Musicians you have seen that left a Permanent Memory

smitty_p said:
It probably sounds very cliche, but "Smoke on the Water" is my favorite rock song. It's got a memorable riff, it tells a story, it has an interesting solo, and it is open to embellishment.

I've watched several Youtube videos of Smoke on the Water and I'm intrigued to see that Blackmore didn't play the exact same solo from performance to performance. True, he kept certain elements of it, but he varied it up a lot.
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Bet you didn't know this. Straight from the horses mouth. " I owe him a lot of money"



Also, From one of my major drum influences, Mr Ian Paice. His right hand is just sick in this performance. The whole band kicked the heck out of their jam here as well.

 
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Here is another Guitar player that doesn't get as much mention as say Page, Townshend, Clapton, Hendrix, Richards, Santana etc but as a kid, his playing on this song surely kicked in the cool factor listening to his sweet tones.

 
bea said:
Andrés Segovia on one of his last concert tours. High in his 80s or even 90 years old. He played unamplified in front of 2000 people, just he and his classical guitar. And it was so silent that You could hear every single note...

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I saw Segovia when I was a young man. He was well into his eighties and playing in a college theater to about 2000 people. After well over an hour of glorious music, he lowered his head and said." I would love to play for you all night, but my little guitar is sleepy." Thanks for stirring that memory, bea!
 
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I am glad I made this thread in it's ability to bring memories like Bidd shared come back to life.

Glad you made your post, Bea. Cool Story, Bidd
 
Being in the right place at the right time is an unfair advantage. In one month, in 1968, I saw The Buffalo Springfield (Immediately wanted to play like Stephen Stills) Quicksilver Messenger Service, Moby Grape, Jimi Hendrix, The Chambers Brothers, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Ike and Tina Turner and The Doors. That experience erased my ambition to be a preacher and has profoundly affected my approach to all styles of music that I play. I must also note that the West Coast music scene was as much fun as I can possibly imagine having in two lifetimes.
 
I've been very fortunate to have seen a lot of guitar greats perform live since the mid 70s. There are a few that I deeply regret not seeing before they checked out from this world, like Gary Moore, Johnny Winter, and Alan Mirikitani (BB Chunk King) to name a select few.

The two guitar greats that have moved me the most from a live performance:
Runner up... Randy Rhoads. His live sound, precision, fluidity, and hard rock soulful phrasing hit me like a ton of bricks. I knew I had witnessed something very special.

And my number one: SRV. I believe it was '84, before Weese was a member of Double Trouble. Everything that I said about Randy applies here, too, except the hard rock tag. So genuine. I remember being so emotionally worn out after the show. Major goosebumps city... you know what I mean?

I miss those two so much... :cry:
 
I've seen Ted Nugent twice live in 1981 and around 1998. Awesome performances!
I've saw Dio in 2004. It was like a religious experience.
I saw Dimmu Borgir in 2007. Norwegian Black Metal. Memorable amazing show!
 
Biddlin said:
Being in the right place at the right time is an unfair advantage. In one month, in 1968, I saw The Buffalo Springfield (Immediately wanted to play like Stephen Stills) Quicksilver Messenger Service, Moby Grape, Jimi Hendrix, The Chambers Brothers, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Ike and Tina Turner and The Doors. That experience erased my ambition to be a preacher and has profoundly affected my approach to all styles of music that I play. I must also note that the West Coast music scene was as much fun as I can possibly imagine having in two lifetimes.
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I have said this before and here it is again.
Bidden, there had to be a time somewhen in
there that we walked right by each other.
 
Pink Floyd - Fremantle Oval, Western Australia 1988. I was 15 years old...
"A Momentary Lapse Of Reason" Tour...
David Gilmour absolutely KILLED IT!
I was about 4 or 5 meters back from the stage, and could see every drop of sweat on his brow, every movement of his fretting hand... It was absolutely mind boggling - A truly religious experience!
Here's a news clip from the day...
 
How about Allan Holdsworth...a phenomenal guitar player! He sure can tickle the strings on a Gibson SG Custom. This guy is serious for sure. Check out his solos...sounds like the flight of the bumblebees.



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Black Sabbath, Uriah Heap, Johnny and Edgar Winter, Frank Zappa, Neil Young, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones...

Never got to see Pink Floyd or The Who, but I did catch Roger Waters a few years ago doing The Wall and Snowy White was on guitar!
 
iblive said:
For me. Neil Young.
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Went to see a Crosby, Stills, and Nash concert back in the 70s. Neil showed up and played the whole set with them. Linda Ronstadt was the warmup act. She came out with CSNY for the encore. It was a pretty decent concert.
 
chilipeppermaniac said:
Also, From one of my major drum influences, Mr Ian Paice. His right hand is just sick in this performance. The whole band kicked the heck out of their jam here as well.

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That early DP stuff is tremendous. I'm sure they spent an immense amount of time in practice and rehearsal, but when playing live there is almost an experimental synergy.

I'm fascinated by their playing. When I watch Deep Purple play in these older videos, it's like they aren't playing in the same way I see most others do. It's almost like they aren't focusing so much on playing a song, as in reproducing a recording, essentially playing a cover of themselves. The song is more a less a foundation for live exploration. They'll veer away from the recorded version and experiment and come back. It seems less formulaic.

Your mind and awareness drift from instrument to instrument to vocals and back to instruments. Many times (as in, almost always!) when watching other videos I am very focused on the guitar parts. With Deep Purple, that doesn't happen. I'll start by focusing on guitar...only to be pulled inescapably to the organ, then to the bass, then to the drums, then to the vocals...and so on.

In most things in life, I try to avoid having any favorites. But, if I had to pick a favorite rock band it would be Deep Purple.
 
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