[ Closed ] Gary Moore on Bonamassa (Page 2 of 4)

Joe may not wanna say it, but I will: Gary Moore can kiss my ****.

While he has every right to his opinion , I choose to disagree concerning the issue of Joe being Overblown. If Joe had come out of nowhere and skyrocketed  to insane heights with unjustifiable amount of airplay and little talent then I might agree but thats hardly the situation. I doubt that there's many guitarists of his talent that have had to fight and
scrape and slowly crawl their way to where he is. Look at the amount of recognition and airplay that dozens of far lesser gifted artists have enjoyed at a much younger age than Joe. Who has ever toured for the amount of years and at the pace that Joe has with little or no media hype. Look at the loyal fanbase that Joe has achieved while flying under the radar of the media. Has anyone Ever before been able to play the RAH with no airplay ?
Joe has more than rightfully worked for every bit of success he's achieved !

I agree with you too Bob, but I also feel that Gary was in his mind attempting to be helpful in his "advice" to Joe.  It is strange that he would say that though, given he's played rock, metal, celtic rock, jazz and music with dance beats in the past.  Maybe his perception of what Joe wants to do, differs from his own percention of himself (if that makes sence). Guess we won't be seeing a Joe + Gary jam at RAH
Actually I'm surprised Gary has not toured the USA in so long, I assumed when he recorded songs with Albert Collins, Albert and BB King that those would have been done in the United States...

My two cents - I saw Gary Moore for the first time later on the same day that I saw Joe for the first time at Bospop '07 - he had nothing to offer that even for one moment distracted me from having been totally gobsmacked by Joe.

'Nuff said.

Exactly.  Gary Moore or Joe B, who would I choose to see?  Hmmm....what board am I on now?

"You know, if you want to be a blues artist, be a blues artist, stop playing Yes songs and Indian songs"

Again with the labels.  How do I do the eye rolling emoticon thing???

This coming from a man who has put out the same type of blues album since 1990.

I love Gary's playing but the only thing he's done in recent years that's excited me was the Phil Lynott tribute DVD, and since he's turned his back on rock his playing has gone steadily downhill. Perhaps he should be the one investigating Yes covers and other styles of music to rekindle his passion. Amazing he'd say something like this about anyone considering when he was coming up it was all about experimentation, trying out new sounds for inspiration. Sometimes people should take Frank Zappa's advice and just "Shut Up And Play Yer Guitar" .

Gary is probably just trying to be "blues" Dad. I have allot of respect for Gary Moore and recently purchased his new album; which I think is outstanding.

Joe will just keep doing what he is doing and as long as he loves it, that is what matters. It really doesn't matter what Gary or I think for that matter. Joe has the rare opportunity to do what he loves for a living.

Personally, I love the variety of Joe's work and I think that is what separates him from the hordes of other guitarists. Gary himself has changed generes many times and should be open minded about it. Oh well.

Gary has always demonstrated a mean and curmudgeonly side, particularly when questioned about the success of others. There is defo a jealous streak running through his soul. That is why I listen ONLY TO HIS MUSIC.I travelled overseas to see Gary in two gigs including one in his hometown of Brighton. Despite Gary and his management being well aware of my presence and desire to meet him (I was in fact in the company of a couple of lads who run Gary's "unofficial" site, and had spent two nights in Weston on Super Mare boozing it up with Gary's brother Cliff, as diametrically opposed personality wise to Gary as humanly possible, what a superb guy) they left us out in the cold November rain in favour of Gary's fawning local anorak wearers. Oh well, I lost a lot of respect for the man that night (and had been forewarned how prickly he could be). I still have respect for his talent but NONE whatsoever for the person. I might add, the sit down session with Neville Martin on that magazine DVD shows Gary demonstrating some wicked traditional jazz riffs and so while he talks about Joe sticking to a genre, he very much continues to broaden his own playing horizons... Hmmmm very much like calling the kettle black I would say??????