Originally Posted by PopTodd
I think we may have touched on this before, but I gotta go again and give props to:

Robert Quine (Richard Hell & The Voidoids/Matthew Sweet/many others):
He's my favorite player ever. Simply bludgeons his instrument. Listen to the lead playing on Sweet's "Girlfriend"
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Yes! he had a nice stint with Lou Reed as well, around Reed's "Blue Mask" period. Quine always struck my as a "primitive", having a real "visceral quality" in his playing...

I'd like to add a couple to the pot:

Marc Ribot...long time Tom Waits associate, considered an "outside" player, and so...taken seriously by few "inside" players...

Phil Manzanera...all the Roxy Music stuff, plus a few great solo offerings, especially "Primitive Guitars" on Eno's EG label...

Cheers,
Mike

Last edited by closemike; 06/28/07 05:53 PM.
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