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Points: 13634 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 16 2010 at 13:25
Originally posted by Raff Raff wrote:

No chance, Scott - he's got a temperature, and would not enjoy the show in the shape he's in. I'm sorry for him, because he was the one who had never seen them - and they're his favourite band, at least in prog. Oh, well, such things happen.... 


That's a real shame Raff - hope Micky gets better real soon and he has a chance to see the band on the inevitable next tour.
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Points: 2060 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 16 2010 at 14:09
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Points: 799 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 16 2010 at 16:36
Originally posted by slidesandbends slidesandbends wrote:

that's true....Astral Traveler was nutso, i had listened to it before but they blew me away with it, as they did with machine messiah. I don't doubt that Howe can still play anything he's ever recorded....like CTTE...but if you saw yes in the 70's then you know that him playing close to the edge now vs then is distinctly different...there are really some beyond freakish videos of him from the 70's, especially on "Celebration". 


I just watched the Close to the Edge clip from Celebration...oh my God...I've been schooled. I ordered the DVD immediately!
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Yeah man....people love to talk about John Mclaughlin being the fastest or best or fripp being the most innovative...I've been playing guitar a long time and I've only recently transcended the prog world, and I'm telling you Howe was the king of the instrument in the 70's. He can play almost every type of guitar to efficiency, and in addition to that, he is 10x more expressive then JM who probably just plays a little faster.  He holds himself to the highest standard and articulation....you listen to CTTE on the album and you think "wow, he must be playing to the utmost of his ability..."
and then you see celebration.
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Points: 799 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 16 2010 at 17:57
Originally posted by slidesandbends slidesandbends wrote:

Yeah man....people love to talk about John Mclaughlin being the fastest or best or fripp being the most innovative...I've been playing guitar a long time and I've only recently transcended the prog world, and I'm telling you Howe was the king of the instrument in the 70's. He can play almost every type of guitar to efficiency, and in addition to that, he is 10x more expressive then JM who probably just plays a little faster.  He holds himself to the highest standard and articulation....you listen to CTTE on the album and you think "wow, he must be playing to the utmost of his ability..."
and then you see celebration.


Agreed! Howe never ceases to blow me away, and he always does in ways that no other guitarist can. I remember being blown away by Mood for a Day as a little kid because it sounded like two guitars - it was the first time I discovered how fingerpicking can do a two-part composition...

What really blows my mind on Celebration is the energy - it's so aggressive, raw and powerful, it makes me think of CTTE in a whole new way...
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Points: 799 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 17 2010 at 03:02
Here's a nice clip of Howe doing CTTE with the current lineup - still pretty impressive, although you have to get around the poor audio quality compared to Celebration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8UetzjButo&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_stronger_r2-2r-1-HM



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Points: 3449 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 17 2010 at 20:36
Originally posted by Raff Raff wrote:

No chance, Scott - he's got a temperature, and would not enjoy the show in the shape he's in. I'm sorry for him, because he was the one who had never seen them - and they're his favourite band, at least in prog. Oh, well, such things happen.... 
Raff I am sorry to hear you missed it.  I remember the only time I had a chance to see Miles Davis live.  Bought the tickets (at no small expense), drove down to the venue, paid for parking, walked up to the venue.  Dark.  Miles was ill and called off the show.  Got a refund for the tickets at least, but I would much rather have seen the concert.
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Points: 32181 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 17 2010 at 20:53
Originally posted by jammun jammun wrote:

Originally posted by Raff Raff wrote:

No chance, Scott - he's got a temperature, and would not enjoy the show in the shape he's in. I'm sorry for him, because he was the one who had never seen them - and they're his favourite band, at least in prog. Oh, well, such things happen.... 
Raff I am sorry to hear you missed it.  I remember the only time I had a chance to see Miles Davis live.  Bought the tickets (at no small expense), drove down to the venue, paid for parking, walked up to the venue.  Dark.  Miles was ill and called off the show.  Got a refund for the tickets at least, but I would much rather have seen the concert.


That happened to me with the Mars Volta this past year. Fortunately, I should have more chances to see them.

I would have loved to see Miles, that would have been out of this world. It's a shame that happened.
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