Bruce's band is so different from the Grateful Dead; there's no lead guitar player, for one thing.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
What I used to play was rhythm guitar before I saw Jack Bruce. I said, That's what I want to do in life. He was definitely the main influence.
I wouldn't mind being the lead guitarist in an incredibly successful rock band. However, I don't play the guitar.
My dad is a huge rock n' roll lead guitar fan.
There's no leader of this band, and there never will be. That's the key. You can't control how the public perceives you-people see rock'n'roll bands as the guitar player and the singer.
I used to play quite a good lead guitar, R&B style. Clapton and BB King are heroes.
Steve Van Zandt, the poor guy, doesn't get to play enough as it is with me hogging a lot of the solos. Steve has always been a fabulous guitarist. Back from the day when we were both teenagers together, he led his band and played lead and was always a hot guitar player.
Great guitar players are a dime a dozen. It is sometimes your very limitations as players that set you apart from the crowd.
Charlie Christian played amplified guitar with Benny Goodman's quartet. He was the greatest guitar player that ever was. But he never looked up from the guitar. But I put a little dance to it. They appreciate seein' something along with hearin' something.
My dad is a huge rock and roll lead guitar fan. I didn't even really know that until recently. Everything has to have a guitar solo in it.
When I joined the band, being that I was going to take this up as a profession, I realized that there were no two finer guitar players in the world that I'd rather play with.