Great guitar double-acts/interplay
- UlricvonCatalyst
- PAT. # 2.972.923
- Posts: 7193
- Joined: Mon Dec 14, 2009 4:05 am
- Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Great guitar double-acts/interplay
Okay, great guitar playing comes in all shapes and sizes, but as often as not it's the guitar soloist or the one-man (/person) orchestra that gets the glory. (Take a bow Johnny Marr, Paul Research, et al.)
But some of the most wondrous guitar to be heard is where two guitars intertwine to the point where it's hard to tell where one ends and the other begins, or just complement each other to form a whole greater than the sum of its parts.
Obvious examples are Lloyd and Verlaine, Ranaldo and Moore, Renbourn and Jansch, and <ahem> those guys out of The Strokes. A couple of less obvious examples would be the very under-appreciated Wolfhounds....
The Wolfhounds - Restless Spell
The Wolfhounds - Lost But Happy
....and The Feelies (who should be appreciated by everyone who hears them under penalty of law).
The Feelies - Raised Eyebrows
The Feelies - Moscow Nights
The Feelies -- Let's Go
Let's celebrate great, inventive guitar duos. Thin Lizzie are banned, though.
But some of the most wondrous guitar to be heard is where two guitars intertwine to the point where it's hard to tell where one ends and the other begins, or just complement each other to form a whole greater than the sum of its parts.
Obvious examples are Lloyd and Verlaine, Ranaldo and Moore, Renbourn and Jansch, and <ahem> those guys out of The Strokes. A couple of less obvious examples would be the very under-appreciated Wolfhounds....
The Wolfhounds - Restless Spell
The Wolfhounds - Lost But Happy
....and The Feelies (who should be appreciated by everyone who hears them under penalty of law).
The Feelies - Raised Eyebrows
The Feelies - Moscow Nights
The Feelies -- Let's Go
Let's celebrate great, inventive guitar duos. Thin Lizzie are banned, though.
-
- PAT. # 2.972.923
- Posts: 2994
- Joined: Sun Dec 12, 2010 9:07 pm
- Location: illadelph halflife
Re: Great guitar double-acts/interplay
why no Thin Lizzy ? Iron Maiden too ? Dragonforce ?
- MT
- PAT. # 2.972.923
- Posts: 2221
- Joined: Fri Jul 11, 2008 4:59 am
- Location: Brisbane Australia
Re: Great guitar double-acts/interplay
Built To Spill come to mind. Three guitarists all managing to not invade anyone else’s space.
The Cure are another that I think of in relation to this sort of thing. Simple individual parts intertwined to create a more complex whole melody.
The Cure are another that I think of in relation to this sort of thing. Simple individual parts intertwined to create a more complex whole melody.
- UlricvonCatalyst
- PAT. # 2.972.923
- Posts: 7193
- Joined: Mon Dec 14, 2009 4:05 am
- Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Re: Great guitar double-acts/interplay
Just being a curmudgeon, D. I have no power to prevent people posting whatever they will here.
- Pepe Silvia
- PAT. # 2.972.923
- Posts: 5701
- Joined: Thu May 14, 2009 11:44 am
- Location: Philadelphia
Re: Great guitar double-acts/interplay
I came to talk about Built to Spill as well. Although they did start as a trio, and are a trio once more, their sound as a 5 piece band was great.
- marqueemoon
- PAT. # 2.972.923
- Posts: 7414
- Joined: Mon Jun 20, 2016 9:37 pm
- Location: Seattle
Re: Great guitar double-acts/interplay
Besides the obvious Television...
Fugazi
Swervedriver
Bedhead (3 guitars!) and The New Year
Polvo
Jawbox
Fugazi
Swervedriver
Bedhead (3 guitars!) and The New Year
Polvo
Jawbox
- MT
- PAT. # 2.972.923
- Posts: 2221
- Joined: Fri Jul 11, 2008 4:59 am
- Location: Brisbane Australia
Re: Great guitar double-acts/interplay
My personal opinion is that BTS sound better when Brett is in the band. Hearing the 5 piece band encore with How Soon Is Now was utterly superb.eurotrashed wrote: ↑Sun Jul 29, 2018 5:20 amI came to talk about Built to Spill as well. Although they did start as a trio, and are a trio once more, their sound as a 5 piece band was great.
- mezcalhead
- Admin
- Posts: 11566
- Joined: Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:18 am
- Location: Swampland
Re: Great guitar double-acts/interplay
Yeah, three of my favourite guitarists are actually pairs of guitarists:marqueemoon wrote: ↑Sun Jul 29, 2018 6:05 amBesides the obvious Television...
Fugazi
Swervedriver
Bedhead (3 guitars!) and The New Year
Polvo
Jawbox
Adam Franklin/Jimmy Hartridge
Tom Verlaine/Richard Lloyd
Peter Koppes/Marty Willson-Piper
All good guitarists individually but as pairings the whole is definitely greater than the sum of the parts.
