I actually wanted to be a drummer, but I didn’t have any drums.
STEVIE RAY VAUGHANJazz changes and all. But I don’t know the names of what it is I’m doing.
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I play as many different things – piano, sax and harp parts – as I can at once. Whatever I can fit, whenever I need to.
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I mainly use Stratocasters. I like a lot of different kinds of guitars, but for what I do, it seems that a Stratocaster is the most versatile. I can pretty much get any sound out of it, and I use stock pickups.
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I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasn’t death.
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I use heavy strings, tune low, play hard, and floor it. Floor it. That’s technical talk.
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I wanted to play saxophone, but all I could get were a few squeaks.
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God it’s good to be here walkin together, my friend.
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I don’t play with a lot of finesse. I usually play like I’m breaking out of jail!
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The whole deal is when you walk onstage, you’re up there bigger than life. People idolize you.
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The way people come into your life when you need them, it’s wonderful and it happens in so many ways. It’s like having an angel. Somebody comes along and helps you get right.
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Even though there’s reasons to try things that may or may not work, it’s still a real intimate way to finish the song with everybody right there in the band just locked in.
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After I changed the string we picked up right where we left off – and punched back in at the same time. I don’t know if this has ever been done before. The engineer sort of looked at us weird, but we got it on the first take.
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Jazz changes and all. But I don’t know the names of what it is I’m doing.
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Lots of times I’ll play lead and rhythm together.
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But between sets I’d sneak over to the black places to hear blues musicians. It got to the point where I was making my living at white clubs and having my fun at the other places.
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All the Strats have personalities of their own and feel completely different.
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