I'm with you on that, John. But then again, you and the rest of those
guys you mentioned are my guitar heroes.
I think lots of people go for the idea that the guitar is somewhere on
the back edge of the beat, which is why I said this might be
considered a controversial subject.
And, if you can believe it, there are fiddlers who can't stand bass
runs because they feel that they 'push' the beat. Shocking, but true.
Kellie
On Jan 28, 3:39=EF=BF=BDpm, ducksh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> On Jan 26, 6:34=EF=BF=BDpm, TonyG <tonyg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > When I am playing fiddle with the right guitar player I am surfing on
> > the edge of boomchuck.It is riding a wave of rhythm,you want to be the
> > wave. tonyg
>
> I like what TonyG says here.
>
> I cannot imagine that you'd want to be on the hind edge of the beat.
> Frankly, I rarely think about it directly, and when I do, it just
> confuses me! I just play from instinct. But I kinda suspect that the
> best OT backup guitar players (Luches Kessinger, Roy Harvey, Hub
> Mahaffey, Asa Martin, and others) were either squarely on the beat or
> pu****ng it slightly (driving the rhythm by slightly anticipating the
> beat).
>
> --John Schwab
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