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[Paul Mather]

On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Ted Jackson wrote:

=> > Didn't Gary get that scar when someone went at him with a broken beer
=> > glass in a bar?  Let's just say it means he has to trade on his music,
=> > not his looks. :-)
=> >
=> Geez, his music's not THAT bad!

Hey, I'll fess up and admit I *like* Gazza's music!

=> > (Moore-related tidbit/observation: has anyone else noticed that Jimmy
=> > Herring's guitar work on live versions of "Loan Me a Dime" sounds a
=> > dead ringer for Gary Moore?)
=> >
=> I haven't heard it, but my only criticism of Jimmy's playing is that
=> sometimes he treads a bit too close to his influences, esp. Jeff
=> Beck [at least in his work with ARU] which isn't a bad thing.  I've
=> only seen him live once, and that was with ARU, and he is a brother
=> from another planet!

I caught him twice with the Allmans last year, and both shows were
superb!  (The first gig was actually the first one of the tour, and he
was making his debut under hostile circumstances.)  I'm sad to see him
leave for Phil & Friends, actually.  (Jimmy and Derek with the ABB
floats my boat a lot more than Jimmy and Warren with Phil & Friends.)

Cheers,

Paul.

e-mail: paul at gromit.dlib.vt.edu

"Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production
 deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid."
        --- Frank Vincent Zappa