I love him too. Fantastic player and with a unique sound. I think he uses Lexicon LXP-5's for his effects.
I love his way of chording. To say that he knows what he's doing would be a grave understatement!
The man is, in my opinion, the absolute master of guitar tone. His playing is spectacular, and between his own work and his work as a sideman, he has played in every genre from bluegrass to speed metal. Of living guitar players, he is behind only Marc Ribot on my list of favorites, and it is a close call.
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I love him too. Fantastic player and with a unique sound. I think he uses Lexicon LXP-5's for his effects.
I love his way of chording. To say that he knows what he's doing would be a grave understatement!
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Just picked up Good Dog, Happy Man & East/West. Both are fantastic.
I pick a moon dog.
Agreed! The range of his playing is astonishing - you can always tell it's him, but he plays with so many different - and so varied stylistically - musicians.
"Good Dog' is among my favorites, along with 'Gone like a Train' (to my ears, a kind of quitessential American music), and a great international brew on 'The Intercontinentals'. And he did a couple of interesting albums with Ginger Baker (yes, that Ginger Baker - I hadn't known he was still alive).
Yeah, the rest of you fretter brother should really check him out. He's not a shredder, no instead he is a incredibly tasteful player who knows how to play the notes that count.
Listen to him here play a classic Dylan song "Just Like A Woman", played the "Frisell" way. Beautiful!
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I guess we already spoke about Bill once, didn't we?
He's such a great player and it his use of the whammy bar is incredibly melodic.
His compositions and arrangements are high class.
Love this guy's music and tone.
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[QUOTE=Robert]Yeah, the rest of you fretter brother should really check him out. He's not a shredder, no instead he is a incredibly tasteful player who knows how to play the notes that count.
Listen to him here play a classic Dylan song "Just Like A Woman", played the "Frisell" way. Beautiful!
However, the man can shred like no other when it's called for [check out John Zorn's "Naked City" to hear some fine examples of Frisell playing all out.]
"I happen to have perfect situational awareness, Lana. Which cannot be taught, by the way. Like a poet's ... mind for ... to make the perfect words." - Sterling Archer
I remember checking "Before We Were Born" out of the library many years ago. I really enjoyed that CD.
Frisell is a fantastic player.
I do own "Nashville" which I like a great deal, but then again I like bluegrass and some country.
I also got "Smash & Scatteration" by Frisell and Vernon Reid a few weeks back. I like that CD as well, although the drum machine sounds are dated, IMHO. OTOH, great guitar playing is never dated.
If I wanted to increase my Bill Frisell collection, what are the essential recordings for a beginner like me?
tung
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This almost sounds like a Renaissance lute piece, the way he plays it!Originally Posted by Robert
Tung,Originally Posted by tunghaichuan
If you like the country/bluegrass sounds of "Nashville" I would def suggest you pick up both "Good Dog, Happy Man" and "The Willies." Other essential Frisell I would suggest would be "Have a Little Faith" "Ghost Town" "Gone Just Like a Train" "Blues Dream" and "East/West" [which is a fantastic 2-CD live compilation].
"I happen to have perfect situational awareness, Lana. Which cannot be taught, by the way. Like a poet's ... mind for ... to make the perfect words." - Sterling Archer
R_of_G,
Thanks for the suggestions. I'll check them out.
Regards,
tung
Originally Posted by R_of_G
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