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Post by norcalfanatic on Nov 4, 2015 17:47:39 GMT -5
It's also kind of sad seeing Gary talk about the crash. You can tell by the body language how it still haunts him. I can't imagine the pain of replaying that event every day for nearly 40 years.
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Post by MorrisAutoParts on Nov 4, 2015 22:09:57 GMT -5
I have to admit I am confused after GR talks about the plane crash in the video. He talks about leaking fuel coming from couplings on the gas tank. This is the first time I've heard this. I know this video is several years old but I thought by that time it had been determined that the crash was pilot inattention to fuel supply and improper fuel calculations, especially for running the engine in enriched mode? Very strange indeed. Not the first time I have heard him mention leaking gas and nobody at fault. Yet the NTSB clearly stated it was the pilots fault and mentions nothing of leaking couplings. God only knows where he gets this information, but it would seem as the most famous surviving plane crash victim he would have at least read the safety boards report or had it read to him in the last 40 years. He doesn't even come out and say the report was wrong, he seems totally oblivious to it.
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Post by MorrisAutoParts on Nov 4, 2015 22:24:02 GMT -5
It's also kind of sad seeing Gary talk about the crash. You can tell by the body language how it still haunts him. I can't imagine the pain of replaying that event every day for nearly 40 years. Gary ain't faking it, as I said before he has not just been living the high life and put the whole thing behind him. It will never be put behind him as I guess is proper. When he called Johnny by Ronnie's name I thought he was going to lose it right then. He finally had enough and looked like his chest was hurting from discussing it and really could not continue and was rocking back and forth looking down. This is decades later. Sad. Meanwhile his guitarist/model/actor friend beside him with the knit cap sideways(?) would stare off at the camera people whenever Gary would start his old stories. but made sure to turn and suck up with that fake laugh at Gary's obvious jokes. Rickey was bored to death unless talking about Rickey and his movie career that went nowhere. He has heard the beginnings of Skynyrd one too many times even at this point years ago. It irritates him. You can see it building. So RM makes this big speech telling the world off. Telling the world he is the old and the new, the beginning and the end. "I THINK I SPEAK FOR GARY, LEON, WE WILL WALK IN NOBODIES SHADOW, NOBODY! WE HONOR THEM BUT WE ARE A FAMILY NOW AND NAYSAYERS BE DAMNED WE ARE FAMILY." He was Chomping furiously on his gum, he was venting, he even nodded to an off camera person who must have agreed with him, he was hot. Because Rickey had heard the talk. Gary just stared at his feet and nodded his head like a brainwashed hostage, he was still rocking back and forth from talking about the plane crash. I doubt he even heard Rickeys rant of we are family and this family will walk in nobodies shadow speech. Gary looked confused by that speech. But Rickey was not confused. Rickey walks in nobody's shadow. So whose shadow was Rickie saying he didn't walk in? Obviously Ronnie, Allen, Steve, the dead men he replaced and now takes partial credit for writing their songs. What a sack of crap this man is. The arrogance, the entitlement. He should be saying we will always walk in their shadow but we honor it. That's what Gary would say. I feel sorry for Gary, I think he has been manipulated since 1977. If anyone was the sensitive one it was him, you can see it in the old photos of his hands clasped daintily in front, always the crucifix out front, I think it took a lot of work by Ronnie to get Gary out of his shell and was always pulling Gary to the front to be beside Ronnie. They had a bond like Big Brother to little brother, and Medlocke can proclaim they are all like family now, it won't ever be like it was with his buddy Ronnie. I do hope Dale has talked enough sense into Gary to let him know what Rickey is all about and to NEVER give him the band. Interesting that Rickey made sure to make several references to how early he knew Ronnie, new pictures supposedly on Shorty's front porch. But like all loudmouths, they tend to reveal a lot more than they first thought. Rickey Goofed. He let the cat out of the bag because he was so wound up from saying he walks behind nobody. He said HIS FIRST GIG WITH SKYNYRD was doing their lights at the comic book club. I know Medlocke regretted it the minute he said it. THE BAND HAD PLAYED TOGETHER FOR SEVERAL YEARS BY THAT POINT IN TIME. REMEMBER THAT THE NEXT TIME RICKEY TALKS OF FORMING SKYNYRD. The Comic book club would be around 1969-70. After Rickeys first gig, as a novice lighting man, Gary said " and we fired you too!" Rickey was so bad at the job. So when exactly was Rickey doing all this fine tuning the early Skynyrd sound at Hell house that he talked about? By the Comic book club time they had done hell house for at least the last year with gigs all the time in between, yet Rickey just admitted he probably begged for a lighting job at the Comic book club. He wasn't a lighting man. So in effect he was a hangar on, and would take any job they had, his actions show it. He would repeat that same theme again, asking Ronnie could he be a roadie, ANYTHING to be close to Skynyrd. Think about it folks. WHY WOULD RONNIE ASK HIS FAILED LIGHTING MAN RICKEY IN 1970, A WEEK BEFORE THE MUSCLE SHOALS DEMOS IF HE KNEW HOW TO PLAY DRUMS? DIDN'T RONNIE NOTICE RICKIE PLAYING DRUMS AT HELL HOUSE HELPING RONNIE WRITE THOSE SONGS?........ If Rickey was really at Hell house somewhere from 68-69, playing in the band, sweating it out, and doing countless tiny gigs creating Skynyrd as MEDLOCKE likes to claim, Ronnie would know if Ricky could play drums or not. The so called Skynyrd sound had already been created by time of Muscle Shoals, they were tight, not yet studio schooled, but tight, yet Ronnie seems clueless as to whether Rickey could even play drums for the upcoming demo sessions. THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE REASON FOR RONNIE'S QUESTION, RICKEY MEDLOCKE NEVER PLAYED AT HELL HOUSE, OR PLAYED ANY OTHER GIGS WITH SKYNYRD BEFORE THE MUSCLE SHOALS DEMOS QUITE OBVIOUSLY! THEREFORE, Rickies claim to help create the Skynyrd sound has been pounded to sand. It is a lie. Ronnie was desperate, his first real recording session, his drummer has bailed, so he starts calling around. His old lighting guy Rickey, a childhood friend and band hangar on, intercepted a phone call meant for someone else. Ronnie took him, he had to have somebody at that point,they were doing demos in a week, it was make or break time. Helluva time for Bob to bug out. So Rickey does some session work for them for a month, played a gig or two, might have even been shown hell house, and now he places himself at hell house suffering with the guys fine tuning the Skynyrd sound. I doubt he ever hit a Cymbal at Hell House. After the demos the band again hit the road and were doing all their practicing in bars. They had mouths to feed. Rickey wasn't with them. Just like he wasn't with them in Atlanta when Kooper found them. Just like he wasn't at Hell house practicing for his one failed lighting gig. What a joke. He can't keep the story straight at this point. He is lucky Gary has been pharmaceutically altered, and traumatized by a horrible plane crash. Yet Medlocke will use Gary's poor memory and will change history and insert himself back to the very beginning and tell tall tales of how he helped formed the original songs. Medlocke is a weasel. Sorry he is. Anybody that cannot see that now is blind.
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Post by steph on Nov 5, 2015 6:12:10 GMT -5
Since AC/DC are currently touring back here in Australia atm.... It is only fitting to have this posted....
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Post by MorrisAutoParts on Nov 5, 2015 18:42:14 GMT -5
There is a famous quote from Steve Earle, "I'll stand on Dylan's coffee table in my boots and proclaim Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the world" This song gives a taste of that talent. From one of his better received albums. BTW, Steve has since backed off that quote a little. LOL. Here is "Our mother the mountain" Don't worry, I won't post any more of Townes. You have been exposed to the Van Zandt virus. It's now up to you to ignore him or find the gems. He has some clunkers, I admit. This is one of the gems. The writing is complex, intricate, and moving. For me at least. And he really had a keen sense of humor, you can hear his banter in his live shows. But he had some major issues, he never wanted to be famous, he rejected it all.
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Post by Forum Lord on Nov 18, 2015 15:26:34 GMT -5
Give this kid a chance! Don't be fooled by the rough start. This kid gets cooking towards the end. A very interesting cover for sure!
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Post by Forum Lord on Nov 18, 2015 15:47:41 GMT -5
Let's see if I got this right... starting on the left side of this image is Joey Palemo on bass, the same person Johnny Van Zant hired for his 1990 Brickyard Road tour. Up front in the middle is Blackie Lawless, and on the right side playing guitar is Randy Piper. On drums is Jimi Image. I've been digging around on Johnny Van Zant's former bassist for the Brickyard Road tour back in 1990- one Joey Palemo. So I start with the name of the bass player Joey Palemo and then look up each band member to see who they are and what all they have been into. And this lead me to guitarist Randy Piper who was standing opposite of Joey Palemo in the Circus Circus videos I posted on the JVZ band thread. Here is a brand new 2015 track by Randy Piper. Apparently with the same old 1980's heavy metal shrill guitar sound too... so it does not look like much about him has changed in all these years even though the 80's came and went along with his hair... the band Circus Circus went on to become another well known band W.A.S.P. while Nikki Sixx went on to Motley Crue- more of that same old hair band heavy metal crap from the LA west coast so called music scene. Ugh! These guys did not age well! Here is what Blackie Lawless looks like today! Looks like hell! Kind of funny when he looked like a man back in the 1980's he dressed like a woman, and today when he looks like a woman, he dresses like a man! Go figure. It is like these old hair band guys are today trying to be more like Black Sabbath of the old days... anybody ever hear of heavy metal gospel music? You have now!
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Post by Forum Lord on Mar 2, 2016 15:09:30 GMT -5
A 12 year old kid from Norway performs Stevie Ray Vaughan:
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Post by MDfan aka The MD Well Man on Mar 25, 2016 4:18:28 GMT -5
That kid playing Texas Flood by SRV is bad ass stuff I love it
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Post by Forum Lord on May 17, 2016 20:05:47 GMT -5
Her speed is amazing!
