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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
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Subject: Re: Led Zeppelin fans (:-)
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Date: Sat, 19-Oct-85 21:00:21 EDT
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>>> The GREATEST guitarist of ALL time was  Diesibon "Fat
>>> Muhfuh" Utawanga, and ANYBODY who disagrees just does not know what he is
>>> talking about.  So there!

>>Look, guys, Toejam Jawallaby (as I've already said, the acknowledged greatest
>>guitarist of all time) has spoken, and he said Ace Frehley of KISS (once) is
>>the best guitarist, and if you can't go by the opinion of the greatest
>>guitarist of all time as to who the best guitarist in the world is, what can
>>you go by?

> You got to watch out. Toejam is well-known for putting people on, especially
> the media. I have it on unimpeacheable sources that he was kidding when he
> said that about Frehley. It is quite clear that the Fat Muhfuh had a profound
> influence on both Frehley and Jawallaby, so even if he was kidding, Utawanga
> is THE greatest super-guitarist is all time.

Utawanga did develop the "fishslap" technique later resurrected by other
guitarists (including Carlo Huggins and Jackie Selgar).  But it WAS Jawallaby
who took that technique to its logical conclusion (Utawanga never used it in
as electronic a fashion as Jawallaby).  In addition, Jawallaby's inventiveness
in the arena of electronic guitar modulation preceded Jimi Hendrix and
Toshiro Mashimi by at least five years, with the development of the whizzbox
and the chrometone pedal which are now standard accessories (under other
names, of course) of every guitarist's ensemble.  Jawallaby's music broke
new ground in a way that Utawanga never could.  Furthermore, Jawallaby may
have been a bit of a practical joker (recalling the "secret note" on the
cover of his "Chimes Sender" album), but that behavior never extended itself
into his discussions about music.  He was always serious about music, his
and others'.
-- 
Anything's possible, but only a few things actually happen.
					Rich Rosen    pyuxd!rlr