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Originally Posted by doodyhead
Forgetting tubes , just for the moment, That rendition by Peter that night, was one of the top all time blues guitar solos ever recorded period
vinnie c
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Preach brother preach! That solo is about 48 bars (roughly four minutes), and it has a beginning, a middle, and an end in four parts. I like how in the second set of twelve bars, Green dials it back a little, only to bring down the hammer in the next twelve bars. That's intensity I've rarely heard in any guitar player. I'm glad PG is still with us physically, but that type of guitar playing is lost forever. That song is a perfect example of what should've been included on the new boxset.
Of course 1/30/70 is the night the Grateful Dead were busted in New Orleans. Dennis McNally makes a point in his book "What a Long Strange Trip", that one observer said that FM outplayed the Dead. Oh, I'd say so! McNally also mentions that on 2/1/70, members of FM joined the Dead on stage for "Turn On Your Lovelight" after injesting "electric cakes" and beers. Mick Fleetwood is dancing on stage with a sign wrapped around his neck saying "Out of Order". McNally also points out that FM is a relatively "young" band compared to the Dead. Maybe in the states that seemed to be the case, but we know the story.