A Tale of Confusion

[billroper]

At some point, I'll get around to talking about Confusion. But this is a story of getting to Confusion.

I was driving down the road with my MP3 player on shuffle. I heard a song that sounded sort of familiar, but that I couldn't place. And I noticed that the lead guitar sounded very much like my friend, markiv1111. So I glanced down at the screen, not long enough to catch the title, but long enough to catch the album and artist.

Rubber Soul. The Beatles.

Apparently, Nate -- who has recently had various people tell him that he shouldn't be playing lead guitar -- sounds like what was most likely George Harrison playing.

Yeah, that no talent George Harrison.

*sigh*

Comments

[wyld-dandelyon.livejournal.com]

The working musician (and wanting-to-be-paid musician) community seems to run on some different cultural premises than the filk community.

I really like being part of a community where people celebrate each others' skills.

Thanks

[markiv1111.livejournal.com]

This is one of the highest compliments I have been paid in my entire time as a working musician (or before that, for that matter). I would love to spend the rest of my life being compared to George Harrison. I have figured out in the last six months that part of my problem is that in this decade, a rock'n'roll lead guitarist is supposed to be able to make it sound like Stevie Ray Vaughan or ZZ Top. (I do not own a single album by SRV or ZZT, nor want to.) I would *rather* sound like George Harrison, even if that style is obsolete. In any event, thank you for the flattering comparison.

Nate

[brotherguy.livejournal.com]

You check out guitar George; he knows all the chords
Mind, he's strictly rhythm; he doesn't want to make it cry or sing.
And an old guitar is all he can afford
When he gets up under the lights to play his thing