If you like Eric Clapton....

[medeak]

check out the great Joe Pass:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdZqjQqFzkU&search=Joe%20Pass

[Ron Green]

1. All the rockers are lightweights compared to Joe Pass.

Or Wes Montgomery, Charlie Christian, Tal Farlow, Herb Ellis, or of course Django.

[medeak]

4. have you seen Woody Allen's movie

Sweet and Low Down with Sean Penn? just happened to run across it last week... a must see.. jazz guitarist's obsession with Jango.

[Ron Green]

5. I caught some of it on the tube a few months ago;

I'm gonna put it in my Netflix queue right now.

[medeak]

6. feel like a retard

until seeing this video had no idea Django only played with two fingers?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUPls8tu3n4&search=Django%20Grapelli

[SteppingRazor]

8. Apples and oranges, I think...

or do you really believe Django could play like Van Halen if given an electric guitar?

It's an impossible comparison, like trying to compare Babe Ruth to Barry Bonds. Sure, Bonds has the single-season home-run record and recently passed Ruth on the all-time list. But does that necessarily make him better, when, at times in his career, Ruth -- by himself -- led most _teams_ in home runs?

Trying to compare the greats of ancient history with the modern ones seems a useless endeavor.

[medeak]

9. could Van Halen play with two fingers on the frets?

like Django?

edited to say... this is stupid. comparing a French gypsy in the 1920's to Van Halen...not even worth comment.

[SteppingRazor]

12. Exactly. Like I said, it's a useless comparison n/t

[Ron Green]

10. I have no doubt that Django could learn to do the pyrotechnics

of Eddie Van Halen, or Alvin Lee or Steve Vai for that matter. But could any of those guys play what Django did, with the same harmonic complexity and subtlety and taste? (And with only 2 fingers, at that?)

I think my money is still on the jazzers, as far as "heavyweight" vs. "lightweight."

[medeak]

11. ditto!

[SteppingRazor]

2. Clapton's official tour dates came out today:

September 16, 2006 (Sat) Minneapolis, MN Xcel Energy Center
September 18, 2006 (Mon) St. Louis, MO Savis Center
September 20, 2006 (Wed) Chicago, IL United Center
September 21, 2006 (Thur) Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena
September 23, 2006 (Sat) Detroit, MI Palace
September 24, 2006 (Sun) Toronto, ON Air Canada Center
September 26, 2006 (Tue) Ottawa, ON Scotiabank Place
September 28, 2006 (Thur) New York, NY Madison Square Garden
September 29, 2006 (Fri) New York, NY Madison Square Garden
October 3, 2006 (Tue) Boston, MA Bank North Garden
October 6, 2006 (Fri) Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun
October 7, 2006 (Sat) Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun
October 9, 2006 (Mon) Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center
October 10, 2006 (Tue) Washington D.C. MCI Center
October 12, 2006 (Thur) Charlottesville, VA Charlottesville Arena
October 14, 2006 (Sat) Duluth, GA Gwinnet Civic Center
October 15, 2006 (Sun) Raleigh, NC RBC Center
October 17, 2006 (Tue) Charlotte, NC New Charlotte Arena
October 18, 2006 (Wed) Birmingham, AL Birmingham-Jefferson Arena
October 20, 2006 (Fri) Orlando, FL TD Waterhouse Center
October 21, 2006 (Sat) Jacksonville, FL Veterans Memorial Arena
October 23, 2006 (Mon) Miami, FL American Airlines Arena


I've never seen him before, so I might check out a show, just to say I caught the man

[medeak]

3. have seen him three times

the last time his roadies told me to not come late as opening act was incredible...and they were right! Robert Randolph Family Band

oops....forgot link:

http://www.robertrandolph.net/

[SteppingRazor]

7. Yeah, I've seen Randolph a bunch of times. He's real good n/t