PopTodd

"New Year's Day" too. Damn. Like a siren blaring out at the beginning of that solo -- just grabs you. He's not know for his solos, but he sure knows how to craft them when he decides to play one.

As other folks post their lists, there are always several that make me slap my head and think that i missed one.

My favorite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53DQgbj2mIc

Yup, I know. I always think of more with lists like these. And yeah, that Stones one (Keef's shining moment as a lead player)… and the Big Star one are probably top 50 for me.

Riffing off the "Favorite Guitar Players" thread—pun definitely intended and deeply apologized for. In no particular order, except for the #1. Yo La Tengo - "Pablo and Andrea" (Ira Kaplan) (The SECOND solo— the one that starts around 2:40. But, to get the full-effect, I think that you really need to listen to the entire song, both leading up to, and following the solo, to understand its full power. It's transcendental.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mj3gv64BR4 Richard Hell - "I'm Your Man" (Robert Quine) Both of them—particularly the second one and the way that it starts with those heav

I think that I forgot to mention Nile Rodgers …the greatest rhythm guitar player of all time. Also, more-recently, I been appreciating Phil Manzanera more and more.

Advance copy? How is it?

DRINKS - HERMITS ON HOLIDAY Collaboration between Cate Le Bon and Tim Presley (White Fences) that I'll be reviewing for a NZ blog called The Active Listener. Street date is 8/28.

This playlist, minus the solo Sheila stuff, plus 2 more songs. 10/10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY29MmNUswE&list=PLb08ciwBT2AYdKBH3nXLE-iTZfk7dyVKo

That's the one that I was talking about—Last Night On Earth. Love it.

Never heard of them, but your description intrigues me. Could go either way, though.

I love his solo album from a couple of years ago.

DRINKS - HERMITS ON HOLIDAY My first listen to the debut album from this Cate Le Bon/Tim Presley (White Fence) collaboration. Got an advance stream of it for the review that I'll be writing. I love pretty much everything Cate, but have only just listened to White Fence for the first time yesterday. Should be an interesting album. And it's one that I am really looking forward to.

Technical prowess is merely a means to an end, that end being the ability to make the listener feel something. So, that said, it is obviously not the end-all-be-all. So I guess that what matters most is whether or not that musician can make you feel something. Make you feel what it is that they want you to feel. And that you like feeling that way. Period.