When guitar was guitar...

[redguru]

Clapton and Townshend together on the BBC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbRcKVD4CHQ

And the full interview.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCctHcBfwv0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHz273a-daI

 

[redguru]

What no perk or deebs comment? Not even Mightymouse?

 

[perkele]

They still got the blues.

Townshend makes deebs wet.

 

[Gambino]

What no perk or deebs comment? Not even Mightymouse?

doode, if it's not a kizz/prince/steely dan thread, perk doesn't care

 

[Testosterone boy]

I often bemoan the quality of todays music.

 

[Raptorex]

very different guitar styles, but both great in their own genre...and songwriting ability

 

[Mr. dB]

I wonder how much Clapton spent on that hairdo?

 

[Spartacus]

isn't pete a "rough boy"?

 

[redguru]

isn't pete a "rough boy"?

LOL, he was cleared of all charges.

 

[perkele]

I wonder how much Clapton spent on that hairdo?

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[redguru]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSXOeUdtyCA

Pete Townshend performs an acoustic version of Won't Get Fooled again. Check out some of the amazing variations he does on the chordwork. He may not be a great picker but he sure knows his way around a fretboard.

 

[Mr. dB]

Wow, they were 44? They're both over 60 now.

I remember the incident where Townshend speared his hand on the tremolo arm, he was on Letterman the next night with a bandage. I didn't realize it was so long ago.

 

[solidspine]

If you are serious it has to be Leo Kottke

 

[Mr. dB]

If you are serious it has to be Leo Kottke

Ever heard Richard Leo Johnson?

 

[thelion2005]

I am old enough to have seen a lot of icons when they were just beginning to develop their styles. Terrific talent and constant practice of course.

But they were also heavily influenced by much older black blues artists. And each other too. These are people who devoted all their time and energy to one goal ... to be the best.