When did Buckethead get added to Prog Related?

This site rocks even more now.  Glad to be a part of this number.

 

I first got into him around 2000 or '01.  I think I have heard about everything he has released,

including some obscure stuff only around on youtube et al (e.g. some gig he played in someone's

living room for a wedding, I believe it was, and a couple of personal discs he did by request).

 

Jimi Hendrix was once a personal favorite guitar player, but that has changed.

David Gilmour's style blows me away;  the emotion he can convey with a guitar is one

of those few experiences I've had that make existence tolerable through whatever angst

may present itself.  Crappy choice of words but I'm at a loss trying to express it.  The solo

in Time remains my personal favorite.  But this is about Brian Carroll.

 

When I heard the following some I knew I had to hear more.  Just a 'simple' electric go,

but the feeling conveyed by it is similar to what Gilmour does, in my opinion:

 

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Maybe I'm crazy.

I don't mind.

 

One more that I find one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard:

 

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I love that track.

It also displays some originality in the playing that he sometimes displays.

I'd say 'often,' as opposed to 'sometimes,' but the volume of work has become almost unbearable,

even for the serious fan, I must confess.  I'll keep consuming but for repeated listens I have no

choice but to restrict myself to those few hundred tracks by him that I really dig.  I even started a

text list, back in 2008, with personal ratings, as there was no other way that I could sort the wheat

from the chaffe (sic?), if you will.

 

Some other artists--like Senmuth from Russia--mass produce comparably, but there isn't enough

time in a second to keep up with them all.

 

Hope to discover some more treasures via forum communication, etc.

Thanks for having me.

 

 

For the fans: i finally finished reviewing ALL the PIKE series. I'm not sure what possessed me but i made it through! You can find a nice cohesive list of ALL my Buckethead Pike reviews on a nice tidy list on my Rate Your Music page:

For all the haters: you will no longer be subjected to a flood of the chicken lover's ceaseless output on the front page except for new releases which i will review as they are released. However i will be reviewing all the pre-Pikes which there are about 30 or so left but not all at once as i need a little break! So as long as he doesn't release like 100 new albums in one day or something, you can have chicken lover free PA experiences for the most part 

Hope you find the page and reviews useful. It took approximately 14 months to finish this project. Whew 

I'll take a good listen to your top Pikes list. Thanks for the effort - that's some dedication!

I'll put up some reviews of the hidden gems in his discography at some stage.