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Title: Artist to Listen to.
Post by: 4hisglory on April 10, 2007, 09:17:35 AM
I really realized that I do not have any CDs that feature the guitar.  What CDs would you sugguest I get??
Title: Re: Artist to Listen to.
Post by: gtrdave on April 10, 2007, 01:04:39 PM
Do you want instrumental guitar music or guitar-driven music with vocals or both?

A couple of my favorites:
Chris Rodriguez - Beggar's Paradise (Chris produced Israel Houghton's first CD)
Dogs of Peace - Speak (probably out of print...maybe I could burn and send you a copy?)
Tommy Sims - Peace and Love (good raw R&B from a recording/producing pro)
Johnny A - Get Inside (good instrumental guitar covering several styles)
Lincoln Brewster - All to You (great live worship disc, guitar driven)
Tommy Walker - Break Through (same as above)
Neal Morse - Sola Scriptura (over-the-top progressive rock with stunning guitar work)
Title: Re: Artist to Listen to.
Post by: dfwkeys on April 10, 2007, 03:40:10 PM
Also you can try Johnathan Butler... Israel houghton albums has a lot of songs with guitar (rythm) in it...
Title: Re: Artist to Listen to.
Post by: funkStrat_97 on April 10, 2007, 04:17:22 PM
Lincoln Brewster - All to You (great live worship disc, guitar driven)

I'll second Lincoln Brewster.  I really dig the guitar solo form "Everlasting God". 
Title: Re: Artist to Listen to.
Post by: RONNIEJR99 on April 10, 2007, 10:49:29 PM
HEY WHAT ABOUT JOHNATHAN DUBOSE????
WHAT ABOUT CD'S AND DVD'S WITH WILLIE NEAL JOHNSON, THE CANTON SPIRITUALS, LEE WILLIAMS, THE WILLIAM BROTHERS, THE JACKSON SOUTHERNAIRES, AND A WHOLE GENRE OF QUARTET ARTISTS. A GUY ONCE TOLD ME: "FOR GOSPEL GUITAR, QUARTET IS WHERE IT'S AT :)" I WAS LOOKING AT AN OLD VHS OF ALBERTINA WALKER AND SPANKY WAS THE GUITARIST. GO WHERE THE GOSPEL IS AT, GO TO THE PAST. MOST OF THE MUSIC TODAY ISN'T GOSPEL LIKE YESTERDAY'S GOSPEL. GO TO THE GOOD 'OL DOWN HOME, HAND CLAPPING, FOOT TAPPING, CHURCH SHOUTING, GOD PRAISING, SAINTS OF THE MOST HIGH GOD SOUTHERN GOSPEL MUSIC :o YEAHHHHHHHHHH  ;D
I THOUGHT I'D JUST ADD THAT TO THE GREAT RESPONSES 8) ;D
MUCH LOVE FROM MISSISSIPPI ;)
BE BLESSED
Title: Re: Artist to Listen to.
Post by: Gibby on April 11, 2007, 10:42:39 AM
HEY WHAT ABOUT JOHNATHAN DUBOSE????
WHAT ABOUT CD'S AND DVD'S WITH WILLIE NEAL JOHNSON, THE CANTON SPIRITUALS, LEE WILLIAMS, THE WILLIAM BROTHERS, THE JACKSON SOUTHERNAIRES, AND A WHOLE GENRE OF QUARTET ARTISTS. A GUY ONCE TOLD ME: "FOR GOSPEL GUITAR, QUARTET IS WHERE IT'S AT :)" I WAS LOOKING AT AN OLD VHS OF ALBERTINA WALKER AND SPANKY WAS THE GUITARIST. GO WHERE THE GOSPEL IS AT, GO TO THE PAST. MOST OF THE MUSIC TODAY ISN'T GOSPEL LIKE YESTERDAY'S GOSPEL. GO TO THE GOOD 'OL DOWN HOME, HAND CLAPPING, FOOT TAPPING, CHURCH SHOUTING, GOD PRAISING, SAINTS OF THE MOST HIGH GOD SOUTHERN GOSPEL MUSIC :o YEAHHHHHHHHHH  ;D
I THOUGHT I'D JUST ADD THAT TO THE GREAT RESPONSES 8) ;D
MUCH LOVE FROM MISSISSIPPI ;)
BE BLESSED

you tell 'em!!   :D :D
Title: Re: Artist to Listen to.
Post by: JayP5150 on April 12, 2007, 02:01:25 PM
HEY WHAT ABOUT JOHNATHAN DUBOSE????

