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| What that shows is that Tommy Emmanuel is a great guitar player and that Jorgenson and his band are at best 4th rate impersonators of gypsy swing. They are truly awful.
Tommy deserves way better. His playing was superb. |
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Location: Chicago | Thanks Randy. Jaw-dropping. I'm not as critical as Clive, honestly. Them dudes is better than I'll ever be, and I, too, am in awe of Tommy E. Rockin!! |
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Location: NJ | Well, there's 7:13 I'll never get back.
I can take these guys for 2 or 3 minutes
(and they pissed THAT away with the "fretboard circle-jerk" before they started the tune)
and then I start looking for the remote . . . |
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Location: south east Michigan | I can hang in there with Tommy Emmanuel more than other players of that ilk. But that's damning with faint praise because for the most part, I'm with Cliff. |
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Location: big island | s'why i titled this thread, "one for dobro"...
y'all shouldn't have been peeking. in your defense, i shoulda sent the link via a PM. |
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Location: Chicago | But that's what makes the guitar so damn democratic: there is a repertoire and style for everyone... on the same acoustic box!!! |
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| I have an enormous collection of gypsy music, guitar and otherwise. But Jorgenson and his band are just way below mediocre. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Originally posted by schroeder:
But Jorgenson and his band are just way below mediocre. Ahhh... that could be a reason for my opinion right there.
I don't know enough to tell who's good at it, and who's not.
And that's why I can connect more with Tommy Emmanuel than the others. T.E. will do renditions of songs that I'm familiar with. |
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Location: SoCal | Tommy may be one of the best guitar players in the world today. Jorgenson is a terrific player and from everything I've heard or read, a great guy.
But T.E. is one of a kind.
This is more what I like to hear
T.E. & Richard Smith
And no matter who plays them, I hate the sound of the Django style guitars. If Django were alive today, he's be playing an Adamas I, no doubt...... |
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Location: Tennessee | I like Brian Ferry's Avalon better. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | quote:
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And no matter who plays them, I hate the sound of the Django style guitars. If Django were alive today, he's be playing an Adamas I, no doubt......
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Paul, I agree 100%
No Doubt about it!
There, right thread....finally |
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Location: East Tennessee | Mike,
Hang in there. You'll get the hang of it.
I'm still trying to figure out how to do a double quote. :confused: |
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Location: Chicago | Just heard some stuff by some poser named chopper or something like that: Like we want to listen to a "waltz in E minor" or "nocturne"... What's the point of all the notes? |
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one for dobro...
