Last weekend I was listening to a Gary Moore rendition of Peter Greenās Fleetwood Macās (the original band formed in the late 60s before Buckingham, Nicks, and Rumours) Need Your Love So Bad. That was prompted by my deciding to work on the intro solo using Justinās lesson as part of my focus on developing lead technique and improvisation ability. That kicked off a number of people also having a go at the solo.
That activity has now led to the creating of a new Guitar Challenge topic. For those of you not familiar, the topics in that sub-category are all focused on a specific song or musical challenge. The idea is for anybody and everybody, irrespective of play-grade, to have a go at the challenge and share the results. There are some fun challenges but the sub-category is perhaps not as well visited as AVOYP. Go check it out.
And for those interested in developing their lead technique, it is a wonderful solo to learn, to work on feel and bending. Maybe give that a look and see.
Meanwhile, I thought Iād share the original, a classic from a legend RIP Peter Green
That was the track I used to get to where I did with my version of it; most people donāt realise that it was often played on a Strat, mostly during the 1990ās and possibly a bit earlier.
A quick Google reveals that the song was not a Fleetwood Mac original composition but a cover of a Little Willie John song first recorded in 1955. Peter Greenās rendition released in 1968. And then Gary Moore in '95.
No idea when Green switched from a strat to the LP that was famously later owned by Gary Moore.
Green-era Fleetwood Mac is pretty enjoyable (Iām not too keen on later iterations of the band). I warmly recommend The Biggest Thing Since Colossus by Otis Spann who was backed by FM on that album. Itās really good stuff.
I found this version of Wish You Were Here just now. I think itās in the Top 5 for Watersā lyrics and the understated arrangement works for the songās advantage:
Heads up from my darling daughter who keeps me rockin n current. Couple of good old modern Southern Rock tracks from Monster Truck. I Likey, aināt all about Skynyrd
Close, but no cigar, Sir
Iām breaking the āmoldā, channeling Gilmourās impro-spirit with my Daphne Blue, whilst moving some serious air with my rediscovered Peavey Vypyr (grooving with a pic, no less)
Needless to say, such antics shall never be sharedā¦
Even I have my limits
Well this takes the NYLSB saga full circle, seeing @stitch punted it out as a ālearnerā. I am now finding clones all over the place. So this evening looking at a new Blues Rhythm course, one of the examples was built on The Allman Brothers Trouble No More, so I dropped into the record collection and found it on the album Gold from 2005 (amongst others) and after a listen to the original started drifting through the album. Second track is Not My Cross To Bear and some Greenie like licks going on there. So knowing Rick heāll appreciate some AB and some vintage footage!
Thereās a current thread elsewhere, posing the question: āWhat do I get?ā
This triggered an old āOhrwurmā from the wonderful Mancunian Buzzcocks.
Iāve almost finished watching Danny Boyleās series on the Sex Pistols and itās an enjoyable romp down memory lane, especially if you only ever had the incomplete jigsaw puzzle as a kid
Are you sure we shared the same '70s @Mari63?
Never heard of this band before and randomly saw them live few days ago. Their energy on stage is insane. They really give it all, especially the singer was on fire. She put so much emotion in her performance.
Hmm I thought the @TheMadman_tobyjenner might like this!
This is from 9 years ago from a Canadian rock/metal band that have grown a bit like the Warning, theyāre still going strong under a different name but basically now a Power trio just like the Warning.
Here the singer was 10 years old, I think she did an amazing job of this, such a stage presence!
Sadly not a lover of child performances but the cover was technically well done. And thatās the rub. At 10 years of age and no experience of life in real terms, what is missing is the attitude and the passion that is expressed in the original JMHO. Lyrics still hold true to this day half a century on, nowts changed.
