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My ears were ringing for days afterwards - and that is no exaggeration.
....perhaps I should of learnt it better...
(formerly miserneil)
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
I saw Neil Murray doing a record signing in Tower Records in London when he was part of Vow Wow, obviously a great bassist but I still feel it was a gig he was given largely for comic effect.
the saddest thing though is that last summer I went and visited his grave as I happened to be in Brighton and he is buried not far from there. Was heart breaking to find his grave largely unkept, dead flowers on it, weeds and rubbish and generally with an air of it not being cared for. Maybe it's me being a stupid sentimental woman but I found that so very sad. All that fame and talent and now resting in an unkept grave.
Eric Clapton, Joe Bonamassa; Stevie Ray Vaughan and latterly Aynsley Lister etc. Musicians taking their influences and inspirations to fantastical places, outrageously talented, awe-inspiring skills ... but ... carried along a vehicle of songs that are mostly so-so, sung by voices that just don't grab me and hit me in the guts. Imho they would have been better off playing awesome guitar in bands with either a genius songwriter (think David Gilmour in Roger Waters era Pink Floyd) or a really soulful singer (think Paul Kossoff in Free). I admire and respect Gary Moore's playing highly. But I can't / won't listen to a full album.
But it was obviously his guitar playing that was the main draw for me, the man could do it all. I did bear witness to a gig when he was having a bad day, he was angry and it showed. Everything was played aggressively, with way too much volume and gain. But other times I saw him live it was just brilliant. My favourite gig was from the Different Beat tour, he was really pushing himself in my opinion. I loved that album and Dark Days In Paradise.
The volume was just the way he played to help get THAT tone. He never liked 50 watt heads so it was a 100 watt top with the volume on about 8 to get that power amp saturation but with bite and clarity.
I visited the grave in 2015 and I was just glad there was a headstone finally rather than just a wooden cross. His family live relatively close to the site but I think there's a somewhat obvious and damning link between the state of his grave and how the family treated his partner of many years upon his death.
Ultimately, you could hear Gary emulate lots of players and do it well but I've never heard anyone able to accurately emulate the way he played.
On my YouTube for some reason, I have no memory of this at all but I thought it was a nice clip of Gary (terrible air guitar though).
And if you've never seen this it's Gary and his guitar collection in about 1825
Presenter Neil Buchanan being a bit faux naive as he has alternated his tv career with one as a rock guitarist.
Have you guys seen this before? (If you haven't you really should, so so funny)
http://www.rabswoodguitars.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/RabsWoodGuitars/
My Youtube page
Best memory of him is from Leas Cliff Hall in Folkestone. Some people near the front kept shouting for Thin Lizzy tracks, and he kept ignoring them. They persisted, and eventually he just turns to them, and calmly says, "Shut the f*ck up. I'm trying to tune" to massive applause.