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From: riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Guitarists -- Al DiMeola et al.
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Date: Fri, 6-Apr-84 10:45:56 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr  6 10:45:56 1984
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[No offense intended, but I think I feel a mild flame coming on...]

Is there anybody other than me who finds Al DiMeola a tiresome bore?
Sure the guy can play scales real fast, but then so can any two-bit
synthesizer hooked up to a sequencer.  As for musical expression,
DiMeola's repertoire is pretty well limited to one number:  "Look, Ma,
when I get excited I play fast!"

Back when DiMeola first hit the scene, I was still listening to a lot
of fusion.  I bought and enjoyed his first album, bought and was
somewhat bored by his second album, and boycotted his further albums
when I found they were just more of the same.  The only enduring piece
of music I've ever heard him play was Chick Corea's short duet for
accoustic piano and guitar, "Tales from the Black Forest" (+/-).

Now, the other two members of the aforementioned trio, Paco de Lucia
and John McLaughlin, are a different story.  They are both versatile,
innovative and expressive musicians when they want to be, and not just
contenders for the world land speed record on the guitar.

--- Prentiss Riddle ("Aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada.")
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