Dan probably has as many iconic guitar solos (by a number of different guys) in its catalog as most guitar heroes do in theirs. Just listened to My Old School and Skunk Baxter absolutely nails it. Incredible touch. Another guy with great touch among lead players is Billy Gibbons- he might be my favorite of the blues rock guys- Jesus Just Left Chicago has one of my all-time favorite solos.

By: geo man

geo man — Sun, 27 Aug 2023 05:59:52 +0000

holy cow, ya’ll don’t know nothing but deep cuts…

i’ve listened to steely dan most of my life…i swear i never really considered them in terms of guitar play…never even came to mind…

i still remember someone remarking on the drum ending for Aja, now i’m gonna need to re-listen to a bunch of steely dan listening for guitar stuff…
Katy Lied (1975)
The Royal Scam (1976)
Aja (1977)
Gaucho (1980)

i’ll be honest, just re-listened to kid charlemagne, and i still can’t hear it…don’t take me alive is a little easier to focus on…

By: JK47

JK47 — Sun, 27 Aug 2023 05:31:43 +0000

A lot of my favorite players, and the ones I look to emulate most, are great “song” players, guys who add magic to arrangements and make me feel something. Players in this category, to me, are guys like Lindsey Buckingham, George Harrison, Johnny Marr, Rick Nielsen, Mick Ronson, Larry Carlton, Johnny Greenwood, David Gilmour, Curtis Mayfield…

Those guys aren’t all great soloists, although some of them are, but those are the guys I try to pattern myself after, because that’s the kind of guitar playing that moves me the most.

I geek out on a lot of guitar things that most people probably wouldn’t find super amazing, rhythm guitar parts and tasteful little overdubs and stuff like that. Some of my favorite playing ever is Larry Carlton’s guitar on “Help Me” by Joni Mitchell. He’s playing these beautiful chiming chords throughout, really tastefully voiced inversions of the already jazzy chords that Joni is playing on acoustic guitar. Sometimes those ringing chords spin off into little melodic moments, always just the right amount to fill the spaces in the song. It’s just a beautiful part, totally makes the song.

I love a great burning guitar solo as much as the next guy, but the kind of selfless, empathetic playing that Carlton does on “Help Me” is my guiding light.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfnCCCYPBAA

By: Stratomatic

Stratomatic — Sun, 27 Aug 2023 03:58:15 +0000

I’m going to put Gary Moore high on my list also. I haven’t listened to enough of his music to say he’s consistently great, but some of his peak solos combine excellent note selection with blinding speed in a way that makes sense to me as opposed to someone that plays fast just because he can.

By: Stratomatic

Stratomatic — Sun, 27 Aug 2023 03:48:17 +0000

Two of my favorite solos are Reelin in the Years and Feels So Good. They don’t exactly fit into what I’ve been saying I like, but imo they are both great solos.

Clapton is a solid guitarist, but imo he’s overrated, as are most of the early rock guitarists. They took the influence of the older blues guys to a new level, got their deserved accolades, but loads of guitarists then took their influence and surpassed them. I say that as someone that loves Clapton’s music.

The guys I like better are the major pentatonic guys like Dickie Betts and multiple guys from Leonard Skynard. That sweeter southern rock sound can be killer good when they move in out of the major and minor well.

By: Knick fan not in NJ

Knick fan not in NJ — Sun, 27 Aug 2023 02:42:30 +0000

I caught up with New Zealand USA just now. One thing I noticed relevant to this year’s Knicks was that at one point Hart was playing the four or the five. He still got rebounds, which was good. But sometimes New Zealand got a big man matched up with him in the post and then he was too short to prevent the guy from getting a good shot off.

By: Z--man

Z--man — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 23:16:15 +0000

pepper thx, I’m still a blubbering mess but busy weekend so powering through. I play and sing lots of Neil Young standards, but probably couldn’t get through that w/o choking up. And that line in Mr. Bojangles has always gotten me…now, forget it!

By: geo man

geo man — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 22:52:50 +0000

a while ago I watched this Chicago doc…

Beginnings is one of my favorite songs, of all songs…

Terry Kath had such an unbelievable voice, I hadn’t noticed he also played guitar…

sure enough Terry is playing away on stage here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pizRRft3_8Y

By: JK47

JK47 — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 22:51:22 +0000

I don’t really care for the “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” performance, but Prince plays all sorts of great lead stuff all over the Purple Rain album. So many great licks on that album.

I’m going to once again stan for Blake Mills, who has made hands down the best guitar record of the year, Jelly Road. I love the long outro solo on this tune, it’s a tour de force of unconventional and imaginative playing, and incredible tone.

https://youtu.be/Ri-pr4Egzng?si=krHGsAqRrtlTEYh9

By: geo man

geo man — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 22:32:21 +0000

that’s a really cool list…I don’t have near the capability to appreciate music to the detail described there…I really enjoy though reading/hearing others break down the components of the whole thing…

man, when I wore a younger man’s clothes I used to love to work out to free bird…so much energy there…

I remember watching some “unplugged” performance by stevie ray vaughn, it was Pride and Joy…it was the most perfect playing I’d ever heard, and definitely the first time I ever thought to myself – damn, that shit sounds absolutely perfect…

it was just him, on a stool with that guitar with a million strings on it…