... 1964 and Peter Drake and his talking steel guitar with talk box with the tune "I`m Just a Guitar (everyone picks on me)" from the album Forever... the tune Forever did over a million copies back then .... Take care

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uea85zklZpM

... and Drake live with the tune Forever ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dTFajHVyHo

saw the film galliploi recently... malmsteen you old dog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMbvcp480Y4

i must be missing something... did he play "icarus' dream suite" in it?

haha not at all. that was just the first time id heard that tune, from which icarus is evidently so heavily based upon.

oh i see. it's actually one of the most popular classical pieces of the 20th century, and has an interesting history behind it.

check out this arrangement too
http://www.classtab.org/albinoni_adagio_gm.txt

this has absolutely nothing to do with guitar, but the song happens to be by a guitarist, chris rea... this is an all-time favorite of mine from childhood (and still is)...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BKKaa2hKKw

Sth to listen to while you sit back and relax? A friend recommended Chris Rea long time back, first time I actually heard him

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV0OUoXa ... re=related

Might suit your taste George. take care

George - First saw Chris Rea in 76 or 77 on his 1st tour as support to Lindisfarne. We were so impressed we went to see him 3 nights running at different venues. Ironically, in those early days, he was actually a keyboard player who occasionally played guitar. I think that was the influence of his record company who also wanted him to perform under the name of 'Benny Santini' (hence the title of his first album). I guess they thought he had a better chance as a piano/singer. After all Elton wasnt doing too badly. Interesting that this first Rea album was produced by Gus Dudgeon who was Elton's producer as well.

I lost interest in Rea when Road to Hell and Auberge came out, but have bought some of his Blues material which is pretty good. Also went to see him in 2008 when he did a bizarre auto-biographical 3 part concert about the career of a young guitarist from the early 60's to the present day. Didnt work - although he did play Josephine !!

whoa that's cool, and interesting info, seeker... what're your favorite songs/albums from rea?

and thanks for the tune, scarified!!! i liked it a lot... didn't know leslie west was a good dadgad player too

Thats tuff. Loved the album Tennis

Title Track http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=768gAExxGDc

On the beach http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHaZy7KRMq4&feature=related

Whatever happened to Benny Santini http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH2QFou6uGs&feature=related

Fool if you think its over http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3myI0IJmTlQ&feature=related


However, his most astonishing album is called Blues Guitars which is 11 CD's of all new material with each CD being a different kind of Blues. Its only about $US50, but Ive never got round to buying it !!

They are:-

"Beginnings", "Country Blues"; "Louisiana and New Orleans"; "Electric Memphis Blues"; "Texas Blues"; "Chicago Blues"; "Blues Ballads"; "Gospel Soul Blues and Motown"; "Celtic and Irish Blues"; "Latin Blues" and finally 60's and 70's.

i had no idea he did that kind of thing! does he really have that kind of versatility? i'm very curious now... i see amazon has the box set with a dvd for $42, so i'll put it on my mental wish list

I have a couple of other 'blues' CD's of his - I'll upload something for you

you suck for never listening to me

thats almost harsh Timi...ive been around for about 2 years now, while scarified is a newbie, though with far greater knowledge and understanding of the guitar than me...

he also lives in Canada while I live in Bangladesh, so