Re: The Who Mailing List Digest V6 #109

["L. Bird" <pkeets@hotmail.com>]

>I will preface this by saying I am not a musician, so I probably don't know 
>what I am talking about.  When I listen to "The Real Me", it sounds like 
>Pete is playing rhythm guitar, and John is playing "lead" on the bass. I am 
>not aware of any other bass players who play like this.  Any comments from 
>the people that know what they are talking about.

Sounds right to me.  Even more obvious are occasions when the lead guitar 
plays a passage in one concert and JAE plays it in the next.
Besides this switch-off (going back), there are times when the JAE's bass 
and Pete's lead seem to compete without much relationship (would that be a 
jazz characteristic?), and other times when they work together very 
powerfully.  A fine example of this is the "Roadrunner" number from Pontiac 
'75, where Pete plays against a complex bass.  You guys who are serious 
musicians, what happens there?  Is it counter-point?

keets


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