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Another Boyz cover track. We were a Northern California hippy jam band and these guys were one of our inspirations at the time. I liked the fact that Kelly sang the bridge the way it should have been sang originally; in tune.
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Grand Funk was the American Zeppelin and were supposed to be the loudest band in the world (along with Blue Cheer and Deep Purple), and I liked them for that reason alone.
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In looking for a track to balance out the record, I was searching for something timeless. This classic Dylan song provided a perfect foundation for reinterpretation and features some of my favorite usage of effects on the record.
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I played in a band called `The Boyz` in the mid `70s and we did this song. I was actually the lead singer and I would play only solos, no rhythms. I don`t think anybody realized I sucked pretty bad as a singer, but I wasn`t going to tell them. You have got to be a pretty decent vocalist to cover Glenn Hughes and David Coverdale on the same song.
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Such a beautiful, majestic progression; hand built for an extended solo. We really extended this one to the point of exhaustion but who`s complaining?
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Like every other guitar player from my era, the first time we heard Mississippi Queen we were floored by Leslie West`s thick ballsy tone. He`s the epitome of "less is more" as far as phrasing is concerned.
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This was another song the Boyz covered. It`s one of those songs that evokes an era. I love `stoner rock`. This song is all about the Uni-Vibe. I used the Deja Vibe which is great, as tracking down an original Uni-Vibe is very difficult and very expensive these days.
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I remember the first time I heard these guys. I was living at a friend`s house and I was about 17 or so. We got a copy of the first ZZ Top record and were mesmerized with Gibbon`s tone and feel. His style has made a huge impact on my playing and I constantly refer back to him for inspiration for chops, feel and tone. ZZ Top was the first concert I saw which was a stop on their Tres Hombres tour. Gibbons was using the Rio Grande amps in those days and he was on fire!
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This was probably the closest thing we got to the blues. I had to commemorate Jeff Beck on this record as he was probably my first or second biggest early influence. This song`s not a natural fit for me, and I struggled with it, but in the end, with Mike`s guidance, I think we did it justice.
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I loved Jim McCarty. Very rough and tough old school blues-based player. I would guess that a lot of the blues/rock and riff/rock bands owe a huge debt to these guys.
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This song gave me the chance to play a little slide. I`ve never really done it and didn`t have a guitar set up for it. Mike suggested I just use my tiger and a battery which worked! I`m going to start using batteries on stage.
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Captain Beyond was one of my all-time favorite bands, sort of an underground Deep Purple. The first thing that grabbed me was their non traditional time signatures and Rhino`s guitar sound. I think he was using Sound City amps, a very big and clean Strat tone. Rod Evans was actually the original vocalist in Purple and Rhino was a guitarist in Iron Butterfly.
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