[Slowhand] Re: EC composer

[Mel Boss]

Thanks. EC and MK played acoustic-Layla at the Mt.S. charity gig a few yrs back where Knopfler played a subtle yet delicious, finger-pickin' lead to Clapton's rhythm and vocal. And yes, I whole-heartedly agree that Eric and George were great together (as musicians and husbands inlaws)...
  Mel 

ToeKneeF <slowhandnj at comcast.net> wrote:
  Great point, they have distinct styles yet draw from what common ground they do share,to complement each other, rather than copy each other. Great musicians seem to be able to do this quite readily, witness the great music Pavarotti has done with popular musicians, or the work George Harrison and EC have done playing with Ravi Shankar's Indian musicians.....................T
Nirmal Moodley wrote:       "I love it when the two (MK and EC) play together as their styles compliment so well rather than compete. What do you think?"
   
  You took the words right out of my mouth.....I would love to hear them play acoustics together
  
Given all that, I still prefer EC hands down. Something about his music just speaks to me in a way that I could never do justice to, were I so foolish as to try to describe it.

Mel Boss wrote:     Hi Tony,
  I read your SH thread about EC as a composer, and I don't disagree. He certainly continues to reinvent or breathe new life into old songs. Sherriff certainly gets better and better. ABout the time of the holidays, a SHdr friend from Mlps sent me a DVD with about a hundred MK songs on it in mp3 format. It was a lot of "odd stuff" that I had not heard much about - movie soundtracks and screen plays. Some he co-wrote with Guy Fletcher, another amazing talent. Included, also, were a couple live boots and Notting HBs rarities. It took me a while to get to it as the disc only plays on our DVD player and our computer - but we are simply amazed at the volume and diversity of this man's work. The composing is undenyably superb. My appreciation of MK's talents increased many times over when I started to pay closer attention to his lyrics about 5 yrs ago, which are kindly included with each "album." I consider him one of the most prolific and talented musicians and songwriters in
 the business - now or ever. For guitarmanship, EC is still 'god' in my book, but MK does it for me in the composing and lyrics departments, and we love his guitarmanship also. It's rather unique in many ways and readily recognized in a crowd. I love it when the two (MK and EC) play together as their styles compliment so well rather than compete. What do you think?
  ps. I think that I copy the SHd also as this may turn out to be an interesting discussion, and maybe not everyone is tuned into MK's lesser-known works and pearls.
   


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