I have been listening to the Stones' Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out, and can't figure out why Keith Richards and Mick Taylor are held is such high esteem by Rolling Stone. Yes, there are nice solos on Sympathy for Devil, but the rest of their guitar work just blends into the overall Stones sound ambiance. Kind of like sugar and flour blend into a cake. Nothing really stands out to move your soul.
Then I pop a CD by a relative obscure BUT SERIOUSLY AWESOMELY talented Fenton Robinson, Somebody Loan me a Dime, and the guitar work is phenomenal. The sad thing is that almost no one has heard of Robinson and he died in relative obscurity. He may have been lucky to sell 10,000 -20,000 copies of his CD, which was released in 1973, while others have sold millions.
What's going on? Is it my listening preference? Is it just better marketing on the part of the rock guys?
Then I pop a CD by a relative obscure BUT SERIOUSLY AWESOMELY talented Fenton Robinson, Somebody Loan me a Dime, and the guitar work is phenomenal. The sad thing is that almost no one has heard of Robinson and he died in relative obscurity. He may have been lucky to sell 10,000 -20,000 copies of his CD, which was released in 1973, while others have sold millions.
What's going on? Is it my listening preference? Is it just better marketing on the part of the rock guys?