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Subject: Re: Steve Howe and Eddie van Halen
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Date: Tue, 27-Sep-83 14:46:18 EDT
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Sorry if you got this already.


I too believe Eddie van Halen is one of *the* most over-rated guitarists.
To me he is just a lot of noise and flash. Every Van Halen album I have
heard sounds just like the last one. 

I also believe that Howe is one of the most underrated guitarists. Howe
can play fast, slow, loud, quitely, but most importantly what he plays
sounds like music. Howe's talents are being wasted in Asia. True, Asia
has some of the best musicians around, but what they are playing is pure
bubble gum rock. They join the ranks of REO, Styx, Jouney, Loverboy etc.
And he says he's not doing it for the money.

Want to listen to good guitarists try Stevie Ray Vaughn, Hendrix, and
Al Demiola, John McLaughlin, and Paco De Lucia (sp). The last three are
exceptional classical and jazz guitarists. If you haven't heard their stuff
before, try their album A Friday Night in San Fransisco. This was the album
that turned me onto them.


					Proud to be a classical and jazz
				        snob while still being a '60s '70s
					holdout

					Erik Ziemelis