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I always dug Dire Straits, notably since Mark Knopfler set out to deliberately not play as loud as The Who or The Rolling Stones. 

Also, he plays mostly fingerstyle, and a unique style at that. While I need to get better with the pick (it just take a boring amount of repetitive practices), I like playing without one. Always drove my dad nuts when I'd change the attack sound in situ by smacking the strings back-handed with my nails rather than grab a pick.

Anyway, dunno how true the stories around writing this one are, but it's a fantastic duet on its own:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK_9ppta_M0&list=RDjK_9ppta_M0&start_radio=1

And also this:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAGnKpE4NCI



Never know why this stuff pops into my head, or why two disparate things inhabit my mental space simultaneously.  

Always dug this one:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYqJtqyeilE&list=RDAYqJtqyeilE&start_radio=1

Me n Metallica didn't get along much. Always more of an Anthrax guy. Everything's better in Hawaiian jams.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbcL6GZGmkw&list=RDnbcL6GZGmkw&start_radio=1

Lots on my mind this morning.  Time for some rapid-fire music spam.  I know how utee hates it when I don't post a bunch 

I saw a video someone uploaded of this song from a show a couple of days ago.  I'd heard their new synth guy could sing in the rafters and they were dusting off some of songs from this album which they've mostly avoided since the original vocalist's brief run with the band ended.  I have to say, the guy really did nail it.  But, it's the original that's on my mind as a result:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSCxoxQA77M


And because I know how much Fearless enjoys my worthless trivia:  The young guy that does synths and sings a little bit for them now comes from the band of the guitarist's son, Trevor Lukather.  Steve Lukather mentioned to his kid that they were looking for a new synth guy, preferably one who could sing some, and his son told him he had just the guy.  So, it pays to have kids who know your business.....it can help you out in your old age.  

Then we've got Neal Schon:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idE1lsqG2Vc



(dedicated to Fearless, Journey's biggest fan)

And then finally (for now), there's this one from Steve Lukather.  Bit of a split solo here; there's the one sort of in the middle where it usually goes, and then there's the outro as the song fades to the ending.  I like them both, but it's the one at the end that grabs me the most. 



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4ERXvnXSRc



Might think of some more later.  This is what sprang to mind for now.  

And it's amazing that he does everything he does almost exclusively with three fingers.  I've watched him a lot over the years, and he keeps his pinky finger curled up behind the guitar neck, very, very rarely using it.  Terrible technique, guitar teachers would say, since it creates stress in the hand and the pinky is not ready to contribute.  

Well, Neal Schon doesn't need his pinky to contribute.  He can outplay most guys with one finger tied behind his back.