HW: Jerry Richards (was: my trip to the Milky Way)

[Jon Jarrett]

On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, Michael Blackman wrote:

> Keith Barton... Added some exellent sounds to the amsterdam set at the
> melkweg and at the fest seemed to do fine but I couldn't really hear him
> well enough to really say.  Then again I was right at the front of the
> stage.

        Cool. I'm looking forward to seeing him with the Hawks, I haven't
managed it yet.

        While I mention it, does anyone want a ticket? It's looking
increasingly likely that we can't find a babysitter so Kirsten won't be
able to make it. This means I have a spare ticket...

> Jerry Richards is a definate talent on the guitar and his part in the
> Australian studio 22 show was exellent.... but to compare his playing as
> being too much like Dave???????  Thanks for the laugh - but I see no
> comparison - two totally distinct styles I'd say.

        Jerry's style is his own, but he can do what not many other people
can which is a passable impression of Dave's. And then some stuff of his
own.

> Huw Lloyd Langton - well, no one can compare.  Forever legendary in my book.

        This is it, another unique or all-but player. But when I've seen
them both with Dave, separately or together, it's seemed to me that
whereas Huw's soloes are utterly apart from what Dave does, though they
work well with the music of course, Jerry's fitted *with* Dave's parts
better, and thus stood out less, which was my original point or was meant
to be. Huw is stark and clear where Jerry is cunning and choppy. Does
anyone else know what I mean?

        I prefer Huw's playing, to listen to, but Jerry's possibly more
fun to watch. Yours,
                     Jon

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