Eric Clapton and Jerry Garcia are traveling and are captured by cannibals.
They are told they will be cooked, but the tradition was they will each get one last wish.
To this, Garcia said, “Man, I’d love to get an electric guitar and play the live version of truckin’ one last time!”
Clapton chimed in, “My wish is you cook me first!”
I suspect you want to know how they stack up as musicians/performers compared with each other. Both are brilliant musicians, prolific in written and recorded output, organized several virtuosic ensembles, toured regularly, and were both lead guitarists of the highest order. Prince has sold far more records than Zappa (by a factor of ~50x). This…
Some science suggests that age plays a significant role in what we determine to be our favorite music. This recent NYT piece summarizes it nicely. My Top Rock Album For me, the greatest (and my favorite) rock album is Who’s Next by The Who. This selection more or less jibes with the article’s thesis. It’s one…
Donald and Walter looked like two high school algebra teachers who started a band. That much charisma. They were music dorks. In interviews, they came across as if being successful was some hassle. Plus, they were super smug know-it-alls. The tone they communicated was everyone else’s music sucked. This superiority even came across in their…
Regarding guitar solos, the Steely Dan canon is singularly remarkable. No other artist has so many great solos by so many great players. A who’s who of guitarists guitarists appears on the Dan’s first seven albums. Becker and Fagen were studio perfectionists who ensured each song had the perfect guitar player with the right mojo…
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Finding a single iconic “rock” song for the 1990’s decade is very hard to do. There was a lot of good music in that decade, but not all of its rock. “Rock” as a label was all over the place. In speaking about “rock,” one could mean grunge, alt-rock, or heavy metal (or anything in…