Another Top 10 list

[Dave W]

Another commonality you have with Ritchie then, Dave.   Blackers was an Albert Lee fan long before he - Albert - made the move to the US.

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There is no escaping him here and you know that, Dave.

Another?

(sigh) six degrees of RB. Can't escape it.

Albert Lee with Sterling Ball on bass.

[uwe]

Six degrees of more shades than Black, jawohl!

But why didn't you post a vid with Albert, Sterling AND a Deep Purple guitarist, Dave?  

[OldManC]

I'm late to the party but Uwe might like this. I remember going to see a band in Hollywood that had some supposedly hotshot new guy all the way from Sweden. He didn't even use the J yet.   Turned out he was pretty good. I still have this album on vinyl.

[uwe]

Ron Keel wasn't the greatest singer, but he had a punkish attitude. I liked that. Back then Yngwie was hot.

[OldManC]

He was. He was young and fresh off the boat. Still had attitude but not nearly like what came later. While I didn't follow his career much after Alcatrazz, I do agree that his Classical background put him ahead of the shredders who sounded as if they were in it for speed and speed only.

[uwe]

That sets him apart. Even Vai and Satriani - both not mindless shredders - say that. He has exquisite bending and vibrato, and yes he's darn fast, but he's always in time as well. And while he's become laughing stock with his flourishy drama, he doesn't sound like a machine.

But his musical tastes ...  What could this guy do in a prog band where the music really challenges him.

[Highlander]

Why not some Morse emulating Albert... this is around the time I saw them at the Hammersmith Odeon...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VohubM8Hls4

... and for a bit of eccentricity, with Jaco in 82 and a jam...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqF-Ul7YIhA

[uwe]

For Morse anything Lee does is sacred. He is his hero.

[Dave W]

Six degrees of more shades than Black, jawohl!

But why didn't you post a vid with Albert, Sterling AND a Deep Purple guitarist, Dave?  

Not in my YT playlists, sorry.