What about him?  ;) ;) ;) ;)

I jest... I'm going to be mobbed and forced to the gallows now, aren't I?

All in fun, guys lol.
Title: Re: Artist to Listen to.
Post by: Gibby on April 12, 2007, 03:56:00 PM
What about him?  ;) ;) ;) ;)

I jest... I'm going to be mobbed and forced to the gallows now, aren't I?

All in fun, guys lol.


(http://www.corrupted.de/images/lennoxlewis.jpg)


OH OKAY THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT  >:( >:( >:( >:(















 ;)
Title: Re: Artist to Listen to.
Post by: JayP5150 on April 12, 2007, 04:05:40 PM
Isn't that Vernon Reid? lol  :D

No, I'm just playing around, it's just that his style doesn't jump out at me.  If I was flipping radio stations, I probably wouldn't stop.  Not that he's not talented, because, obviously, he is, it's just not my thing.  I don't get those little chills like I do with Derek Trucks or Warren Haynes.

Which is my biggest gripe with Christian music as a whole--listen to a contemporary station for, I don't know, 12 minutes, and you tell me WHY AREN'T THESE GUYS PRACTICING AND PRAYING FOR SOME STINKING SKILLS?!?!?!? I mean, they're the ones playing for a PURPOSE, why not give it your all?

I'm not saying this about J Dubose, like I said, he is very skilled, but if I have to settle for one more Third Day "guitar solo" I'll go mad.

And the kicker to it all is when non-musicians come up to me like "hey, did you check out that new *insert Christian band here" CD? It's awesome, there's so much good guitar in it." And then you get the CD, and it's all bubblegum and lollipops.

I'm better now.  Sorry about the rant.

 ;D
Title: Re: Artist to Listen to.
Post by: JayP5150 on April 12, 2007, 04:08:39 PM
Let me add that I am in NO WAY saying that I am deserving of anything, or that I am this amazing guitarist, 'cause I'm not.  It just irks me that the many of the people that are playing to support the lifestyle of sex and drugs can play the pants of the guys that actually have something to jam about, and are trying to follow a calling. If you're trying to get people's attention to spread the Word, lame musicianship is not going to do it (if music is your avenue, that is).

That's all.
Title: Re: Artist to Listen to.
Post by: jlynnb1 on April 12, 2007, 05:24:36 PM
i agree with you to an extent JayP, about people not working hard coinsidering what they are playing for. but where we might see things differently is the context of what is being played. i hear the guitar work on alot of the modern worship stuff we do at church and think it's brilliant for what it is. yeah, it's mostly texture/brit-rock/u2-edgey type stuff....but it's what works for the music. i could wank all over it, and some of our musicians still have trouble just playing the song........but that's what the music calls for. i have no problem at all letting chops take a backseat to what is needed for the song.

i understand we aren't necessarily talking about the same thing, but both points are part of the same discussion, so i thought it'd throw it out there.......
Title: Re: Artist to Listen to.
Post by: Gibby on April 12, 2007, 05:51:27 PM
I'm just playing around jayp150!!  :D

Don't take it seriously!! ;) ;)

by the way that is lennox lewis
Title: Re: Artist to Listen to.
Post by: JayP5150 on April 12, 2007, 09:35:26 PM
i agree with you to an extent JayP, about people not working hard coinsidering what they are playing for. but where we might see things differently is the context of what is being played. i hear the guitar work on alot of the modern worship stuff we do at church and think it's brilliant for what it is. yeah, it's mostly texture/brit-rock/u2-edgey type stuff....but it's what works for the music. i could wank all over it, and some of our musicians still have trouble just playing the song........but that's what the music calls for. i have no problem at all letting chops take a backseat to what is needed for the song.

i understand we aren't necessarily talking about the same thing, but both points are part of the same discussion, so i thought it'd throw it out there.......

