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Andrew
Australia
Plays: Guitar (30 years)
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Does anyone here agree that Joe needs more musicians for his live shows and recordings? I love Joe's music, and words fail to describe his ability on the guitar and how it has inspired me continually since I first discovered it. But sometimes I feel the true quality of his songs cannot be conveyed with just a 3 piece (or occasionally 4) band. Joe's live performance is truly amazing, but to do justice to the complexity and intricacies of his album recordings, and to recreate the completeness and fullness of the sound, more instuments on stage are needed. Stu and Jeff do a great job, but Joe's music demands more than simply drums and bass behind it - and not even Joe can play all the giutar parts at once! A good example of what I'm talking about is The Summer Song off the G3 cd. The main rhythm part of the song gives it intensity and energy on Extremist, and it's a shame it's not there on G3 when Joe has to take the lead part and there's no guitar2 to play it and support Joe's outstanding performance. I'm thinking at least one, maybe two rhythm guitarists are needed, as well as a keyboard player. Steve Vai has Mike (on g + kb) and another guitarist with him on his tours and it serves him well. I saw him in Australia in 2000 and his full band helped him recreate the magic of his albums. Any comments?
Edited Thu Jun 20 '02 1:56 am
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