Rock - what are you listening to?

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Well spotted Johnny :) Purely from memory it certainly does look like the 10cc cover shot. Hard to believe but anything I had of them is long gone to that swap shop in the sky:(
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fergus wrote:I too remember those early Stadium gigs with much fondness. One of the best gigs I was ever at was that to launch The Táin album. Man that place rocked that night. I still get goosebumbs [and tinnitus] thinking of it!!!

Just think back to some very fine concerts in those years given by home grown talent - Rory, Horslips, Lizzy, Skid Row, Spud [remember them!] and at the other end of the spectrum Planxty and Tír na N'Óg amongst others.

You lucky, lucky sod Fergus :( I would have given anything to be there! The closest I ever got was one of the best performances I've ever seen in the local town hall by a visiting stage troup called Macnas. They did an unbelievably stunning stage/musical show based on the Táin. The morsels us country people lived off!
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Got this ages ago on cd, a very enjoyable listen:
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tweber wrote:Got this ages ago on cd, a very enjoyable listen:
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Brilliant title too :)
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A nice one for this very rainy sunday afternoon - summer at last :-)
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This is truly the most majestic guitar solo (read: old fashioned) I've heard in an age. It's the type of long guitar solo I always wanted to hear from the likes of Steve Hackett et al. Do yourself a favour and listen without prejudice......

The studio version is on a Kickstarter driven project which was recently released on cd and double vinyl editions - see below. Needless to say I've already ordered my vinyl copy. Music like this only comes round very rarely these days.....

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cybot wrote:
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Oh I do like that image; it has great impact!
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fergus wrote:
cybot wrote:
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Oh I do like that image; it has great impact!
It does, doesn't it?

What did you think of the former Marillion guy's beautifully realised guitar heroics Fergus? Some people think he's a Gilmore copyist Not fair on him methinks though I can hear a (very) slight resemblance here and there....
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cybot wrote: What did you think of the former Marillion guy's beautifully realised guitar heroics Fergus? Some people think he's a Gilmore copyist Not fair on him methinks though I can hear a (very) slight resemblance here and there....
Lovely guitar playing there Dermot; just the style that I have always liked. Certainly there are some Gilmouresque moments but if you play that well then you are in that same league, if you know what I mean. Interestingly, I got more Wishbone Ash overtones than Gilmour; possibly with the double lead and the picking style overlay backing the main solo.
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fergus wrote:
cybot wrote: What did you think of the former Marillion guy's beautifully realised guitar heroics Fergus? Some people think he's a Gilmore copyist Not fair on him methinks though I can hear a (very) slight resemblance here and there....
Lovely guitar playing there Dermot; just the style that I have always liked. Certainly there are some Gilmouresque moments but if you play that well then you are in that same league, if you know what I mean. Interestingly, I got more Wishbone Ash overtones than Gilmour; possibly with the double lead and the picking style overlay backing the main solo.
Yes! I get that too Fergus. Which reminds me :)
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