John Mclaughlin & The 4th Dimension - The Unknown Dissident
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@mikyschmidt I guess you're right. So none of this would have happened if they had stuck with Fenders/Gretches/Jolanas (!) :-0
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My favourite piece from this album can't get enou get enough of this tune. Thank you John! You can be so lyrical.
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@decisivecrewful damn good album...
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@MrBasilGanglia that is very true.had this album in my collection.
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@filtecuk the original seed would be Les Paul.
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I was thinking this just yesterday...I am planning to write a book called "English Guitarists" which would try to explain the sudden wave of guitarists (Clapton, Page, Beck, McLaughlin etc) that emerged from the London scene in the 1960s (in fact I was listening to an old Yes LP when I had this thought, so I include Steve Howe on that list)...and then....nothing?
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No one, not Paganini, not Franz Liszt, nobody has played more notes for more people from the concert stage than has John McLaughlin, ever. Most of these notes have been well-chosen, many beyond choosing, and virtually dreamt of, for the ticket-buying public in the seats. Nor has anyone played anythiong more stately than power of Love from Apocalypse. Quickly try to think of an act that compares to it: i get as far as Chopin etudes, Coltrane sheets of sound, and stop.
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I believe this is from Electric Dreams. Correct me if I am wrong.
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@22fret I loved your comment sir....
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Man, I hate to see my idols getting old. Same with Holdsworth. Don't godlike guitarists deserve eternal life? Of course, they do...
beautiful song by world class players. the belgrade dvd version is even more wonderful and moving. gary husband does an incredible solo.
shack9ed 2 years ago 8
I think he really noticed what a whammy bar could do for him like Jeff Beck. It puts a nice blues in his playing. I noticed he was playing smooth as hell back in the 90s when he did that Promise album but that was a more straight ahead gig. What nuance! He is always better than ever.
soybalm 1 year ago 2