No, that's totally true.  I got off on a bit of a rant.  My apologies.  I had some down time between closings today, and my mind doesn't know what to do with that lol...  :)

I personally do not try to overplay a song just for kicks, but I have heard groups that ARE trying to be big rock, and they just flop.  Then Decemberadio came along and blew the doors off of everyone in that genre (if you haven't heard these guys, and the rock-ish thing is your thing, check them out... no, really, go do it now... finish reading this post later...).

I have a feeling theres a middle ground that I overshoot sometimes lol.  I know I get extreme, it's my thing.  I'm, ummm... intense lol.

I also come across incorrectly in type.  I was in a playful mood today, as well.  Still am. ;D 

God bless.
Title: Re: Artist to Listen to.
Post by: jlynnb1 on April 13, 2007, 12:47:16 AM
yeah Decemberadio is great...as is Decyfer Down.....
Title: Re: Artist to Listen to.
Post by: dfwkeys on April 13, 2007, 07:51:37 AM
You can also listen to Uriah... not only he's a skilled guitarist but he replys back to you if you have any questions... He also has videos on you tube that you can check out. ;D
Title: Re: Artist to Listen to.
Post by: gtrdave on April 13, 2007, 01:03:42 PM

No, I'm just playing around, it's just that his style doesn't jump out at me. 

Check this out...

Many years ago Harry Connick Jr. released a record called "She" and it was a break-away from what he'd been known for...those classic standard tunes, piano-based trio stuff..."She" was a New Orleans-flavored R&B masterpiece and the band backing him on the disc was HOT! Great funky, smooth, in-the-pocket guitar playing that just spoke to me like few players had for a long time.
Sadly, soon after I got the disc I lost it ( I think I left it in a car that I sold) and only had a memory of what it sounded like.
Years passed...I joined this forum a while back and I hear all of this talk about "Jonathan Dubose this" and Jonathan Dubose that" and so I wonder, 'who is this Jonathan Dubose character and why are people always talking about him like he's this big thing? Maybe I should check him out?'.
Around that same time I went looking for a used copy of "She", the disc I had lost years before, and found it on eBay, got it shipped to me and enjoyed listening to it again after so many years.
I checked the credits inside the disc sleeve to see just who this funky guitar player was and lo and behold, it was Jonathan Dubose.  :o
Then I started checking the credits of various Gopsel CD's that I own...Jonathan Dubose's name is all over the place, more than Paul Jackson Jr.  ;D

It all made me smile. From hearing him on one record it had inspired me so much and I didn't even know that it was him.

btw: I dig Vernon Reid, too.  ;)
Title: Re: Artist to Listen to.
Post by: funkStrat_97 on April 15, 2007, 07:15:01 PM
HEY WHAT ABOUT JOHNATHAN DUBOSE????

BE BLESSED

I like Jonathan DuBose's playing.  Since a lot of contemporary gospel music is not guitar driven, his style of playing fits in perectly and he seems to play with a bit of "keyboard sensiblity" (notes and chords are selected with purpose).  He is very subtle, yet distinct.  Now if you are looking for something with in-your-face guitar, the you may want to look elsewhere.  But I think that most of us would do well to take in some of Jonathan's (and others) playing because there are times (at least in most church situations) where you'll have to lay low.
Title: Re: Artist to Listen to.
Post by: jlynnb1 on April 16, 2007, 02:16:32 AM
i don't think there is any question Dubose is the premier guitarist in black gospel music......the second you hear the guitar you know who it is........which is good and bad.

definitely my biggest influence as far as black gospel/choir stuff goes. back when i was playing for choirs all the time i copped so much of his stuff it's not even funny......
Title: Re: Artist to Listen to.
Post by: JayP5150 on April 16, 2007, 07:08:40 AM
Check this out...

