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I was a charter member of the old fuze-zone, but what good did that do me?
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Post by millions on Dec 26, 2019 13:28:30 GMT -6
I just listened to "Tribal Techtones" and "Scott Henderson Live (2-CD)," and both of them left me befuddled. The themes and structures are getting more & more convoluted, as if I am being drawn into a fractal vortex, which, while beautifully patterned, is starting to seem like a self-similar regression into a void of diminishing returns. It seems as though Scott Henderson is beginning to "disappear up his own arsehole" so to speak. Does anybody else feel this?
Henderson rarely plays a straight line anymore. It's all whammied-up in some way, like an exaggeration of Jeff Beck's "bag of gimmicks." Compare this playing with his sound and approach on "Nomad."
Is this new way of making guitar sounds symptomatic of OCD? Is Henderson's brain starting to age?
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Post by GeorgeX on Dec 26, 2019 15:32:11 GMT -6
I feel like his lead playing and his tone are far lesser today than the early Tribal Tech days. My preference. Seems like it started to get wanky around the mid 90s. I have enjoyed the last couple albums though.
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millions
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I was a charter member of the old fuze-zone, but what good did that do me?
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Post by millions on Dec 27, 2019 6:15:01 GMT -6
What are his most recent recordings? I thought the ones I mentioned were indicative of the direction he was heading. Don't get me wrong; I love Henderson, have all the Tribal Tech albums, and his instructional DVD "Melodic Phrasing," which I consider to be one of the best out there, much better than Eric Johnson's "The Fine Art of Guitar" which should have been named "The Fine Art of Bullshit."
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Post by GeorgeX on Dec 27, 2019 7:06:15 GMT -6
The two you mentioned are quite a ways back. Live! is 2005, and Vital Tech Tones is 1998.
The last two are Vibe Station and People Mover. I'm guessing your opinion won't change on his lead playing on those Still a lack of the clean lines he was so good at 85-95. But the songwriting has evolved back to a good place at least.
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Post by funkle on Jan 21, 2020 15:50:57 GMT -6
"Scott Henderson is beginning to "disappear up his own arsehole" so to speak"
Haha! I'm pretty intimately acquainted with Scotts process as I've listened to about 400 hours guitarwank, and spoken with him and seen him live many times, including seeing him playing material from his latest album. For whatever it's worth, he has been extremely self critical in the past, but seems to be in a place of more self acceptance now. I'd say he hates most of how he played with TT. He feels that the dependance on complicated recording methods & equipment was restrictive, and a pain. And I infer that he feels his playing was overly flashy & technical, and that his tone sucked. The direction he's gone is a more humble, organic direction that he feels better suits his personality & artistic goals. I agree that his soloing feels more "tangled" now, and lacks most of the indulgent fusion devices it once had, and the use of be-bop vocabulary (something he was really adept at). While I miss the old Scott, I have to say I was riveted to his playing the last time I saw him live. He really burns, with lots of genuine feeling. But maybe the style is sort of an acquired taste. Jeff Beck kind of did a similar thing with the constant whammy use.
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Post by funkle on Jan 30, 2020 18:59:08 GMT -6
Listening to Foreign Affairs on Reality Check. What a great solo Scott played. I do miss those days.
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Post by funkle on Feb 25, 2020 22:53:23 GMT -6
Listening the the CCEB Montreal '86 boot, it is apparent just what a monster player Scott is (was?). The solos are great of course, but what he brings to all those composed parts puts him up there with any other guitarist who has worked with Chick. Fun to hear him play on some RTF material -too bad the recording ends in the middle of that song - WTF?
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Post by GeorgeX on Feb 26, 2020 6:58:05 GMT -6
Listening the the CCEB Montreal '86 boot, it is apparent just what a monster player Scott is (was?). The solos are great of course, but what he brings to all those composed parts puts him up there with any other guitarist who has worked with Chick. Fun to hear him play on some RTF material -too bad the recording ends in the middle of that song - WTF? Yep! Painful. The only instance of Scott doing any of the RTF material too. No clue why the taper would have faded it like that.
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Post by JaySee on May 9, 2020 10:37:08 GMT -6
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