So, in light of the current danger in being a guitar player (if you hadn’t heard, Oasis’ guitarist just got pushed off the stage by some psycho fan), and in light of the fact that I finally have a blog host now that lets me embed videos (hehe), I decided to post this.
This is Keith Richards in no way needing the Stones’ security guards:
Splendid.
Karl.
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Love it…
Check this out. http://www.marcford.net/MF/media.html
This is the guy that did the guitar tracks on my new album (if we ever finish it). He used to play for the Black Crows.
Click on “Greazy Chicken” and skip ahead to about 4:30 (unless you want to listen to some killer blues guitar). The best part is the solo after the incident. You can tell he’s fairly upset by the way he’s playing the guitar.
I love showbizness!