For me, this style of guitar playing is like one of those obscure Olympics sports in which people ride a unicycle underwater while shooting a crossbow. I appreciate the practice they put into mastering this sport, but I can't understand why they chose this and what they get out of it.
Hey, at least I didn't run from your well-written piece! 😄
Jim Slade ftw! Precisely this. And thanks for reading. These solos have an aspect of theater too -- the predictable arcs and predictable climaxes. Having not really listened to Sykes I was surprised at the facility he brings to the game.
A similar argument could be made for Tommy Bolin, whose thunder and lightning exchanges with Jan Hammer on Billy Cobham's Spectrum album might have been the apex of the Fusion Era.
For me, this style of guitar playing is like one of those obscure Olympics sports in which people ride a unicycle underwater while shooting a crossbow. I appreciate the practice they put into mastering this sport, but I can't understand why they chose this and what they get out of it.
Hey, at least I didn't run from your well-written piece! 😄
Jim Slade ftw! Precisely this. And thanks for reading. These solos have an aspect of theater too -- the predictable arcs and predictable climaxes. Having not really listened to Sykes I was surprised at the facility he brings to the game.
A similar argument could be made for Tommy Bolin, whose thunder and lightning exchanges with Jan Hammer on Billy Cobham's Spectrum album might have been the apex of the Fusion Era.
No doubt! Bolin was way way underrated...and so is that record. can't wait to listen to it again...thanks....