Jon Weisberger wrote:
> (there's a funny passage in the Country Guitar interview with the
> AOTD where he points out that he developed his cool bend licks
> because he was trying to copy White and didn't realize that
> Clarence was using the bender, just like Dale Potter developed his
> amazing facility with double stops because he was trying to copy
> Bob Wills and didn't realize he had multiple fiddles), just
> pointing out a relevant antecedent.
Ditto with Robbie Robertson, who tore his fingers all to hell trying to
imitate slide guitarists, not realizing they were using slides. Ouch.
Great summaries, Jeff & Jon.
Dave
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