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Eddie even has a kid who plays drums ... his wife is/was a news castor or actress, I can't remember which.

Valerie Bertinelli .....

Doc B...

ps....listening to jethro tull- thick as a brick atm.... still excellent stuff

actually, two-hand legatto style playing has been around for centuries myrk....eddie just helped make it popular in rock circles.... " SRC="images/smiles/icon_wink.gif"> ever hear of a cat named stanley jordan?... the epitomy of leggato....

excerpt from his website....

Stanley Jordan
Multifaceted Musician

TRYING TO DESCRIBE STANLEY JORDAN IN SIMPLE TERMS is like trying to explain Einstein's Theory of Relativity in ten words or less. No matter what you say, you'd be leaving a lot out. And yet, that is probably what you've already done if you haven't heard the whole story. Best known as a guitarist who has made major technical and musical contributions to his instrument, Stanley Jordan has already made a name for himself as one of the most significant guitarists of the latter 20th century. After seeing him perform with his trio at the Montreal Jazz Festival, Los Angeles Times jazz critic Leonard Feather was prompted to write, ?Genius is a word too often tossed around in musical circles, but it has been rightfully applied to Stanley Jordan.?

The Technique
Stanley uses a technique called the ?Touch? or ?Tapping? technique to achieve a level of orchestral complexity equaling that of a keyboard instrument. He can sound like two or three guitarists at the same time with no overdubs or other studio techniques. He says, ?Basically, I use 'hammer-ons' and 'pull-offs.' These techniques have been around for a long time.? But Stanley Jordan has raised this art to an unprecedented musical level, and has used it to express his unique musical vision. Other players, such as Jimmy Webster, Lenny Breau, Edward Van Halen and Emmett Chapman have also used the technique, but Stanley Jordan discovered and developed it independently, and today he is widely regarded as the first ?Touch Virtuoso.? He also uses traditional flat-picking and finger picking. A good example is ?When Julia Smiles? from the album Flying Home. Much of the attention surrounding his sudden rise to fame in the mid 80s was based on his technique. Because the technique is so startling, so strikingly unusual, it is easy to see how it can make a dominating first impression. But what has become more and more clear through the years, is that he has the musicianship and creativity to match. His music is embued with a combination of passion, sensitivity, humor and shear brilliance. His technique never overwhelms his music. In fact, he says that since the early 80s he has been focusing much more on expressiveness than on speed and complexity. Could it be then, that many of his listeners still have not heard the full range of his abilities? Certainly what they have heard has made his live concerts legendary.

heres a linky to the site http://www.stanleyjordan.com/

Doc B...

Since were on the topic of Lyrics... The a few wordsmiths that I really enjoy:

Ani Difranco: that girl knows how to put a song together.

Beck: surrealism at its best

Jack Johnson: Lots of soul and subtely inventive wordplay

Eminem: The kid raps like a damn Samauri

I've been buying music off Itunes music store like crazy lately. It's amazing how easy it is to spend $0.99 for something good.. and how quickly that adds up! I've been on some kind of musical kick, lately, listening to everything from Beethoven to Stevie Ray Vaughan to bluegrass to Snoop Dog. I'm actually quite amazed at how large my musical pallette has grown in the past 32 years. There was a time when all I would listen to was Metallica, Slayer, Iron Maiden..etc. Now, I can connect to almost any music as long as it has heart.