BARNEY KESSEL AND JULIE LONDON, "CRY ME A RIVER"
Here's the classic studio version, a high-water mark for sultry jazz-influenced pop. Obviously Julie London is the main event, but this is a guitar site, damn it! So check out Barney Kessel's hip guitar accompaniment. and here's a TV version from 1964 with the Bobby Troup Quintet. I'm not sure if it's Kessel on this version, but it's pretty much the same arrangement. In fact, it may be Julie lip-syncing to the original. I keep getting distracted by her shiny dresshttp://betaplayer.dailymotion.com/video/x2za71_lou-reed-et-robert-quine-1-5
"Time" from Destiny Street (Richard Hell & the Voidoids), "Oh" from Beyond Cyberpunk (Richard Hell & the Voidoids 2001 reunion), and "Martial Law" from Live In Italy (Lou Reed). —Anonymous
I will listen to: "Blind Love" from Rain Dogs and "Love Comes In Spurts" from Blank Generation. —Mitchell W. Feldstein As a moment to honor/remember Quine, we have decided to extract the guitar solo from "Waves Of Fear" as a sound wave into a Pro Tools recording system, reverse it and loop it from 9 to 10 p.m. I hope Robert finds peace in the guitar-sonic journey. —Chuck Hammer / Guitarchitecture Quine playlist: "The Day John Kennedy Died" from The Blue Mask (Lou Reed) and though probably everyone is mentioning these songs: "Blank Generation", "Love Comes In Spurts", "Walking on the Water" (Richard Hell & The Voidoids) and any any any! thing he did with Marianne Faithfull. —Deobrah Olin For this evening's memorial, I'm choosing to play the track "Once Upon A Time In The West" from John Zorn's The Big Gundown. My set for the 31st will be "Love Comes In Spurts" (Blank Generation), "Holy War" and "Nothing Lasts" (Matthew Sweet), "She's A Girl And I'm A Man" (Lloyd Cole) "Blank Generation", "Time", and "The Blue Mask". Quine was a huge inspiration to us. The Blue Mask, Live In Italy, Blank Generation and Destiny Street Not sure what time that'll be here in the UK, but I'll play the Live In Italy "Heroin", obviously. And probably be crying. —Stephen, England I will be doing this. My playlist will be Lou Reed's Live in Italy and The Blue Mask. Cheers! —Rob Skane
I really like the solos on "Home of the Brave", "Make Up Mind", "Betrayed" off Legendary Hearts. * "Love Comes In Spurts"
Blank Generation - Richard Hell & The Voidoids
* "Waves Of Fear"
The Blue Mask - Lou Reed
* "Reminiscing In Blue"
Reminiscing In Blue - Chip Stern & Friends
BOB QUINE WITH RICHARD HELL, "BLANK GENERATION"
If you're not already a fan of Richard Hell or Bob Quine, this so-so quality live footage probably won't win you over, but for fans like me even a murky snippet of the original Voidoids is a sacred artifact. Quine reintroduced the Lou Reed electric guitar style to an audience that was a little more ready to hear obnoxious noise than the youngsters of 1968 had been. He then kept the faith for years, showing how to play a rude counterpoint to singers of different colors-- barking and monotone drama (Lou Reed, Tom Waits) or bubblegum powerpop (Matthew Sweet). He was something of a thinking man's rock guitarist; hardly academic, in a humorless, ivory tower sense, he was nonetheless almost priggishly intolerant of bullshit and mediocrity. At his best, he resembled Richard Thompson-- another guitarist who plays very beautifully, but without sacrificing passion or weirdness.
Ultimately, Quine reminded us all of something that people too often forget-- the notion that the chief business of rock music is sound, not hair and clothes.JOHN C. MCCAIN, "PINK PANTHER" SOUNDTRACK EXCERPT
Here's a little tidbit of solo guitar from my friend John C. McCain. It's a piece called 'Meglio Stasera" from Mancini's "Pink Panther" soundtrack. John used heavy strings, tuned down a whole step, to get this great tone.and here's the clip from the film.
George Barnes.
"Hot Guitar Rag," from the super-rare "Country Jazz" lp.
www.karlstraubmusic.com/07 HOT GUITAR RAG.mp3
D.C. picker Jim Stephanson told me that Danny Gatton learned every lick from this album. I sell this for $15.00, because it's 3 minutes of all guitar. A guitar lesson in every bar. (for the uninitiated-- Barnes is one of the most prodigiously gifted electric guitarists of the 20th century. He's virtually unheard-of, even in the guitar world, but rarely did a guitarist have more technique and command of the fingerboard. On top of that, he was a beautiful lyrical player. I appreciate his technique, but his invention and creativity are the real reasons to listen to him.)
This track is a fascinating blend of country and jazz guitar, and Barnes was pretty comfortable with all of it.
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