Music Appreciation

SHRED

(28,136 posts) Thu Mar 21, 2019, 05:01 PM Mar 2019

A late and great Irish rocker

He made that Strat sing.

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A late and great Irish rocker (Original Post) SHRED Mar 2019 OP

Rory was great, try this on for size, listen to the entire thing please Eliot Rosewater Mar 2019 #1

I have SHRED Mar 2019 #2

I saw him at almost the same time, Winterland, SF. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2019 #3

He was a great talent SHRED Mar 2019 #4

Oh yes. Familiar. When I saw him I was so taken by his appearance and Eliot Rosewater Mar 2019 #5

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)

1. Rory was great, try this on for size, listen to the entire thing please

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Thu Mar 21, 2019, 05:06 PM

Mar 2019

SHRED

(28,136 posts)

2. I have

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 21, 2019, 05:11 PM

Mar 2019

Many times.

I saw Tommy at a small theater about 3 months before he died.

Sadly, he was so screwed up on heroin he couldn't play very well. He even pointed to his nose and basically apologized while on stage. People were pissed.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)

3. I saw him at almost the same time, Winterland, SF.

Reply to SHRED (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 21, 2019, 05:13 PM

Mar 2019

I know it was very near his death, he was really on that night.

If he could have managed to not fucking DIE he would have become maybe the best ever.

SHRED

(28,136 posts)

4. He was a great talent

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 21, 2019, 05:24 PM

Mar 2019

His contribution to Billy Cobham's 'Spectrum' album is legendary.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)

5. Oh yes. Familiar. When I saw him I was so taken by his appearance and

Reply to SHRED (Reply #4)

Thu Mar 21, 2019, 10:16 PM

Mar 2019

attitude, he did play very well.

I saw the legendary tour of Robin Trower around the same time, Bridge of Sighs

amazing also

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