On Thu, 01 May 2008 16:25:19 GMT, notbob > fired up
random neurons and synapses to opine:

>I've always appreciated the more obscure guitarists.

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Although not "obscure," Richard Thompson isn't particularly well
known, but he is the most awesome guitarist I have ever seen/heard.
Besides really loving his music - his *lyrics* are also wonderfully
artful and literate - it has been a huge treat to catch the rare
performance here in SoCal (he lives in Santa Monica, IIRC). He
occasionally performs at Humphreys by the Bay in Sandy Eggo and the
Coach House in San Juan Capistrano. What is the most amazing about
watching this guy in concert is his *fingering*!! He literally has 5
fingers on his right hand that are doing very independent things from
each other. Very, very weird to watch, but the result is some awesome
guitar.

We played a couple of his songs on the DVD for the kids one Christmas
and asked them how many guitars there were. Only one was close when
she said, "two."

One critic said Eric Clapton has his "guitar title" only b/c he has a
better publicist.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
--
"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines

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