Today's Guthrie thread - features actual slow playing and mishaps

bluechargeboy

Crikey heck! Impressive. Breaking a string with about 60 people onstage during a piece like that is a bit different to cocking up the solo of Mustang Sally down the Red Lion, innit.

digitalscream

bluechargeboy said:

Crikey heck! Impressive. Breaking a string with about 60 people onstage during a piece like that is a bit different to cocking up the solo of Mustang Sally down the Red Lion, innit.

That's the part that's baking my noodle, though - he didn't cock it up.

There wasn't a single dodgy or out-of-place note. He didn't even do a Clapton and make percussive noises to cover it while he figured out what to do...he just instantly adjusted his playing to fit with the ENTIRE BLOODY ORCHESTRA GOING ON AROUND HIM, then grabbed a slide and played what he was originally going to play with effectively a totally different instrument where all the note markers are in the wrong place.

I'm not convinced that's the kind of thing you can do with experience or learning. You need a whole different kind of brain to deal with that.

EDIT: Yes, I know I'm stating the obvious. I'm just boggled by it (and him in general).

bluechargeboy

I hope he reads these threads and realises we are ready to go with him to his home planet.

Skipped

Interesting - and very impressive.
He is looking at the slide - having made a decision -  within 1 second of losing the string.

The music is not my taste but I like the man and I loved the passion/enthusiasm shown during the Andertons interview that somebody posted here...

welshboyo

I've been on a bit of a Guthrieathon over the last few weeks and this video puts the hairs on the back of my neck up, impressive is an understatement

musteatbrain

Hats off to him that's a great clip. Thanks for sharing

stimpsonslostson

I mentioned that I was going to look at more Guthrie videos (another GG inspired thread is running too) and stumbled across this madness: Guthrie, Dizzie Rascal and a blistering fretless guitar solo.