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adevotedone
Daddy-by-day!
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adevotedone
Daddy-by-day!
Joined: 06/09/07
Posts: 47
06/16/2007 7:25 pm
OK, All, I'm going to go obscure on you for a few moments.

The best guitar soloist I've ever seen live. Fantastic guitarist whom almost no one knows because he went into Christian music. Phil Keagy.

In the 70's he put out an album with a group called The Second Chapter of Acts and a Band Called David. The album is called "How the West Was One" There are 2 incredible songs on the album that I've seen him play live. The first is called "Rejoice," where he goes off and solos for about 7 minutes or so. I saw him play it live back in 1982, and he was doing some awesome stuff, like hitting delay and a chord on one guitar, then picking up another to play over what he had just played. Pretty amazing.

The second song is called "Time," in which he gets into a duel with the keyboard player. I saw him play that one, again in the early 80's, at Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa. Really brought the house down. I've seen some pretty good bands live, but I don't think I've ever seen anyone who matches Phil for guitar virtuosity . It's a shame that more people don't know him because he went into Christian music.

kk, I'm done for now. But check out Keagy, you'll be in for a treat!!

Peace,
Tom
[FONT=Comic Sans MS]"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" (even learn how to play this silly instrument!! ;) )[/FONT]