Music Makers - Bass Guitar DVD

Advantages: Amazing guitaring, classic tunes, good sound
Disadvantages: no dramatics apart from the playing

...I have recently bought this DVD and to sum it up straight away it is briliant. Eric performs on the Austin City Limits TV Show But don't by this DVD if your expecting fireworks and stage dramatics!! The reason for this is that Eric Johnson is a perfectionist, he wants every note perfect, while watching Cliffs of Dover you will notice a shake of the head when he muffles 1 note by mistake!! He even such a perfectionist he even makes sure he uses certain batteries in his pedals as that can affect the sound. But back to the DVD, recorded in Austin Texas 14th December 1988. Eric on guitar, Kyle Brock on bass and Tommy Taylor on drums. The sounds Eric can get off his guitar are out of this world. The band are very tight and Johnsons Improvising skills are amazing. My personal faves on this DVD are Cliffs of Dover, Desert Rose and a cover... Read review

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Advantages: an all too truthful look at rock and roll
Disadvantages: not everyones cup of tea.

...) has a lot of Status Quos, Rick Parfitt about him Moody Nigel Tuffnel is a lead guitar player in the image of Jeff Beck and the Bassist, Derek Smalls (who sees himself as the lukewarm water caught between the fire and ice of his guitarists) is a more refined Lemmy in appearance. And its not just caricatures of musicians that appear here, there are real ones as well. Paul Simon crops up as a tragically inept record company promoter a role that he carries well, probably from years of having to suffer at the hands of such vermin. The music is very convincing and due to the childish nature of the lyrics and the indulgent nature of the music and the performance you could be forgiven for thinking that this is the real thing, such is the fine line between parody and reality. Songs with names such as, Rock Ya Tonite, Big Bottom, Hell Hole and Sex... Read review

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Advantages: Another chance to see the Master in concert
Disadvantages: Taken so long to surface

...Santa at last gave me this DVD, although the Santa looked not unlike me. As with Rory Gallagher Live at the Rock Palast, this collection of electrifying performances once again sets the standard that others should aspire to, although many of them clearly do not even try. It also reminds me, miserable old sod that I am, why I find it so hard to get worked up about bands such as Maximo Park, Coldplay, Embrace, the Doves, the sad American geek punkers like Fall Out Boy, Bowling For Soup, no-hopers like Linkin Park and Green Day and, going back, such appalling aural assaults such as the hugely over-rated Clash and 99% of those pathetic punk rockers. Why are they all such feeble musicians? Why can none of the bass players play bass? Anybody put on their Slits or Adverts LP lately? No? Never Mind the Bollocks? No? The only thing to say about... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful