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Re: Multi-instrumentalists in Rock?         


Author: AC
Date: Oct 13, 2007 19:05

On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:46:19 -0700,
Visog hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I should add...
>> John Cale, Steve Howe,
>> Rick Wakeman, David Gilmour, Syd Barrett, Rick
>> Wright, George Harrison, John Lennon, Jimmy Page, Michael Karoli,
>> Irmin Schmidt, Geddy Lee, Pete Townshend, Tony Banks, Hugh Banton,
>> Florian Schneider, Ralf Hutter
>
> Hmm not really multi-instrumentalists are they? Ok Steve Howe played
> various forms of guitar but not drum, keyboards or other which I think
> is more of the accepted definition. Same goes for Wakeman.
>
> Ironically, although I think he's by far the inferior Yes player,
> Rabin is technically more of an instrumentalist as is Squire.
> Similarly in Zep JPJ should get the multi-instrumentalist kudos not
> Page. Pushing it with Geddy Lee as he's good at bass, ok at guitar
> (Xanadu anyway) and a bit pants at keyboards.
> ...
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Re: Multi-instrumentalists in Rock?         


Author: Tony Elka
Date: Oct 13, 2007 19:22

In article ,
AC gmail.com> wrote:
> I think you have to define what you mean by "multi-instrumentalist".

Mike Oldfield.

Tony
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Re: Multi-instrumentalists in Rock?         


Author: R. Totale
Date: Oct 13, 2007 19:58

On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 19:22:47 -0700, Tony Elka
shadowlane.com> wrote:
>In article ,
> AC gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I think you have to define what you mean by "multi-instrumentalist".
>
>
>Mike Oldfield.

Roy Wood
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Re: Multi-instrumentalists in Rock?         


Author: Jeff
Date: Oct 13, 2007 21:05

On Oct 13, 9:05 pm, AC gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:46:19 -0700,
>
>
>
> Visog hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> I should add...
>>> John Cale, Steve Howe,
>>> Rick Wakeman, David Gilmour, Syd Barrett, Rick
>>> Wright, George Harrison, John Lennon, Jimmy Page, Michael Karoli,
>>> Irmin Schmidt, Geddy Lee, Pete Townshend, Tony Banks, Hugh Banton,
>>> Florian Schneider, Ralf Hutter
>
>> Hmm not really multi-instrumentalists are they? Ok Steve Howe played
>> various forms of guitar but not drum, keyboards or other which I think
>> is more of the accepted definition. Same goes for Wakeman.
>
>> Ironically, although I think he's by far the inferior Yes player,
>> Rabin is technically more of an instrumentalist as is Squire. ...
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Re: Multi-instrumentalists in Rock?         


Author: Mackenzie
Date: Oct 13, 2007 21:42

>
> As to Jimmy Page, after hearing John Paul Jones play, I wonder if he wasn't
> even the best guitarist in Led Zeppelin.

The electric guitar? I think John Paul Jones should have stuck to the
bass. I liked his playing better.
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Re: Multi-instrumentalists in Rock?         


Author: Ferd Farkel
Date: Oct 13, 2007 21:46

On Oct 14, 12:05 am, Jeff sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On Oct 13, 9:05 pm, AC gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>> On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:46:19 -0700,
>
>> Visog hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>>> I should add...
>>>> John Cale, Steve Howe,
>>>> Rick Wakeman, David Gilmour, Syd Barrett, Rick
>>>> Wright, George Harrison, John Lennon, Jimmy Page, Michael Karoli,
>>>> Irmin Schmidt, Geddy Lee, Pete Townshend, Tony Banks, Hugh Banton,
>>>> Florian Schneider, Ralf Hutter
>
>>> Hmm not really multi-instrumentalists are they? Ok Steve Howe played
>>> various forms of guitar but not drum, keyboards or other which I think
>>> is more of the accepted definition. Same goes for Wakeman.
> ...
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Re: Multi-instrumentalists in Rock?         


Author: RichL
Date: Oct 13, 2007 21:51

"Ferd Farkel" yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1192337213.212466.216590@q5g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> On Oct 14, 12:05 am, Jeff sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> On Oct 13, 9:05 pm, AC gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:46:19 -0700,
>>
>>> Visog hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>>> I should add...
>>>>> John Cale, Steve Howe,
>>>>> Rick Wakeman, David Gilmour, Syd Barrett, Rick
>>>>> Wright, George Harrison, John Lennon, Jimmy Page, Michael Karoli,
>>>>> Irmin Schmidt, Geddy Lee, Pete Townshend, Tony Banks, Hugh Banton,
>>>>> Florian Schneider, Ralf Hutter
>>
>>>> Hmm not really multi-instrumentalists are they? Ok Steve Howe played
>>>> various forms of guitar but not drum, keyboards or other which I ...
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Re: Multi-instrumentalists in Rock?         


Author: Mackenzie
Date: Oct 13, 2007 22:15

> Ever heard any boots of Zeppelin live? Page is really an awful sloppy
> guitarist...but he was great at patching parts of his playing all
> together..to make it sound great
> on the released versions of their songs. Either that, or Page was very
> drunk..with the live shows. The entire band was awful...live. No
> keyboard player either

I always thought he was a better studio performer than a live one. At
least in the studio, he didn't get intoxicated.
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Re: Multi-instrumentalists in Rock?         


Author: AC
Date: Oct 13, 2007 23:38

On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 21:05:21 -0700,
Jeff sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On Oct 13, 9:05 pm, AC gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 11:46:19 -0700,
>>
>>
>>
>> Visog hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> I should add...
>>>> John Cale, Steve Howe,
>>>> Rick Wakeman, David Gilmour, Syd Barrett, Rick
>>>> Wright, George Harrison, John Lennon, Jimmy Page, Michael Karoli,
>>>> Irmin Schmidt, Geddy Lee, Pete Townshend, Tony Banks, Hugh Banton,
>>>> Florian Schneider, Ralf Hutter
>>
>>> Hmm not really multi-instrumentalists are they? Ok Steve Howe played
>>> various forms of guitar but not drum, keyboards or other which I think
>>> is more of the accepted definition. Same goes for Wakeman.
>> ...
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Re: Multi-instrumentalists in Rock?         


Author: Lord Buckeye
Date: Oct 13, 2007 23:39

On Oct 13, 7:58 pm, R. Totale yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Roy Wood

And Todd Rundgren.
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