Re: Where's Pete

[AnEnglishBoy <campbell@xxxxxxx>]

Pete's live solo on DFTWaist @ Anaheim Stadium in 3/76 was
the best I've ever heard him play, live or studio, and, IMO, the
edited or live w/o a net solo on YMBlues from LALeeds is one
of my fav solo's by anyone (however flawed at moments).

The interesting things is, to me, that although Pete is not considered
to be, nor has he ever attempted to be among the so called greats
of British Blues-based Lead Guitar, he enjoys the status of being
among these people, Clapton, Jimi, Pagey, Beck, Peter Green,
Mick Taylor, Robin Trower (forgive if I overlooked any favs)
none-the-less, as a peer and pioneer of lead guitar playing.

Pete's always excelled at lead rhythm guitar, with quite a few
dynamic solos along the way.

I guess it depends on what you read, or who you listen to, but over
37 years, I have continuously heard/read Pete included in the "Best"
category when it comes to lead guitarists of his generation.

I myself wouldn't give you the remnants from yesterday's loo for
*most* of the so called hot shot lead guitarist to emerge over the last
20 + years.

AnEnglishBoy~

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ACLGC wrote:

> Maybe Pete, nowadays, has had improved his skill on
> soloing, but in his entire career, he wasn't exactly a
> greater soloist. Pete himself said that, in many many
> interviews, talking about his decision about to
> concentrating on rhythm guitar and to developing the
> power chords and so on after seeing people like Eric
> Clapton and Jeff Beck playing live, and concluding by
> his total incapacity to follow them, even studying
> hard and hard. Pete said too about the influence of
> spanish guitar on his style and that is very easy to
> see when he plays acoustic. And to end these
> statements, I remember only one or two solos
> remarkable of the entire career of Pete, and those are
> the solo on 5:15 and Bargain. Maybe because that Pete
> isn't remembered as a top 10 guitarist.