Thanks

Thanks so much. I don't knw any more about that gig.

Thanks you for watching.

I agree. Unfortunately, there's very little under the sun that actually new in any period of time.

That's great Dave. It is why I do this.

Thanks Chuck. Good to hear from you. Joe is a fount of knowledge. Hope you and Steph are well.

A year ago

Thanks.

@@hoagyguitarmichael I've got to check out the band you were talking about with John, Joey De Francesco and Dennis Chambers. I first discovered Dennis on the Steely Dan live album Alive In America. Fantastic drummer.

Thanks. To each his own.

@@hoagyguitarmichael Thanks Michael. I really tried to like that sound. As you mentioned it was used on the album with Elvin J and Joeu D. Along with several other albums. And I didn't know that he didn't use an amp with it but instead went directly into the PA. As a guitar player, I can see how that is not a typical set-up that normally produces good sound. To me it lacked dynamics and articulation, which took away from the sffect and impact of his machine-gun-like picking. Then it had a peculiar sound that I describe as "sour". The sound is interesting, but not guitar-like, nor beautiful, IMO. Interestinly of late I have been able to open up my ears to get what other people such as yourself like about it. But in the past, as a fanatic of John's, I was quite disapointed with it. To reiterate, great interview - it really allowed me to understand John as a muscian and person better- Just found your channel. I also watched one of the Bill Frisell interviewa which was fascinating!

@@pjjmsn That is where we differ. I was never a fan of his early rock tone; I felt it lacked the range and expressiveness of the other great guitarists of the time: Beck, Clapton, Hendrix. I loved the "sourness" and expressive quality of his Bigsby work later. Glad you like the Frisell as well.

@@hoagyguitarmichael Thanks Michael. It is interesting to try to put myself into someone else's ears. And I must admit that I haven't had the greatest ears with regard to setting up my own guitar tone iin the past although I have gotten better at it. I actually went back and did a little listening to his Johnny Smith tone again with an attempt to open my ears more. I think I was able to grasp better what you are describing and liking. And also what John said about the pickups being "wide". So I think I got it, but I still came away with the feeling that the guitar was somewhat unresponsive to his fingers and was not faithfully putting out the sound that his fingers were telling it to do. And, along those lines, there were more than a few dead notes, which, to be fair could have been him missing notes with his fingers, but it didn't seem to be. I was listening to his solo on My Favorite Things here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJuzhqWLfpmSm80&ab_channel=PavelLevin With regard to his old tone, a good example of what I was talking about was his solo on Dance of Maya from Inner Mounting Flame, starting at 4 minutes in.

Bill used one for a while with Stone Tiger. John Abercrombie used one as well. Pat Metheny stuck with it and Fripp but few others.

Thanks

Thanks it was so lucky.

He seemed to connect with you as a kindred spirit. Like you were a good friend

@@jasecole Nice of you to say. I think he responded to the fact I asked him about the Fender Mustang he was playing early on. He probably doesn't get asked that sort of thing often.

Thanks and thanks for the info.

Thanks. It was fun. Please spread the word.

Thanks. i twas a pleasure.

p.s. - "Lost Tribe" was the NYC band you were remembering.

very strange statement.

I think that has been covered in many interviews and I was more interested in some things I had never seen discussed.