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From: mfs@mhuxr.UUCP (Damballah Wedo)
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Subject: Re: Best Guitarists
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Date: Mon, 14-Oct-85 08:05:19 EDT
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> (By the way, Marcel, I'm kind of surprised at your statements about the
>  ultimate greatness of Utawanga as a guitarist, especially since his decision
>  to only use digital drum machines on all recordings and at all concert
>  performances hereafter.)
> 			Rich Rosen    ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr

I was of course referring to the Fat Man's seminal recordings with Calvin
"Razor Blade" Jones, without question the greatest drummer of all time.
Utawanga has stated that he uses drum machines because he can no longer afford
to pay Razor Blade, and that any other drummer would be a letdown. So he uses
the machines, figuring that fans will blame them if they don't like his
recordings (Reference: _Guitar Talk_ Magazine, Vol 4 Iss 9)

Incidentally, did you hear where your man Jawallaby is a big Duke Ellington
fan?  [from _Guitar Talk_ Vol 6 Iss 4]
	Q. Which musicians were you influenced by?
	A. I was not influenced by too many guitarists, excepting Fat Muhfuh
	   of course. He is the greatest on the strings. But the man who had
	   the greatest impact on me was Duke [Ellington]. I used to go listen
	   whenever his band was in town. I'd sit there in the balcony and I'd be
	   laughing and crying at the same time. The man was the greatest
	   American musician ever, that's for sure. All the rest of us
	   can't even tie his shoelaces. Any dude who says otherwise is
	   nothing but a damn liar. We all owe the Duke a debt.
-- 

Marcel-Franck Simon		ihnp4!{mhuxr, hl3b5b}!mfs

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