(OFF BABBLE)Re: TMTYL

[Carl Edlund Anderson]

On 23 Jul 2008, at 06:18 , Steve Swann wrote:
> I've never been a fan of the Dead, but as someone who's been  
> wasting his time and money playing Rock Band lately, I have to say  
> those weird little jangly trippy jammy tunes are fun as hell to  
> play on a fake plastic scale model stratocaster.  :)


As someone who is a fan of the Dead, they're also pretty fun to jam  
out on a real guitar, too. :)  Ah, I'm a sucker for "hippy pop"!   
Especially the kind you can merrily turn from a 3-minute jangle into  
into a 30-minute pseudo-Coltrane workout whenever you feel like it. :)

Plenty of GD influence lurking around the edges of Proto-BOC, as I  
recall.  Buck was supposed to be into that vibe back in the day,  
wasn't he?


> Btw, so is Don't Fear the Reaper.  :)


One of the earliest songs I tried to learn on electric guitar! :)   
The guitar breaks/solo in the middle were tricky, as I recall .... I  
think I'd need a few months of practice (practice!?) to get back to  
the point where I could angle them recognizably. ;)  But you can very  
satisfyingly play the main riff for ever and a day. :)

Cheers,
Carl

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