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if i could trade places......

i hope we might have some fun with this one, while learning something of ourselves and imparting to others a bit about our unique tastes and passions. here’s the fill-in-the-blanks drill: if, for one night, i could trade places with a [musician, singer, participant-live or dead] in a concert by [a group, composer or individual-live or dead], I’d do so because [ reason or explanation ]. this is not a rigid construct but only a rough formulation of an idea for each to build upon.

i’ll give an example, by way of further explanation and as a “starter post,” as follows: if, for one night, I could have stepped out of my lawyer’s shoes and suit and taken on the role of another, I’d have chosen to be the tambourine player in eric clapton’s band that played and recorded the tracks that became the “unplugged” album. this part is one, even I, could have performed adequately and would have put me in the middle of a performance i judge to be among the most seminal of the last couple decades of the 20th century.
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garfish
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........should be roots of his music, but 'roots of his roots' is pretty deep ;>)
garfish
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Kelly; I'll take the plunge. As a young pup I loved Rock and Roll and Buddy Holly was a hero of mine. I have also played guitars, both acoustic and electric, all my life (mostly badly) and like many young "rockers" wanted to be an R&R "hero".

Later on I came to appreciate and really love the blues and understand that was where R&R evolved from. So, with that background, I'd like to trade places with George Thorogood the night he played Atlanta, GA. with his band the Delaware Destroyers. His Atlanta performance is on CD, and is excellent.

The thing about G. Thorogood that I really admire is that he, and a few others, have kept the soul of original (classic) Rock & Roll alive. He is not a polished guitar player, but he has perserverance, and he puts his whole being into his performances, while giving blues their due. To me, what he and his band does is what Rock & Roll is all about. And in his comments at Atlanta, he acknowledged the roots of his roots. I could also have chosen John Fogerty and Creedence Clearwater Revival-- doing "Green River", but CCR is close to my own age, and their music always was pretty much "classic rock". Cheers, Craig.
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