Captain Speedfingers and Slowhand [message #6675 is a reply to message #6674] |
Thu, 06 April 2006 07:19 |
Leland Crooks
Messages: 212 Registered: May 2009
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Alvin Lee and Eric's nicknames from the woodstock days. I have a 10 yrs after album, and he could shred, but I wasn't really impressed with the music. Van Epp was introduced to me by my father in law. He was a audiophile in the 50's before he had kids. Got some really great karlson horns in his basement that he built. Van Epp was a solo act, and did things that sound like he had 12 fingers. I only have the one album, but it's a frequent visitor. I really don't have much info on him.
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Van Epp [message #6677 is a reply to message #6675] |
Thu, 06 April 2006 08:32 |
Shane
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Never heard his music, but your description reminds me of Michael Hedges. That guy could sound like 3-4 guitars at the same time. They used to bill Stevie Ray as"Stevie Hurricane"
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Re: Van Epp [message #6680 is a reply to message #6677] |
Thu, 06 April 2006 16:27 |
Leland Crooks
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Did a little looking, this quote pretty much defines what I listen to. Why seven strings? "I wanted things to happen, voices to move, not just 'Oh, that's a chord, 'dunh-dunh.' I wanted something to go 'de da da duh' inside the chord or for the bass to move a little bit," Van Eps once told the Los Angeles Times. "I don't care about playing nine million notes a second. I'm more interested in having every voice in a chord be a melody that both stands by itself and works with the others."
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Re: Van Epp [message #6681 is a reply to message #6680] |
Thu, 06 April 2006 17:27 |
Manualblock
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I read a quote today by Gerry Mulligan the trombone player. He said in answer to a question about todays jazz players; "They know all the notes and scales and they can articulate well; play fantastic runs and fills but; too often they just don't seem to know when it's time to leave the bone alone."
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