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2016 23:20:03 GMT -5
Steve Vai has been my favorite guitarist for 30 years now. His mastery of the guitar is second to none. For the Love of God is my number one Vai song. My favorite version is from the G3 tour back in 1996 with Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, and of course Mr. Vai himself. For those in the know, his signature sound is unmistakable. Don't let Steve's technical ability throw you off. This boy can play. He is, without a doubt, one of the most impassioned guitarists I ever had the pleasure to listen to. So when I saw this cover version, of course, I had to check it out.
I have never heard of Tina S but I can tell you one thing...that ain't her playing. There is no doubt she is mimicking Vai's solo and not even doing a good job at that. First, Vai is all about the whammy bar (tremolo arm/bar to the purists). It barely leaves his picking hand. I actually took the time out to compare the two performances and it's not even close. I can hear the vibrato yet she barely touches the bar. Vai is big on sound effects using his pedalboard throughout the song. None of which was evident watching Tina. Trust me when I tell you, I have yet to see any guitar player play a Vai solo note for note. Her picking hand is completely off from Vai'. It remains the same through her entire video. I can't even tell if she has a pick because her hand is so cupped. Her playing hand, also, does not match Vai'. There are many live versions of the song and she could have picked any one. Watch both videos and tell me I'm crazy. I will bet the farm that is Vai' playing. If not, I will eat her shorts for lunch.
The song even made it into Wikipedia.
"For the Love of God" is an instrumental guitar piece by Steve Vai. It is the seventh song on Vai's 1990 album Passion and Warfare. The track was voted #29 in a readers' poll of the 100 greatest guitar solos of all time for the magazine Guitar World.[1] The piece, which runs for just over six minutes, features a number of techniques, including whammy bar tricks, harmonics, fast legato runs and sweep-picking. Vai recorded it on the fourth day of a 10 day fast because "I do try to push myself into relatively altered states of consciousness. Because in those states you can come up with things that are unique even for yourself".
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Post by 74tele on May 18, 2016 19:20:59 GMT -5
Steve Vai has been my favorite guitarist for 30 years now. His mastery of the guitar is second to none. For the Love of God is my number one Vai song. My favorite version is from the G3 tour back in 1996 with Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, and of course Mr. Vai himself. For those in the know, his signature sound is unmistakable. Don't let Steve's technical ability throw you off. This boy can play. He is, without a doubt, one of the most impassioned guitarists I ever had the pleasure to listen to. So when I saw this cover version, of course, I had to check it out. I have never heard of Tina S but I can tell you one thing...that ain't her playing. There is no doubt she is mimicking Vai's solo and not even doing a good job at that. First, Vai is all about the whammy bar (tremolo arm/bar to the purists). It barely leaves his picking hand. I actually took the time out to compare the two performances and it's not even close. I can hear the vibrato yet she barely touches the bar. Vai is big on sound effects using his pedalboard throughout the song. None of which was evident watching Tina. Trust me when I tell you, I have yet to see any guitar player play a Vai solo note for note. Her picking hand is completely off from Vai'. It remains the same through her entire video. I can't even tell if she has a pick because her hand is so cupped. Her playing hand, also, does not match Vai'. There are many live versions of the song and she could have picked any one. Watch both videos and tell me I'm crazy. I will bet the farm that is Vai' playing. If not, I will eat her shorts for lunch. The song even made it into Wikipedia. "For the Love of God" is an instrumental guitar piece by Steve Vai. It is the seventh song on Vai's 1990 album Passion and Warfare. The track was voted #29 in a readers' poll of the 100 greatest guitar solos of all time for the magazine Guitar World.[1] The piece, which runs for just over six minutes, features a number of techniques, including whammy bar tricks, harmonics, fast legato runs and sweep-picking. Vai recorded it on the fourth day of a 10 day fast because "I do try to push myself into relatively altered states of consciousness. Because in those states you can come up with things that are unique even for yourself".
That is her playing.
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2016 20:16:50 GMT -5
Not convinced. Sounds like a pre-recorded track to me. Did she record the solo and then mimic it? Possibility. There is a lot of sound without a lot of work. The guitar doesn't even sound live to me. Look at the way Vai plays the song and the look at the way she plays it. Not the same yet the two solo's sound the same? I want to hear it without a backing track. 'Cause something here just ain't right.
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2016 3:23:10 GMT -5
Another cover version of 'For the Love of God'. Like Vai, Thanat makes good use of the whammy. An important part of recreating the Vai sound. If you look to the right of the screen, you will see the pedalboard as he is playing. If Tina was playing one, sure couldn't tell.
The guitar still doesn't sound live to me which makes me think there is some post-production work here which may not be surprising since this was recorded while sitting at a studio console. Or could it be that 'home recording' of music has a far more superior sound than I am led to believe. Whatever the case is, here is Champ Thanat.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2016 21:42:35 GMT -5
Moved from the RVZ PhotoThread. Posted by Heath.
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Post by Forum Lord on Jun 9, 2016 22:19:06 GMT -5
A very powerful documentary, though short in length it is long in heart... can't say I was their biggest fan, but I certainly knew a lot of their music over the years and was influenced by it and them...
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Post by MDfan aka The MD Well Man on Jun 10, 2016 5:02:18 GMT -5
very cool cagey
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