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Last night,I was listening to a recording of Holdsworth w/Vinnie in San Antonio,TX.
I tried to tune out what everybody else was playing and just listened to Vinnie.The shit he was playing was just uncalled for!
I don't see how anybody could physically be that fast.He was all over the place all the time and never slowed down.
All of the odd meter stuff was just rediculous! And that is one of the sickest solos I have ever heard Vinnie play! EVER!!!
I don't think there is another drummer on the face of the planet that is as sound a drummer when it comes to odd time than Vinnie.Any combo you want to throw at him,NO PROBLEM! I've heard the stories of the Zappa days and when he was on the Joan Rivers show of how he would memorize a chart after looking at it once or hearing a tune once and then going up there and shredding it!
I see it like this:
Vinnie could read gnat shit off of a gum wrapper and it would sound killer!
BTW- If you don't have it,get Joni Mitchell's "Refuge of the Roads" video w/Vinnie and Landau.There are some Vinnie moments on there!! Song #2 has this blistering lead in w/Vinnie on double bass and a tune called "You dream Flat Tires" (don't ask me where she got the title) has a tasty little fill at the end of the tune as well as other highlights throughout.Well worth having!!
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Wow! It must be good. I just looked on Amazon and they want $99 bucks for Refuge of the Roads!
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Wow! I was just listening to San Antonio,Tx. last night and I was thinking the same thing! I agree with you...Vinnie is absolutely tearing it up on that one. I'm going to pop in Florida tonight and dig on that. It's not just the intensity but where the intensity comes from. His phrasing is extraordinary and sometimes incomprehensible. I love it!
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Refuge of the Roads is a must have! Incredible!
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Andy,
Check out 'Refuge of the road', and save some cash.
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Hurry up!
EB
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Hi. It is official release or bootleg?
Where should I get it?
Thank You
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JaRRep,
Just probably someone who transferred it from the (org.?) vhs tape to dvd.
You have to register and make a bid to (hopefully) get it on eBay.
Good luck!
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Refuge of the roads was an oiffical VHS release, out of print but soon to be on DVD from what I have seen. GREAT video.......could do without the horse transitions though. Too artsy
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Vinnie is on Jeff Berlin's instructional tape and he and Berlin mix it up pretty intensely. It is amazing to watch.
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Yeah, Roddy Piper and Ronnie Cox...what the hell was THAT about?
What's the Vinnie story Behind the Music?
