Oldfart schreef:
Zappa liefhebbers die dit nog nooit gehoord hebben, zouden hier toch eens een paar keer naar moeten luisteren, maar dan wel hard dus...
Zappa (in 1984) over John McLaughlin:
I met John. I think he's a great guitar player and I think that he's probably done a lot to educate American audiences to some aspects of Eastern music that they wouldn't have come into contact with before. We did a tour with McLaughlin and old Mahavishnu, we did 11 concerts with them.
John McLaughlin op zijn beurt (3 dagen geleden in de
Dallas Observer):
What do you think about the late Frank Zappa's criticism of your work as simply "operating a guitar like a machine gun?" Do you think that Zappa was right when he said that the whole trend in the music business was that faster is better?
I think he was just jealous! I toured with Frank, and while I've always enjoyed his recordings, on tour he would take very, very long guitar solos, and he just didn't have what it takes to play long guitar solos. That said, he has every right to his opinions, and in earlier days, I'm sure he had some validity in his criticisms of my playing.
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