On Thu, 01 May 2008 16:25:19 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2008-05-01, blake murphy > wrote:
>
>> the very same. he often plays it live, a kind of medley version
>> interpolated with licks from link wray, b.b. king, albert king,
>> freddy king, jimi hendrix, roy orbison, johnny rivers, duane eddy -
>
>I bet that was hot, although I never thought of Roy Obison as a guitarist.
>
>I've always appreciated the more obscure guitarists. One of the best
>performances I ever witnessed was a Koko Taylor show when her two
>guitarists started head-cutting each other. I think it was Chris Johnson
>and Eddie King, but I can't say for sure. Man, it was smokin! and you could
>feel the tension building as they dueled, specially on the dance floor where
>there was an uncharacteristic mix of out of town blacks and local whites in
>this intimate jam packed yuppie blues club. It was a palpable thing, like a
>building electrical charge, that grew and grew and you could feel it coming.
>Sure enough, just when the cutting expedition reached its peak, a fight
>erupted on the dance floor right in front of the stage that killed the
>playing and broke the tension. Whew! What a performance. Those two
>guitarists were jaw dropping.
>
>nb

watching two good guitarists trading licks is always a blast, even if
it's not a cutting contest. this one band i see, sometimes the guitar
player gets into it with the sax man.

your pal,
blake