slagging (was Re: Stick stuff)

[Sean Echevarria <sechevar@california.com>]

Forget about Jordan - you just slagged Hellborg and Lane!  yeeesh...


At 11:55 AM 3/4/98 -0800, Kim wrote:
>I think Stanley Jordan is a really bad example for this. IMHO, he gets the
>worst guitar tone I've ever heard in my life, and it has nothing to with 
>the
>tapping. It just sounds lousy. That coupled with his tendancy to totally
>overplay and drag out the ending solo of a tune to the point where it's
>longer than the all the rest of the tune, makes him really, really hard to
>listen to. I saw him play live once, and was ready to walk out during the
>second number. His tone literally made my ears hurt. I only stuck it out
>because the next group was a trio with Johann Hellborg and Shawn Lane. 
>They
>were so boring and overplayed so much that I did walk out during the 
>second
>number....Herbie Hancock was playing the same night, and that was 
>infinitely
>more listenable....
>
>wondering why I suddenly felt compelled to slag stanley jordan,