Many years ago Harry Connick Jr. released a record called "She" and it was a break-away from what he'd been known for...those classic standard tunes, piano-based trio stuff..."She" was a New Orleans-flavored R&B masterpiece and the band backing him on the disc was HOT! Great funky, smooth, in-the-pocket guitar playing that just spoke to me like few players had for a long time.
Sadly, soon after I got the disc I lost it ( I think I left it in a car that I sold) and only had a memory of what it sounded like.
Years passed...I joined this forum a while back and I hear all of this talk about "Jonathan Dubose this" and Jonathan Dubose that" and so I wonder, 'who is this Jonathan Dubose character and why are people always talking about him like he's this big thing? Maybe I should check him out?'.
Around that same time I went looking for a used copy of "She", the disc I had lost years before, and found it on eBay, got it shipped to me and enjoyed listening to it again after so many years.
I checked the credits inside the disc sleeve to see just who this funky guitar player was and lo and behold, it was Jonathan Dubose.  :o
Then I started checking the credits of various Gopsel CD's that I own...Jonathan Dubose's name is all over the place, more than Paul Jackson Jr.  ;D

It all made me smile. From hearing him on one record it had inspired me so much and I didn't even know that it was him.

btw: I dig Vernon Reid, too.  ;)

To be honest, I think if I would have been introduced to him in this way, I would have had the same reaction. But when everyone has built this giant platform for him to stand on and shine his greatness from, I was a bit let down, I guess, when I actually heard his stuff.

Now, I have only heard what's on his website, and haven't dug into any of his studio work with other acts, so I may be missing a big chunk of it. I'll check some of the other stuff out, and see if it bites me.

And, funkstrat's right, I think everyone could benefit from lessons on blending in a bit more lol.  I know I could!

Bottom line is, he is a great musician, but if I'm going to go off about how amazing a guitarist is, I need a "face-melter" occasionally lol (sorry for the school of rock reference".

PS--I just got married Saturday.  Thought everyone should know. God bless.
Title: Re: Artist to Listen to.
Post by: Gibby on April 16, 2007, 10:51:15 AM

PS--I just got married Saturday.  Thought everyone should know. God bless.




ummmmm.........

well congrats to you and thanks for letting us know.  You know we could of thrown you an LGM bachelor party!  you know with jam sessions and all that stuff.

but anywho congrats to you and your wife

(http://www.bouquetsofelegance.com/images/Cake/Groom/guitar_groom_cake.jpg)

here ya go!  It's a guitar wedding cake thingy!  :D :D
Title: Re: Artist to Listen to.
Post by: RONNIEJR99 on April 17, 2007, 07:23:20 PM

ummmmm.........

well congrats to you and thanks for letting us know.  You know we could of thrown you an LGM bachelor party!  you know with jam sessions and all that stuff.

but anywho congrats to you and your wife

([url]http://www.bouquetsofelegance.com/images/Cake/Groom/guitar_groom_cake.jpg[/url])

here ya go!  It's a guitar wedding cake thingy!  :D :D



HEY CONGRATS ON GETTING MARRIED JAYP5150.......YO GIBBY THAT IS A NICE CAKE. JAYP WHERE'S THE CAKE!!! ;D


Title: Re: Artist to Listen to.
Post by: Rown on April 17, 2007, 09:46:49 PM
                           JOHATHAN DUBOSE
                                QUIET TIMES
                                VOLUME 3
                                A MUST
                                TRUST
                                 ME
Title: Re: Artist to Listen to.
Post by: jlynnb1 on April 18, 2007, 01:51:57 AM
                           JOHATHAN DUBOSE
                                QUIET TIMES
                                VOLUME 3
                                A MUST
                                TRUST
                                 ME

i tried to dig it bro......but i just couldn't. i MUCH prefer Jdub rockin on someone else's material. when you listen to as much instrumental guitar music as i have in my life, it just takes a little more to impress, i guess.

again, not knocking him ONE bit, he's a great, great musician. i just expected more i guess.
Title: Re: Artist to Listen to.
Post by: Rown on April 18, 2007, 10:28:08 AM
i tried to dig it bro......but i just couldn't. i MUCH prefer Jdub rockin on someone else's material. when you listen to as much instrumental guitar music as i have in my life, it just takes a little more to impress, i guess.

again, not knocking him ONE bit, he's a great, great musician. i just expected more i guess.
WOW :o Bro;The cd,is the bomb ;D ;D ;D ;D,but whatever float the boat. ;) ;)
Title: Re: Artist to Listen to.
Post by: JayP5150 on April 18, 2007, 03:03:52 PM
WOW :o Bro;The cd,is the bomb ;D ;D ;D ;D,but whatever float the boat. ;) ;)

But have you ever REALLY listened to, for instance, Derek Trucks? Check out Joyful Noise and Soul Serenade. Or, just go search him at You Tube, then you'll get it.