Distance-crunching honcho with echo unit.
- budda12ax7
- PAT. # 2.972.923
- Posts: 6807
- Joined: Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:04 pm
- Location: Mean Streets of OC
Re: Great guitar double-acts/interplay
Iron Maiden....
Live 1981
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5jaRipA5_M
Phantom of the Opera Live.
Thin Lizy Live Bad Repetition....with one of the greatest drum tracks ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqSzDJGFCgI
Metallica live 1983....James and Kirk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY4ZaJTyw_I
KISS....say what you want, but check it.....live 1977
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J-jTAqBgm0
Live 1981
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5jaRipA5_M
Phantom of the Opera Live.
Thin Lizy Live Bad Repetition....with one of the greatest drum tracks ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqSzDJGFCgI
Metallica live 1983....James and Kirk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY4ZaJTyw_I
KISS....say what you want, but check it.....live 1977
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J-jTAqBgm0
- cestlamort
- PAT. # 2.972.923
- Posts: 5204
- Joined: Wed Jan 09, 2008 12:01 am
- Location: Seattle
- Contact:
Re: Great guitar double-acts/interplay
Mine, too.mezcalhead wrote: ↑Sun Jul 29, 2018 8:17 amYeah, three of my favourite guitarists are actually pairs of guitarists:marqueemoon wrote: ↑Sun Jul 29, 2018 6:05 amBesides the obvious Television...
Fugazi
Swervedriver
Bedhead (3 guitars!) and The New Year
Polvo
Jawbox
Adam Franklin/Jimmy Hartridge
Tom Verlaine/Richard Lloyd
Peter Koppes/Marty Willson-Piper
All good guitarists individually but as pairings the whole is definitely greater than the sum of the parts.
Reg Smithies / Dave Fielding from the Chameleons would be my nomination
John Reis and Rick Froberg from Drive like Jehu.
- scottT
- PAT. # 2.972.923
- Posts: 2426
- Joined: Tue Dec 14, 2010 11:39 am
Re: Great guitar double-acts/interplay
Verlaine and Lloyd are at the top of the heap for me, but a close second is the duo of Steve Hunter/Dick Wagner (Lou Reed and Alice Cooper):
Intro/Sweet Jane Live
My dark horse pick is a personal favorite, not a household name. Guy Kyser and Roger Kunkel of Thin White Rope:
Moonhead
Intro/Sweet Jane Live
My dark horse pick is a personal favorite, not a household name. Guy Kyser and Roger Kunkel of Thin White Rope:
Moonhead
- MechaBulletBill
- PAT. # 2.972.923
- Posts: 2827
- Joined: Sat Nov 09, 2013 8:16 am
- Location: UK
Re: Great guitar double-acts/interplay
Ty Segall Band - Live In San Francisco
Mick Taylor/Keith Richards on Ya-Ya's
One of my favourite gigs ever is Wolf People. There's 3 guitars in this clip but it's really cool
Mick Taylor/Keith Richards on Ya-Ya's
One of my favourite gigs ever is Wolf People. There's 3 guitars in this clip but it's really cool
- oid
- PAT. # 2.972.923
- Posts: 834
- Joined: Sat Feb 10, 2018 8:19 pm
Re: Great guitar double-acts/interplay
I came here just to put in Fugazi and Bedhead, and find The New Year. I do not think I have ever heard them, but do not see how I could not, perhaps I just forgot about them somehow? Either way I am quite excited to give them a listen, have wanted more Bedhead for years.marqueemoon wrote: ↑Sun Jul 29, 2018 6:05 amBesides the obvious Television...
Fugazi
Swervedriver
Bedhead (3 guitars!) and The New Year
Polvo
Jawbox
Logic gates based on billiard-ball computer designs have also been made to operate using live soldier crabs of the species Mictyris guinotae in place of the billiard balls.
- Pepe Silvia
- PAT. # 2.972.923
- Posts: 5701
- Joined: Thu May 14, 2009 11:44 am
- Location: Philadelphia
Re: Great guitar double-acts/interplay
I miss both Bretts, Nelson and NetsonMT wrote: ↑Sun Jul 29, 2018 6:27 amMy personal opinion is that BTS sound better when Brett is in the band. Hearing the 5 piece band encore with How Soon Is Now was utterly superb.eurotrashed wrote: ↑Sun Jul 29, 2018 5:20 amI came to talk about Built to Spill as well. Although they did start as a trio, and are a trio once more, their sound as a 5 piece band was great.
- antisymmetric
- PAT. # 2.972.923
- Posts: 3606
- Joined: Mon Apr 26, 2010 11:32 pm
- Location: New Zealand
Re: Great guitar double-acts/interplay
Watching the corners turn corners