Guitar Gods Part III - Lone Rhino

WOW--great picture---by me--like five feet away---World Cafe Live--winter tour 2008
So ummm--i told you i was gonna jump right on with Number 3 of my GUITAR HEROES--

not being prejudiced

really

i wouldn't lie--really--late 70's--early 80's--i still liked to play guitar--alas no contact with any persons-i'd played with--so usually sunday's---get a little whacked--plug in guitar--play with records---play along all afternoon---picked up "Lodger"---playing----huh-----next song---wha--------pickup cover--sleeve----Adrian---who??

yes----quite---different----and maybe--i had no idea---what he was doin---or better yet--how-
he was doing it--BUT I LOVED IT---

unfortunately i lost him--after bowie stuff--never knew the zappa--stuff til later----kinda same
with king crimson----but once the kids started---with rock school--eric was watching--zappa
video's---crimson---in fact---our neighbor--louis---who played guitar over the house--with our
eric and julie---lou quickly became nicknamed---little "adrian"

elelphant talk quite a popular riff---three of perfect---same---

ANDRIAN BELEW---number 3----THREE-

jimi-ertc-ade-

when i first saw ade--live--late-2005-i was amazed---and by the time i was with them---
the adrian belew power trio--in germany summer of 2006- wow----what a musician!

Germany---was really interesting---scary actually for adrian--

most of his equipment--amps---pedals---were lost----

THE SHOW--must go on--julie's bass--arrived just hours before the performance--but adrian wasn't as lucky--

i can remember ken---and adrian talking--

"boss---you can do this---just the parkers through marshalls--you're roughing it--but you can handle it"----nervous smiles accompany----

then the band bursts onto stage----

wow--they were raw---but---hot--really---

the two youngsters-pushing adrian----wowwwwwwwiiie--

i was filming ---feet in front of it all--pinching myself--asking myself-is this real-----SIR-REAL--

yes---adrian grew up listening--loving--Jimi---just like me---

ade's masterful-feedback-twangbar-whammying---was truly--amazing that afternoon--
of course in the time since---how many show-soundcheck-rehearsal--etc-----have i been privy to---where i still sit---in awe---this man has his own---"VOICE"

i saw this documentary--on les paul---i know adrian has met-les--i was fortunate myself to meet lester---at a celebration of his 90th---birthday---don't get sidetracked---oh yeah les invented sidetracking also---so---i realized---they had told stories-of les and mary---taking all these tape machines--on road trips--aka gigs--so he can have his own "sound"--or "voice"like he had in his recordings----do'oh--who's a modern day--"les"---

well--johnson amps--with "special"programmings--that lovely set of pedals and such---on floor at "the feet"---boy sounds like--adrian belew----well nothing sounds like adrian.

seriously number three----for me---mainly for these reasons---unique-artistic-great skilled player--(witnessed at germany show mentioned earlier-pay attention)-and great riff//songwriter------------

I recently had the pleasure to see perform--a little jazzy style set---with local guitar great-
greg davis--wally smith--keys---greg knows---(he saw the ABPT at the world cafe show in March)--my interests---

says---hey-gary--who's your fave five---i get to two---he stops me---"hey--same as me----but-3-gary--??"

i look at him ---simultaneously----ADRIAN-----we actually agree thru-5----but i'm adrianinnnnnggggg now---(is that a verb?)

anyway---i can go on forever---praising this guy----

his solo-bands-duets----the playing's just other worldly----and know well-----what's going on with the power and terror---which are the Power Trio----

i've seen jimi-eric-jimmy-jeff-al-stevie-pete-(i'll stop)---along with their bands--trios-etc-
and each and every show--I've seen--has out-topped each-----

and so the amazing thing is---he can be the lone rhino-dinosaur-big electric cat but he's my number three---guitar hero---god----and my friend------

how lucky---

like this coming weekend--annapolis-t-neck-troy----i'll be there-

well---i think--nos.4 and 5-will be next---a little two at once---

Peace--Love----Gary