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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
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Subject: Re: Best Guitarists
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Date: Fri, 18-Oct-85 19:33:57 EDT
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Keywords: Kiss, Drum Machines, Kate Bush, Duke Ellington, Steve Morse, Toejam

> Toejam never lies!  I'm now convinced that what's-his-name from Kiss is
> the greatest guitarist.  So could anyone recommend some of the better
> Kiss albums?
> 
> I think I'd like them better, though, if they used drum machines, more
> power chords, and Steve Morse's picks, got Kate Bush to do vocals and
> Duke Ellington to play piano, put their make-up back on, and wore
> "Choose Life" T-shirts....

What's his name is no longer with Kiss, at least he wasn't with them
for the last album.  In an interview in GUITARIST magazine, Toejam Jawallaby
mentioned that he had leaped onto the stage to jam with Frehley at some place
or other.  Does anyone remember where and when that was?  Jawallaby doesn't
carry Steve Howe's honor of so many successive "overall best guitarist"
titles, but GUITARIST Magazine's staff has named him as a top five guitarist
in at least three different categories per year over the last ten years.
(The funny thing is, the categories have differed from year to year, including
classical, rock, blues, jazz, and country/western!)  I think that says it all,
and his opinions as to who is really the best guitarist of all do more than
just hold water.

(Not to forget Utawanga, Marcel Simon's favorite, who was the fourth
guitarist to enter the GUITARIST Hall of Fame (after Les Paul, Bill Haley,
Chet Atkins, and Ace Frehley).  He is making quite a comeback with a new
album soon to be released and an upcoming tour.  "Cities Outside Life",
with Utawanga's new group Jengaa, is truly incredible with the drum
machines providing an excellent backdrop for the complex rhythms and
melodic interweaving of Utawanga's guitar playing.  The duet with Sammy Hagar
is magnificent.)
-- 
"I was walking down the street.  A man came up to me and asked me what was the
 capital of Bolivia.  I hesitated.  Three sailors jumped me.  The next thing I
 knew I was making chicken salad."
"I don't believe that for a minute.  Everyone knows the capital of Bolivia is
 La Paz."				Rich Rosen    pyuxd!rlr