Pt -Keith Richards and Rhythm Guitar

[Kevin Cotrupe <KC@screamingmedia.com>]

Shawn- While I respect your opinion , you really have to look deeper into
the guitar style of Pete to understand that he and Keith Richards are not
even in the same league. Keith is a very good guitar player however most of
his style has to do with open tunings ; be it open E ,G or D. These
alternate tunings are so easy to play my dog could come up with a tune. The
only reason people often say Keith is a better guitar player and the Stones
are a better band is simply because of more commercial success. I saw the
Stones quite a few times and almost fell asleep twice. Besides Keith
Richards can barely hold a guitar these days let alone rip the way Pete is
these days. It's really easy to play rhythm guitar with a drummer who stays
in the pocket like Charlie Watts. 1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4. But to play rhythm with a
lunatic behind the kit alone set Pete above all else when it comes to rhythm
guitar...and he's not a bad lead player too boot!

Just having some fun.

Kevin 



-----Original Message-----
From: ShawnMckelvey@cs.com [mailto:ShawnMckelvey@cs.com]
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 8:22 AM
To: TheWho@igtc.com
Subject: Re: The Who Mailing List Digest V7 #211


In a message dated 8/10/00 7:40:43 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
TheWho-Digest-Owner@igtc.com writes:
[O'Neal, Kevin W.]
> Pete is clearly the greatest rhythm guitarist in history

I love Pete, he's a groovy guy, I love all of his work and I dig his
baldness 
(helps with my ever expanding cranium); however, clearly you're outta your 
mind on this one. Keith Richards has set the standard for rhythm in his 
almost continuously awesome work of 38 years. The guys internal metronome is

connected to something ancient and pure. He and Charlie Watts are the very 
definition of swinging rhythm. Peace, Shawn  McKelvey