--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Robin Carlsen" <maskedzebra@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, awoelflebater <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > <snip> > > > > Speaking as a lifelong Guitar Freak, to compare Jimi > > > > Hendrix with Stevie Ray Vaughn is the highest heresy. > > > > > > Interestingly, lifelong guitar freaks frequently compare > > > Hendrix and Vaughan (note spelling) and usually (from > > > what I've read) acknowledge that which of the two was > > > better is a difficult choice. > > > > Thanks Judy, at least I spelled Vaughan right even if the > > Jimi was lacking. But however you spell them, they are two > > magnificent guitarists and raise adrenaline levels in me > > when I hear them play. > > > > And by the way, your knowledge seems to know no bounds when > > it comes to cultural, literary and current worldly goings on. > > Not to mention your ongoing commitment to accuracy and broad > > viewpoint. And here I thought the symphony and opera were > > your areas of expertise.
Hey, thanks for da kind woids, but I know almost nothing about guitarists. I just happen to have had friends who knew a lot. They'd have found the notion that preferring SRV to Hendrix was "heresy" hilariously ignorant. > Yeah, I'll certainly give her that: she's smart. Knows a lot. > She makes me more careful than I otherwise would be if she > weren't around. I am sure she is a very nice girl. Trying to recruit me, are you, Zebra Boy? Think I was born yesterday? Think I fell off a turnip truck? Well, I'm not so green as I am grassy-looking, so back off, buster.
