Heading out to Peachfest 2014 in Scranton, PA with Warren Haynes/Gov't Mule/Allman Brothers/Tedeschi Trucks Band and many more bands started last nite thru Sunday. Can't wait to see Warren again, great guy and wonderful man. My friend Kirsten is working for Hittin the Note and helping Joe Bell, Bobby and Carolyn are already there and I will be in the house as soon as work is over! Last week we all went to see Warren at PNC Arts Center in NJ with that 70 piece symphonic orchestra and I am still in awe of the mystical nite we all had and the beautiful nite breezes flowing thru with Warren's voice permeating the air, there are no words to explain...thank you to Warren for the hospitality...your love and friendship could not have come at a better time! Have a great weekend everybody! Love, Kimberly

BTW... I cannot "embed" somehow my hypertext link thingy is turned off... I am too dumb to figger it out...sowwy

I always liked when Lennon pulled out his slash and burn with some distortion style As in the single version Revolution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrkwgTBrW78 Solo Lennon with I Found Out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jKZEvwKzj8

My favorite rock singer, too, Mitch.

Any discussion on rhythm guitar playing should should include the improbable Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead. That was his primary role playing around Jerry and even Phil, and he was at a minimum under rated. Garcia once gave him the ultimate compliment in that Weir's style was uniquely his no matter what influences he may have had. I particularly enjoy the earlier years of Weir's work like around 71-72, lot's of great music embedded in that period. For some reason Weir became more "screechy" in later years but you guitar players out there could probably expand on the instrumental reason for that.

The first rhythm guitar player I recall being aware of was Elvin Bishop when he was with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Then I realized that he wasn't really a rhythm player - he was just a guitar player (and a damned good one) working with another player to propel whatever tune they were playing along whatever the desired path might have been. That is the same thing that Dickey has done. He's just another damned good guitar player working with another (or more) to set the mood of a tune and move it along the desired path. That is not to say that there aren't guitar skills that specifically go along with playing "rhythm," although the most important of those is a skill that is needed for playing in a band on any instrument - the ability to listen. All that said, my favorite all-time rhythm player is Bobby Weir.

This is the interview where Dickey discusses his rhythm playing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ztQV-YV-EI

Perfect, Dobro! Unfortunately, it's been removed from youtube.

Hey Ya'll! One of my favorite rhythm guitar moments of all time is the original album cut of Pegasus. From the intro, Dickey's strumming flows like honey. Dangerous Dan put that chirping on the top to counterpoint and it worked so well. Danny's solo was just about as perfect as it could get, but more often than not, I find myself listening to Dickey's rhythm until the end of the organ solo. Our Boy plays "Lead Rhythm".