tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post9190186827028401719..comments2024-03-25T15:07:41.959+00:00Comments on Nigeness: James Burton's Sweet GuitarNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-20817006371522011052009-08-23T14:26:03.521+01:002009-08-23T14:26:03.521+01:00Thanks Mark, and a pity, we will be over there lat...Thanks Mark, and a pity, we will be over there late next week and had planned a day at Zollverein, minutes away.<br />Germans, old Richter included really should stay away from the Barolo when visiting <a href="http://www.gerhard-richter.com/art/editions/firenze/" rel="nofollow">Florence</a>maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-18078184319042383612009-08-21T18:30:48.876+01:002009-08-21T18:30:48.876+01:00Malty, on a completely different subject: a friend...Malty, on a completely different subject: a friend has just sent me "Gerhard Richter: Bilder aus Privaten Sammlungen" (MKM Museum Kuppersmuhle fur Moderne Kunst, Duisburg). I don't read German but the pics are lovely. The exhibition is finished now, I believe, but maybe this catalogue is worth looking out for.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06074816573442173758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-42634987612569114162009-08-21T17:35:29.737+01:002009-08-21T17:35:29.737+01:00Interesting link Mark, although, any list that Inc...Interesting link Mark, although, any list that Includes Geo Harrison has to be a bit suspect.<br />Dare I add the wizard of the acoustic guitar, Manitas di Plata, he did with the guitar what du Pre did with the Cello and I don't mean wrap her knees around it.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-53590678609643098462009-08-21T17:21:22.455+01:002009-08-21T17:21:22.455+01:00It was about five o'clock in the afternoon of ...It was about five o'clock in the afternoon of Friday 21 August and I was enjoying a cup of tea when they first told me God wasn't Eric Clapton ... oh well. A very fine sound, as you say. I like Pat Metheny and above all the sadly late but very great Ali Farka Touré. Rolling Stone's own list of guitar greats is <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5937559/the_100_greatest_guitarists_of_all_time/" rel="nofollow">here</a> but it seems a bit dated now.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06074816573442173758noreply@blogger.com