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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
A must for guitar players and lovers of guitar music!, 30 Jan 2001
By A Customer
The sleeve notes by Pete Townsend (The Who) echo my early guitar-playing, formative years completely. The major difference is, I never made it "famous"! However, along with thousands the world over, I was inspired by The Shadows to 'have a go', bought Apache, something with strings akin to a guitar and Bert Weedon's "Play in a day" book. Forty years on I am still inspired by all styles of guitar playing and music and this CD is no exception.Ritchie Blackmore's opening rendition of Apache set's the mood of the album from the opening chords, easily followed by Brian May's oustanding version of FBI. I hadn't heard of Tony Iommi or Steve Stevens, but their respective interpretations of Wonderful Land and Savage do not disappoint. Surprisingly, there is a live version of 'Flingel Bunt' by Hank on his own tribute album (?), accompanied by his son Ben. In my opinion it lends nothing to the spirit of album. Peter Green's Midnight is "nice", pleasant even, but you expect a bit of Albatross magic to creep in somewhere. Just when you think it might happen, it ends. Neil Young, Mark Knopfler, Peter Frampton, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers all contribute excellent tracks too, but just to finish off, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones playing The Stranger doesn't quite measure up to the album's concept either. Notable exclusions are Jeff Beck, Carlos Santana and EC himself, Jimmy Page even - now that WOULD have made this album special! This CD is clearly, an excellent buy and I have been trying to buy it ever since I read Knopfler mention he'd recorded a track for it in 1996. So, I cannot understand why it has never been released in the UK.
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