Posted by MWG [ 209.216.179.140 ] on April 01, 2006 at 10:41:29:

In Reply to: Re: Dire Straits-On the Night posted by manualblock on April 01, 2006 at 07:55:27:

I think they have been forgotten due to all the fuss over Clapton and a few others. Don't get me wrong Eric Clapton is a excellent player but I think there are others who are often overlooked.

I tend to shy away from the mainstream guitarists like Hendrix, Clapton, SRV and a few others. Partly because of they over selling of their abilities and partly because I get tired of hearing the same few players.

I really enjoy Knopfler, Gilmour, Robin Trower, Alvin Lee and several others. I remember when the big controversy around here was who is better, Fahey or Kottke? My musical horizon is pretty limited as I wasn't exposed to hardly any new music from about 1974-2004 when I got back into music.

I grew up with music as my stepdad was a drummer and I listened to Dixieland, Coubtry, Pop music from about the 40's onward. Also big band music, and whatever was currently on radio.

I like classical music as long as it moves fairly quick. The slow stuff puts me to sleep. I played the French Horn for a short while so I really like classical written for the horns. I enjoy rock as long as it has some melody/harmony in it. The white noise stuff doesn't make it. I tried to listen to some of my Mantavoni LPs but couldn't hack it anymore. Same for the Gunther Kallman Chorus. I'm sure the cycle will change and I'll go back to it someday

One thing I really like about this forum is the lack of bickering. I'm sure a lot of folks don't agree with things posted but they seldom get wrapped around the axle on something.

Time to go work at our little museum have a good one MB and others.

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