is, was, and always will be on my phil and friends most wanted list. #1
barry sless
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capt_morgan
, Mar 22 2013 01:16 AM
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Posted 22 March 2013 - 01:17 AM
listen to phil 2006 at bethel and pnc bank arts center nj for examples
http://archive.org/d...24.sbeok.flac16
dude is a maniac
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Posted 22 March 2013 - 03:25 AM
Saw and met him back in the late 80s / early 90s with Kingfish and then later on with the David Nelson Band. He's no Larry Campbell, but he's darn close as an all around session lead guitarist who can deliver while letting someone else control the show. And I think he's a more interesting pedal steel player than Buddy Cage by long shot.
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Posted 22 March 2013 - 04:56 AM
Saw and met him back in the late 80s / early 90s with Kingfish and then later on with the David Nelson Band. He's no Larry Campbell, but he's darn close as an all around session lead guitarist who can deliver while letting someone else control the show. And I think he's a more interesting pedal steel player than Buddy Cage by long shot.
Larry Campbell is an apt comparison due to them both being multi-instrumentalists. I agree, Larry is more of a "virtuoso" overall, but I think Barry's got him beat in terms of playing lead guitar / melody for Grateful Dead music. IMO the couple times I saw him play with Phil, Barry was pushed to the back way too much as he had the best chops for being the primary guitar soloist.
Will have to check this guy out.
Here's the Eyes, from a Phil show I saw with Seany in Albany in 2005. Overall, this was a show I didn't like very much because Chris Robinson and John Scofield dominated the "lead" performances when Barry was the best "lead" voice on the stage. If this is too long, didn't listen; jump to the first guitar solo by Barry at 3 minutes. He nails it. Makes you yearn to hear his solo after the second verse. Instead you get Scofield soloing in that slot at 6:30. He wanks around for almost a minute until he finds the groove and eventually he plays some pretty cool stuff, rages actually, but it's jarring, not flowing and beautiful the way you want to hear the melodies in Eyes like Barry was playing.
You live in San Fran Julius. Go down to Terrapin Cross Roads and tell Phil the masses want Barry back in the band. 
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Posted 22 March 2013 - 05:17 AM
Nice find, bro! I've never seen video from this show 
And I agree - Sless was the highlight for me. Smooth. And Molo and Phil, of course. Scofield is too jazz. Super talented, but he just doesn't flow with it. I find him very hit or miss every time I see him with someone. Dig him for a moment, but overall his take on things is not what I'm interested in. Never been much of a Chris Robinson fan. I keep trying, but he just doesn't do it for me - especially playing Dead songs...
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Posted 23 March 2013 - 04:23 AM
Larry Campbell is an apt comparison due to them both being multi-instrumentalists. I agree, Larry is more of a "virtuoso" overall, but I think Barry's got him beat in terms of playing lead guitar / melody for Grateful Dead music. IMO the couple times I saw him play with Phil, Barry was pushed to the back way too much as he had the best chops for being the primary guitar soloist.
booyah!
sless just has the right mind for it...he speaks the right language...and its beautiful.
campbell makes me wanna take a giant dump and turn the radio down. his musical expression in "dead" situations leaves me emotionless.
he also has the most monotone guitar sound ever...its dull and boring...zero dynamics... someone let this dude know hes got switches and knobs on that thing 
rip it
