Hey all, I am a huge Frisell fan, as i'm sure you all can tell. So I am kind of stuborn to admit some things. I think that the Elvin Jones thing had some nice stuff on it. I don't think it really made me freak out like Blues Dream, Gone Like a Train, Nashville, Live and all the others. To tell you the truth it wasn't just bill that bothers me some on the cd, I think that Elvins playing kind of made the cd that much more strange. Elvin Jones isn't a great guy to have come and play quarter notes on your cd. That man is made to tear loose... But the overdubs kind of pissed me off too... Anyway...I still think bill is one of the greatest guitar players alive. His playing on Scofields cd "Grace Under Pressure" literally changed my life and the way I approach playing. I am looking forward to the new disks... But what is gonna be great is hearing the internation band, there gigs have gotten great reviews so far. So i don't know, may be bill will bust it out again. But remember about the whole americana thing...go back and listen to Rambler, this was in 1982 or whatever...long before he had ever meet john zorn or any of the guys in the downtown scene...what do you hear?...pedal steel licks and open string runs...very americana. That is something that always runs in Bills music...no matter what he is doing. But who knows may be the acoustic guitar will be replaced with a fire breathing Klein in the near future...now that would be a pretty sight! John ===== John LeGassey Banjology@yahoo.com AOL Messenger - GtrJazz9 Yahoo Messenger - GtrJazz9 Guitarist - Instructor __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com