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Posted By Matthew On Sun, Jul 8th At 4:06 AM
In Reply To: POTTUS Posted By mecca On Tue, Jun 26th At 9:24 PM
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Clapton is Eisenhower, Hendrix is Patton. They're
both brilliant, they just have different ways of
doing the same business.

1 October overdubs? Where do you get this stuff >
from? The entire song is drenched in wah, it >
adds the whole feel of the song. And if this is >
true why don't you address the solo on I Don't >
Live Today either? Or even the jokey Stars That >
Play with Laughing Sam's Dice which was also an >
early track featuring wah. I have an interview >
where the interviewer even says to Jimi "You >
were the first to use the wah wah pedal right?" >
Jimi just laughs and says "I don't relly care, >
it's not important, but we used it on my first >
LP for the solo on I Don't Live Today" Jimi >
doesn't even attempt to sink into the juvenile >
match of who did what first.

>
>2 Well, maybe it's personal preference, but
>Clapton is just boring as hell, very mechanical.
>He does shine sometimes, but the majority of his
>stuff is extremely lumbering, I obviously think
>he is a great guitarist, but no way the best in
>any shape or form. The worst thing for me is his
>tone, on all the Cream stuff he had this just
>really dull muffled tone which was the same for
> every song, it's really annoying.
>

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  • POTTUS - mecca Tue, Jun 26th At 9:24 PM (4)
    • Re: POTTUS - mecca Tue, Jun 26th At 9:26 PM (2)
    • Re: POTTUS - Matthew Sun, Jul 8th At 4:06 AM (0)

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