OFF: CMJ/Tour dates (long)

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In a message dated 9/10/99 7:19:54 PM, flossbac at NLCI.COM writes:

<< Although Dick Taylor produced the first Hawkwind LP, he didn't play a
note>>
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 i dont think it's being suggested that taylor played any of the leads on
that lp.
 but i also thought i'd read quite awhile ago that taylor does something on
it. nothing major.

as for brock's electric gtr style...nnnggghhh...while hawkwind got
exceptional career mileage out of "interstellar overdrive" in general, i dont
hear the floyd boys as much of a factor in brock's playing. i hear a stoned
guy in front of a big amp going "chug-chug", as lemmy put it. and, as
epitomized on "space ritual", that
pentatonic-lead-through-the-wah-pedal-in-every-song routine portrayed him as
singularly constricted as alvin lee, or even john lee hooker.
dont get me wrong, i love that sound, always have, am displeased whenever
he's cut back on guitar.

but i try to be vigilant about this who-got-what-from-who stuff.
for that matter, i'd say neil young was more relevant to his lead gtr playing
than (grimace) david gilmour. or even cream-era clapton. or jorma k.

and if you should stumble across fleetwood mac's "go your own way" on an
oldies station, pay close attention to lindsey buckingham's break towards the
end.
it's brock all the way, but it's unlikely because of any direct influence.

next week: THE INTERNAL LOGIC OF SELF-TAUGHT MUSICIANS..

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