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Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
- Phrasing
- Taste
- Stunning vibrato
- Dynamics
- Melodic sense
- He makes the hairs on the back of your arms stand up....
The most ‘elegant’ Brit blues player there’s ever been....
is my favourite but there were also some great single tracks put out at that time with lovely guitar work on - Greenie is one and Blues for Jennie and Sitting in the Rain come to mind. Such lovely phrasing and feel.
This evening I’ll have a couple Guinness’s & listen to the links & what I can find on GooglePlayMusic.
In some ways I think how he plays and Karen Carpenter sings have similar qualities that few can match
Well, the blue light was my baby, and the red light was my mind.”
Robert Johnson
He was a genius though, timing was perfect.
I remember reading something Joe Jackson said in similar vein, he reckoned being a really good musician is only 20% technical, the rest is that nebulous thing we might call "soul".
https://youtu.be/WO45GB1yRiE
I agree that Kirwan’s playing was up there - I think they brought the best out of each other.