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Post by tomcaster on Jan 20, 2020 11:44:25 GMT -5
Had the chance to see this show this weekend. What a great show this was-a real treat to see two players of this caliber. G.E. Smith and Jim Weider. Very interesting song choices-Roy Buchanan, Traffic, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ventures. G.E. is quite the player, but Jim Weider was outstanding. Never saw him previously and didn't really know him or his music. You can tell Buchanan is an influence for sure-he mentioned that he saw him at this same venue probably 30-40 years ago.
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Post by Taildragger on Jan 20, 2020 12:10:23 GMT -5
Stumbled across Jim Weider some years ago on YouTube. Great player!
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Jan 20, 2020 12:50:07 GMT -5
I'll bet that was a great show.
Weider is a monster player. Smith can play pretty much anything and knows more songs off the top of his head than 20 guitar players combined.
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hilltop87
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Post by hilltop87 on Jan 20, 2020 13:21:50 GMT -5
G.E. Smith is awesome. Check him out on YouTube when he gets to play Mike Bloomfield's Telecaster.
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Post by Taildragger on Jan 20, 2020 13:25:11 GMT -5
Peegoo: r.e. your new avatar: your gun might be bigger but you ain't got no helmet nor rocket pack!
So NYAH!
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Jan 20, 2020 14:16:26 GMT -5
DANG! [rattling the pots and pans in the kitchen looking for that big metal collander]  |
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Post by Ayns on Jan 20, 2020 15:12:13 GMT -5
As Tele players go, two of the best I've seen were Redd Volkart and Bill Kirchen. Oh and Keef of course, but that's a different Tele thing. ;-)
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Post by Taildragger on Jan 20, 2020 16:05:18 GMT -5
As Tele players go, two of the best I've seen were Redd Volkart and Bill Kirchen. Oh and Keef of course, but that's a different Tele thing. ;-) Kirchen has consistently blown me away ever since I first saw him play with Commander Cody in about 1969 or 1970. Last saw him live with his own band at a big car show in Half Moon Bay a few years ago. He still had it.
When I used to see him with Cody, he ran his Tele through a Tweed Bassman. At the car show, he was using a Talos and, though I'm not sure which model. At some point, I think they were making a Kirchen Signature model, so maybe it was that one.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Jan 20, 2020 16:31:41 GMT -5
Last time I saw Kirchen he had Redd Volkaert with him and Cindy Cashdollar on lap steel. HOLY cats, what a band.
Bill pulled out a trombone and played a solo...seriously. And he was GOOD!
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Post by Opie on Jan 20, 2020 16:37:24 GMT -5
Wasn't Jim Weider the guitarist who took Robertson's place in the Band before they called it quits.If so I saw him with the Band one night before Richard Manuel died.
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Post by Ayns on Jan 20, 2020 17:02:48 GMT -5
As Tele players go, two of the best I've seen were Redd Volkart and Bill Kirchen. Oh and Keef of course, but that's a different Tele thing. ;-)
When I used to see him with Cody, he ran his Tele through a Tweed Bassman. P
The singer/ guitarist in my last original band used to play a Tele through a Tweed Bassman. Insanely loud, but what a glorious sound ;-) |
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Post by Taildragger on Jan 20, 2020 17:04:03 GMT -5
Last time I saw Kirchen he had Redd Volkaert with him and Cindy Cashdollar on lap steel. HOLY cats, what a band. Bill pulled out a trombone and played a solo...seriously. And he was GOOD! He played trombone on a couple numbers with Cody as well, so that must've been his instrument in high school band!
If memory serves, the Cody's fiddle player, Andy Stein, doubled on sax.
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Peppy
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Post by Peppy on Jan 20, 2020 17:51:27 GMT -5
Weider used to do instructional videos way back when that was a thing. Good player. Of all the Telecaster players I have listened to since the 1960s the best, for me, is Greg Koch. He brought its capabilities into the new century and has only improved since.
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