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Bill Rowlett
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posted 13 February 2001 02:11 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Bill Rowlett     
I found this quote made years ago in a Guitar Player interview by Ritchie Blackmore, the founding guitarist of Deep Purple interesting and thought that I would share it.

BLACKMORE: It's funny to find myself in that position, because when I first came to America I thought, "Why go to America when they have these fantastic players?" I was brought up on [pedal steel great] Speedy West and [country guitarist] Jimmy Bryant, people like that. When I was 13 years old, I couldn't believe how good they were. I thought, "When I go to America, I'm going to get killed."
Everything changed when we had a hit with "Hush." I found people saying, "Oh, you play guitar very well." I'd say, "How can you say that when you've got these guys in Nashville who just tear me apart?" I still say it. If you tune into Hee Haw you'll see these guys who are absolutely amazing. Jeff Beck once told me that he went to Nashville to do a record. While he was in the studio, this guy who was sweeping up asked him, "Can I borrow your guitar for a second?" Jeff said, "Oh, of course." The guy started playing and completely blew Jeff away. He left soon after that. Thank goodness all those amazing players stay in Nashville.

Ritchie was a founding member of the hard rock guitar style and IMO is still one of the best guitarists in the world. I guess he thought a lot of guys like Earl. . .

[This message was edited by Bill Rowlett on 13 February 2001 at 02:13 PM.]



Greg Derksen
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posted 13 February 2001 02:54 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Greg Derksen     
Interesting Quote Bill, I seem to remember
a few LA Guitarists that were glad to get back to LA also. Greg

Donny Hinson
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posted 13 February 2001 08:49 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Donny Hinson     
Sad, but true nevertheless. If someone "needs" a fuzz, and a flanger, and a delay, and a compressor, and a chorus, and an overdrive, and a "whammy bar"...then they're probably NOT a very good guitarist.

All too often, "gimmicks" don't add to a player's talent...they just "cover up" the lack of it.

Mark van Allen
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posted 14 February 2001 08:58 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Mark van Allen     
It's been my experience that most good rock guitarists are fascinated by the pedal steel. They usually realize how much time and effort it takes to even play it, let alone master it, and are often in awe of us steelers. Just this year I've played with some truly great guitarists, like Warren Haynes, Jimmy Herring, Derek Trucks, and they all just LOVE the steel. As far as the effects comments go- have you looked at the racks Nashville session (guitar) players are using these days? Most good players get a great sound running straight into an old Fender amp- but they actually use compression, delay, distortion, chorus, thousands of $ worth of boutique amplifiers etc. etc. to fit the song, create a mood, and make a statement that sounds a little different form the last one. Playing with a "pure" clean tone is just one stylistic approach, and great players always have a lot more than one approach in their bag.

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Mark van Allen-"Blueground Undergrass" Pedal, Non-Pedal, Lap, and Dobro

Rich Paton
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posted 15 February 2001 01:20 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Rich Paton     
While discussing the hot guitarists of the time, the late, great Jazz & studio guitar master Howard Roberts (whom one would have to surmise was not easily "spooked" when it came to anything regarding music)commented to our class at a late 1970's seminar that "the stuff those steel guitarists are playing is pretty scary".
I would guess that the steelers he referred to were those in the L.A. studio scene, but was not necessarily limited to them.
In any case, based on our discussions I know for certain that Howard had the utmost respect for them.
I'm not aware of any recordings he may have made playing with (a) steel guitarist(s), but if anyone here knows of any, please pass on any info regarding this.
The excellent, definative Howard Roberts tribute website's URL is: http://www.utstat.utoronto.ca/mikevans/hroberts.html


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