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Originally Posted by jmn3
I totally agree an it's nothing against Rick and Billy personally. The sound was just so unbelievably different and low key. The Chain is the best example (Tango VHS versus Mirage VHS)...Lindsey had such a manic solo and the vocals were scorching during that entire song in 1982.
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I defy anyone to listen to Rick on THE CHAIN from both 1987 & 1990 & to tell me, without knowing beforehand, which audio is from which tour.
Rick has excellent chops & a lot of soul, guitarists tell me, but over the nearly two years he was on the road with Mac, his playing never evolved. You can pick any live song on which he's prominent from the first few weeks of his tenure with the band, & then pick the same song toward the end of the last tour he did with the band, & you can't hear a difference in the extemporaneous aspect of the playing. It's uncanny! It's akin to listening to Stevie Nicks sing live these days. (Can anyone really tell the difference between a STAND BACK from 2005 & one from 2008?)