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Originally Posted by dino
I'd say Peter played great for most of the Splinter gigs, maybe not the very early ones.
If you look at the videos, you can still see his natural ease with a guitar.
His attitude is probably that he doesn't want to be a flash guitar hero
and play the solos he played to death 30 years ago.
I'm not saying the Splinter era brought out the best in him, but it sure
looks like he knew what he was doing.
Music writers seldom like change...
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I find I can usually quite easily pick out Peter's playing in the Splinter recordings. It is elegant and tasteful, not flashy. Of course, I think he was always tasteful. He never played 2 notes when one would do. Some 60s era lead players tried to play as many notes as they could. flashy, yes. tasteful, no.
real critics have a right to express their opinions. However, they usually do so with an explanation of why they feel that way. Then the reader can decide if the premise upon which the review is based is valid. Don;t recall see that in the reviews in question.