fdesalvo
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Last night, I met Slash, Sambora, Winters, Trucks (the old one haha), Gibbons, and a heap of others at a small benefit concert in West Hollywood.
My mind was bloooown. Normally when I see a stage full of lead guitarists, I just change channels, but these guys were on point and the only one guilty of shameless wankery was Lukather, who somehow resembles a 70's vintage p*rn star (Hey, I love the guy!). Incidentally, his tone was very harsh and void of mids! Slash's tone was very thin and jagged, as well. The best tone of the evening went to Gibbons, who was playing a new Magnatone (What!). They hauled out Edgar Winter mid-set. Guy looks like Gandalf, except he was wielding a sax instead of his staff! Guy had tons of energy and was just amazing.
Got to do the meet'n greet thing and everyone was really gracious. I'm just now starting to absorb what I saw and heard last night. What a great night of rock! Sad that the golden age of music has passed. I don't know if the environment will ever allow bands like this to flourish again.
My mind was bloooown. Normally when I see a stage full of lead guitarists, I just change channels, but these guys were on point and the only one guilty of shameless wankery was Lukather, who somehow resembles a 70's vintage p*rn star (Hey, I love the guy!). Incidentally, his tone was very harsh and void of mids! Slash's tone was very thin and jagged, as well. The best tone of the evening went to Gibbons, who was playing a new Magnatone (What!). They hauled out Edgar Winter mid-set. Guy looks like Gandalf, except he was wielding a sax instead of his staff! Guy had tons of energy and was just amazing.
Got to do the meet'n greet thing and everyone was really gracious. I'm just now starting to absorb what I saw and heard last night. What a great night of rock! Sad that the golden age of music has passed. I don't know if the environment will ever allow bands like this to flourish again.