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--- In , gmcgrory@a... wrote:
I had long since out grown
> Kiss but now I could play Stevie Ray's bitchen solos. The problem
with tabs
> is now everybody with time and inclination can play Stevie Ray's
bitchen solos.
> I lost interest in the Blues over the past few years because it
seems like
> every player is trying to play Stevie Ray's bitchen solos. Some
even do it quite
> well but they've learned their lessons so well they can't do the
most
> important thing a guitar player should do: Play their OWN bitchen
solos. It's strange
> that music is one of the only arts where letter perfect imitation
is extolled
> as a virtue by some people.
> Tab is a great tool though if used in moderation. It's great for
figuring out
> the tricky bits like the part of "Baja" I still haven't figured
out. Anybody
> have a good tab of that? The funny thing about picking songs out is
that I was
> trying to figure out how to play "Diamondhead" and realized I was
play
> "Baja."
GT, I totally agreee with you, but I found one thing totally
unbelievable: you can play Stevie Ray's solos but you can't figure
out all of Baja?? I'm just blown away by that. This is certainly
not meant to be a flame, and please don't be offended. But SRV solos
are at a considerably higher level of technical difficulty than ANY
Astronauts tune, and Baja is one of the simpler ones.
I wonder if there are many people like that out there? I remember
reading in the late eighties about kids that could play Van Halen
solos, but couldn't play rhythm in tempo if their life depended on
it. It seems really weird....
Ivan
