Re: New Bill Frisell video
And while I'm askign questions: It seems that there is a new Bill Frisell video called "The guitar artistry of Bill Frisell". Is it worth picking up?
If this is the instructional video, its not that new, I bought it a couple of years a go. I think it is best said that Bill is a wonderful guitar player but not a natural communicator. Unfortunately, there is no interviewer to help smooth things a long. You get Bill with a band playing a few numbers and intercut with Bill alone in front of the camera looking for all the world like a rabbit trapped in the headlights. He stumbles through a little information about himself and then tries to explain his basic techniques but he is halting and unsure. At one point he goes to demonstrate something, there is a long pause and he says "I've just thought of another way of doing it." To be brutally honest its quite fun, although heavy going, to watch once but I would never watch it all again. Richard gardner
I think it is best said that Bill is a wonderful guitar player but not a natural communicator. >>>
Many years ago I saw him at At My Place in Santa Monica with Baron, Driscoll, Roberts (so sublime), and he told a joke. The delivery was far more hilarious than the joke.
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