odysseus

I loved a lot of his earlier stuff - fantastic guitar technique. I lost interest later as the songs weren't as good (to me, anyway) and live he just seemed to solo through everything. He always had the reputation as having an enormous ego, but I watched his interview with Rick Beato and really enjoyed it. I think it was Steve Vai who said something along the lines of 'say what you like, but Yngwie raised the bar for all of us'

You Shook Me All Night Long by AC/DC Ace Of spades by Motorhead Livin on a Prayer by Bon Jovi And I'm learning them all on guitar. Yes kids, I've moved over to the dark side again! I'm not bad on rhythm guitar, but I've never really experimented much with the widdy-widdly, so I'm learning these songs mainly because the solos are reasonably achievable. I bought myself a USA Strat a couple of weeks ago to give me the motivation.

Yes, I love a bit of Thievery Corporation. I loved Hash playing bass on stage and stomping around before he allegedly went a bit.... off script! Dan Africano is a great replacement though!

I love me a bit of Rush - currently got a live set from the Moving Pictures 40th anniversary on the deck while eating lunch. 😎

DP

Looks fantastic, but I'm too lazy to travel for gigs these days!

Personally, as I've got older I have less tolerance for other people's penchant for being awkward. It's challenging enough to get four people who like the same music into the same room.... then someone decides to become 'difficult'. A bit of time out can clear the mind and help refocus. Good luck with it sir! 😎

Yup. Me too.

Anything that gets the buggers off their phones and communicating in real life as well as being creative can only be a winner! Good on 'im!

Well that is rather lovely! 😍

Fender was a gateway to a Mayones Jabba 4, which is the best bass I've ever had! 😍

Being bassists makes us chick magnets, apparently. Yay!! 🤓

Probably right in my case..... 😬

Am I the only person who has, until this thread, never heard of the term 'yacht rock'? 👽

The thing about generalisations is that they apply quite a lot - they don't necessarily apply in absolutely every situation.