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Chrissie Hynde’s comments: women can’t play guitar! How true is this?
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>Chrissie Hynde’s comments: women can’t play guitar! How true is this?
It’s not true at all. She might not be the guitar player she’d like to be, but I doubt that being a good guitar player was ever one of the goals in her life. But I’d like to see the rest of that conversation since this appears to be a comment taken way out of context. Bonnie Raitt plays guitar, no doubt about it, and she’s got a great sound. She’s got a certain signature to her sound that most guys would kill for. Sort of Lowell Georgish the way there’s nothing else like it. Pete — Can I borrow a bucket of worms and a keg of gunpowder? –Froggo
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> Chrissie Hynde’s comments: women can’t play guitar! How true is this?
There is a woman named Lauren Ellis, from LA but now in Nashville, probably one of the best slide players going. She used to date Dean Parks, studio player extraordinaire. Unbelievable to watch, and cute, too, with all of the multiple personality traits you could ask for. Roy
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> Chrissie Hynde’s comments: women can’t play guitar! How true is this?
What is your source for this? I recall an interview with Chrissie back in the early Pretenders days in which she commented that her playing wasn’t as good as Honeyman’s, but she must not be too bad or those guys wouldn’t let her plug in! I find it a little hard to believe that Chrissie would say that; unless your quote is out of context. — Gary Gerhart www.GerhartAmps.com
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Maybe she should see Jennifer Batten,who now plays with Jeff Beck….she
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I can’t think of a woman hardcore rock’n'nroller that impressed me, to be honest (Please don’t say Lita Ford, *choke*) but for blues, acoustic,, light rock, I believe that Bonnie Raitt and Nancy Wilson of Heart are among the best. — Cybrchndriac
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|Chrissie Hynde’s comments: women can’t play guitar! How true is this? ??? Where did you come up with this? She sure can.
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> Maybe she should see Jennifer Batten,who now plays with Jeff Beck….she
Absolutely. She is great. She toured with Michael Jackson on the Thriller tour, IIRC, playing EVH’s licks, FWIW. With Jeff Beck, she takes a back seat, about half rhythm, and about half playing guitar synth (like keyboardy stuff). When I saw him last, she did get some leads and trade-offs with Beck. I really doubt, at this point, she needs to prove whether she can play. She can tear it up silly. Batten aside, you got your Bonnie Raitt, Joan Jett, Chrissie Hynde (pure rhythm player)…etc….but there are a lot of good girl guitar players. Whether they are popularly considered great guitar players has more to do with the nature of pop music, and how many girls choose guitar. I believe we are talking about a cultural thing here, not a sex thing.
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It does seem to be pretty much male dominated.
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Well… Last night I ’surfed’ into a show on PBS about music… I think it’s called "Roots Music"… and they had a spot that featured a black woman gospel/blues singer who played a triple-pu SG… she was pretty damn good… Bonnie Raitte liked her a lot… gtski
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> Well… Last night I ’surfed’ into a show on PBS about music… I think > it’s > called "Roots Music"… > and they had a spot that featured a black woman gospel/blues singer > who played a triple-pu SG… she was pretty damn good… > Bonnie Raitte liked her a lot… > gtski
Was it Sister Rosetta Tharpe? Cheers Pj
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or a copy…??? She had some chops…!! gtksi