It sounds like you had a similar experience to the one I had with Roger McGuinn in Aldbrickham Town Hall a couple of years back. They really built those 60s legends to last, didn't they? :)
I can't remember if it was a Telecaster or a Stratocaster. But it had a voice like a horrrrny aaangel!
(Tele I think, and a Gibson acoustic I fancy, but I'm no expert. Edgar Winter's guitarman, whose name escapes me, has a Strat.).
These guys always had some autonomy, they weren't packaged commododities in the way today's 'stars' invariably are, the oersonal property of an entertainment conglomerate. They could do their own thing, and the only person who looked as though he was having a better time than Alvin was Edgar Winter!)
No Gibsons allowed here, then. It looks as if the heavy metal crowd have grabbed them for keeps. Still, a Les Paul running at full chuff through a Marshall stack... Keep those EL34s a-glowin'!
As for autonomy, these guys look like the exception now. Tin Pan Alley was still very much alive and functioning in the 60s. Look at Tamla-Motown, for example.
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Strat or Tele?
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(Tele I think, and a Gibson acoustic I fancy, but I'm no expert. Edgar Winter's guitarman, whose name escapes me, has a Strat.).
These guys always had some autonomy, they weren't packaged commododities in the way today's 'stars' invariably are, the oersonal property of an entertainment conglomerate. They could do their own thing, and the only person who looked as though he was having a better time than Alvin was Edgar Winter!)
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As for autonomy, these guys look like the exception now. Tin Pan Alley was still very much alive and functioning in the 60s. Look at Tamla-Motown, for example.
All the same, just another reason to be thankful.
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