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  • Re: The Guess Who

    From Martin Ridgley@1:153/7715 to Alan Tenorio on Wednesday, July 19, 2000 09:44:02
    Alan Tenorio wrote to Martin Ridgley <=-

    MARTIN RIDGLEY wrote to ALAN TENORIO <=-
    He played here with the Guess Who two nights ago and
    got rave reviews!

    Wow, I sure would have enjoyed it.

    After reading the reviews I'm kind of regretting not going, but it
    was in a big stadium and I've gone off those sort of large scale
    'events' in recent years.

    Does Randy Bachman still play well?

    Yes. Very much so...

    Is he still using a Strat?

    I don't know. I've seen him use Strats and Les Pauls, and I recently
    saw him sitting in on a Burton Cummings performance playing what looked
    like a Gibson 335 or 355.

    Can he still play jazz?

    Oh, yeah. He even had some new bits for the rhythm part on "Undun".

    He's one of my most admired players....
    Randy Bachman played with such mastery that from my listening
    perspective, he would take me up and down the fingerboard while
    I was trying to figure out what he was doing. Boy, was I
    disoriented.

    Hehe... I know what you mean. Especially some of his jazzier stuff
    which is still way beyond me. ;-\

    Martin
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  • From Martin Ridgley@1:153/7715 to Bill Riley on Wednesday, July 19, 2000 09:52:04
    Bill Riley wrote to Alan Tenorio <=-

    Oh gawd...Randy Bachman was a master and Jimmy Page is
    overated? Randy made some fun rock 'n roll to part to, but
    never in his best moment s could he be considered a master.

    I disagree. I think Randy is a *much* better guitarist than most
    people give him credit for.

    BTW, saying that Randy Bachman is under-rated and Jimmy Page over-
    rated does not necessarily reflect which player I think is better.
    Just that IMO, one is under-rated and the other over-rated by most
    people.

    Martin
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  • From Bill Riley@1:218/704.6 to Martin Ridgley on Tuesday, July 25, 2000 07:11:21
    Martin Ridgley wrote in a message to Bill Riley:

    BTW, saying that Randy Bachman is under-rated and Jimmy Page
    over- rated does not necessarily reflect which player I think is
    better. Just that IMO, one is under-rated and the other over-rated
    by most people.

    By that rational, *I'm* the worlds most underated guitarist! :)

    Bill

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