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Rory Gallagher vs Joe Bonamassa
I don't know too much about Joe Bonamassa, except that I am not a fan of much of his solo work, as it tends to be close to pure blues, but I love his heavier work with BCC. With the latter he is the most interesting of modern guitarists and it makes me wonder why he does not play more hard rock...- Big Ears
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- Forum: Song and Band Battles
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Most Overlooked Rock Guitar Genius
Mickey Jones and Deke Leonard of Welsh band Man on Many Are Called But Few Get Up. I really wanted the OGWT version, but it seems to have gone from YouTube:- Big Ears
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- Forum: Rock Lounge
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Most Overlooked Rock Guitar Genius
Gary Boyle and Isotope on the Old Grey Whistle Test. His fingers were always superfast: Hugh Hopper on bass was no slouch either, but he sadly died in 2009.- Big Ears
- Post #46
- Forum: Rock Lounge
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Can you help identify this band?
I thought it was the Village People.- Big Ears
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- Forum: Rock Lounge
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Rock 'n' roll singers DON'T get better with age.
Greg Lake's voice became slightly deeper and improved as a result, in my view anyway. Glenn Hughes had a very wide range, so it is difficult to spot the difference with him. Age reveals the deficiencies in weak singers, but no-one can turn back time. I hated it when Andy Williams kept singing...- Big Ears
- Post #15
- Forum: Rock Lounge
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Most Overlooked Rock Guitar Genius
It was Django Reinhardt that inspired Tony Iommi to continue playing, following his industrial accident.- Big Ears
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- Forum: Rock Lounge
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Most Overlooked Rock Guitar Genius
This is Mick Devonport of Nutz: Roye Albrighton with Nektar on the Old Grey Whistle Test:- Big Ears
- Post #39
- Forum: Rock Lounge
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Most Overlooked Rock Guitar Genius
Apparently Halsall and Holdsworth were together for a spell in Tempest, which must have amazing. I like the fiirst Widowmaker album with Steve Ellis. They were very good live with both Grosvenor and Hugh Lloyd Langton on guitar. All I can say about Tony McPhee (and Robin Trower) is that they...- Big Ears
- Post #38
- Forum: Rock Lounge
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Most Overlooked Rock Guitar Genius
I don't know if he was a genius or not, but Ollie Halsall was massively overlooked: Tony McPhee was overlooked, as were Pete Cruikshank and Clive Brooks: Pat Thrall was never really known as a lead guitarist in his own right. Here he is on the Yamash'ta, Winwood and Shrieve Go project...- Big Ears
- Post #36
- Forum: Rock Lounge
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Is the album "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" heavy metal?
The New Musical Express Book of Rock (my issue is from 1975, but it was first published in 1973) has Heavy Metal as an entry and refers to the heavy bands. Their examples were what you would expect from up to and including the early to mid-seventies, but from long before NWOBHM. The latter term...- Big Ears
- Post #21
- Forum: Album Combat Zone
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I Like the 'Likes'
Most of the posts here have, at best, either misunderstood my OP or not read the sub-forum title. I was giving positive feedback on something that was here only briefly around three years ago and before the new software. Disagree by all means, but otherwise remove the word 'feedback' from the...- Big Ears
- Post #13
- Forum: Forum Help, Suggestions, Feedback
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Is the album "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" heavy metal?
I agree that it is uncomfortable renaming the heavy rock bands of the seventies, as hard rock, to draw a distinction between the later so-called heavy metal bands. If that is what you are saying? I do not agree that the bands of the seventies, or even sixties, were primitive. Jimi Hendrix used...- Big Ears
- Post #12
- Forum: Album Combat Zone
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Is the album "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" heavy metal?
No. Both Ozzy Osbourne and Tony Iommi have said they did not like the term, 'heavy metal'. The albums were just heavy; anachronisms are often imposed on the seventies. The Sabbath Bloody Sabbath title track and Killing Yourself to Live are very heavy, I think. The rest of the album, Fluff aside...- Big Ears
- Post #11
- Forum: Album Combat Zone
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Cover Versions : love 'em or hate 'em...
Uli Jon Roth is incredibly relaxed, yet nimble and slick. He is fascinating to watch:- Big Ears
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- Forum: Rock Lounge
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Cover Versions : love 'em or hate 'em...
Not Jimi, but Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush are a class act. This is from Montreal in 1979:- Big Ears
- Post #22
- Forum: Rock Lounge
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Santana Duet
Santana with the Allmans in 2012. His solo is very Hendrix-like, but the arrangement of the song lacks pace.- Big Ears
- Post #17
- Forum: 70's Music
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RIP David Cassidy
Only ten people liked this post on Youtube, and I am one of them. It is David Cassidy's version of The Beach Boys' Darlin' with Flo and Eddie . . . dancing: This is pretty good too:- Big Ears
- Post #8
- Forum: Music News
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4 70's Alice Cooper albums poll
My Stars is a great track live:- Big Ears
- Post #22
- Forum: Album Combat Zone
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4 70's Alice Cooper albums poll
I like them all, but I voted for School's Out. Billion Dollar Babies is better than all of them, especially the version with the live album. I wish the original band had taken a break after Muscle of Love, got the other stuff out of the way, and regrouped (preferably with Ezrin).- Big Ears
- Post #21
- Forum: Album Combat Zone
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I Like the 'Likes'
I like the 'Likes'. They were trialled here on the old software and I was sorry to see them removed. Also, the alerts in the top right corner are quite useful.- Big Ears
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- Forum: Forum Help, Suggestions, Feedback
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Grateful Dead or Eagles?
I have not heard much by the Grateful Dead, but I cannot really get into them. They are probably a bit too laid back for my taste. The Eagles never fully utilised Joe Walsh, but they seemed more interesting to me around the time of Hell Freezes Over. Don Felder was an intriguing guitarist and...- Big Ears
- Post #24
- Forum: Song and Band Battles