Dubose is GREAT, but not mind-blowing when you're used to the like of Derek, Steve Vai, Satch, SRV, and so on. Dat's all...
Title: Re: Artist to Listen to.
Post by: dfwkeys on April 18, 2007, 03:21:14 PM
I don't know how you feel about Secular music, but pick up Stevie Ray Vaughn.  He's an awesome blues guitarist, lots of riffs that he uses in today's traditional and even contemporary gospel.  His music is like rated E for everyone, so you don't have to worry about the lyrics being bad.

Go to walmart.com click on the music, and type in his name to hear some of his samples. 

For rythm guitar, get the Dave Matthews band collection, his rythm and style is awesome, it's a mixture of blues, funk, pop, and a teaspoon of rock mixed together. 

Also for a mixed of rythm and soloing, get the John Mayer collection.  He was inspired by stevie ray vaughn, and his playing has some soul.  His is a blues feel with a contempory pop/urban feel, and you won't be disappointed.

If you like jazz, you can't go wrong with George Benson or Stanley Jordan.  For more of the traditional jazz guitar get Joe Pass (very smooth tone) and to me is one of the greatest.

If blues/rock style then i would say Jimmi Hendrix - although this being a christian website, i wouldn't recommend it for the fact was he was a druggy and he got high on his recordings... but he uses a lot of minor and major pentatonic, which is mainly used in gospel, blues and rock...
Title: Re: Artist to Listen to.
Post by: JayP5150 on April 18, 2007, 04:25:30 PM
I don't know how you feel about Secular music, but pick up Stevie Ray Vaughn.  He's an awesome blues guitarist, lots of riffs that he uses in today's traditional and even contemporary gospel.  His music is like rated E for everyone, so you don't have to worry about the lyrics being bad.

Go to walmart.com click on the music, and type in his name to hear some of his samples. 

For rythm guitar, get the Dave Matthews band collection, his rythm and style is awesome, it's a mixture of blues, funk, pop, and a teaspoon of rock mixed together. 

Also for a mixed of rythm and soloing, get the John Mayer collection.  He was inspired by stevie ray vaughn, and his playing has some soul.  His is a blues feel with a contempory pop/urban feel, and you won't be disappointed.

If you like jazz, you can't go wrong with George Benson or Stanley Jordan.  For more of the traditional jazz guitar get Joe Pass (very smooth tone) and to me is one of the greatest.

If blues/rock style then i would say Jimmi Hendrix - although this being a christian website, i wouldn't recommend it for the fact was he was a druggy and he got high on his recordings... but he uses a lot of minor and major pentatonic, which is mainly used in gospel, blues and rock...

Yeah, Mayer's really stinking good.  however, if I ever meet Stanley Jordan, I'm going to break his fingers.  He's just too talented.

Derek is a secular artist, but 90% is instrumental. BUT, listen to Joyful Noise (the track--it's the name of the album, too), and you will swear you're at church.  Literally.  There's a little backing chior on the "Make a joyful noise" refrain, and then there's a tempo-shifting churchy organ solo.  I almost cry every time I listen to it. ;D
Title: Re: Artist to Listen to.
Post by: jlynnb1 on April 18, 2007, 04:35:13 PM
man, so many names......


andy timmons
greg howe
richie kotzen
brett garsed
tommy emmanuel
satch
vai
vinnie moore
george lynch
srv
joe bonamassa
scott henderson
frank gambale
eric gales
johnny lang (who is a spirit filled born again christian now)
derek trucks
shawn lane
brent mason
brad paisley
dann huff
johnny hiland
michael hedges
paul gilbert
tony mcalpine


that's enough names to burn youtube up for you......
Title: Re: Artist to Listen to.
Post by: mt_spiffy on April 27, 2007, 01:54:01 PM
Dubose is GREAT, but not mind-blowing when you're used to the like of Derek, Steve Vai, Satch, SRV, and so on. Dat's all...

It's an entirely different style of playing.  Being a session musician is COMPLETELY different than being a solo guitarist.  SRV wouldnt be hired for the session work the likes of DuBose do . . . and Dubose wouldnt put on an SRV blues show and feel like SRV.  Session musicians have to be a lot cleaner, a lot more versitile, and be familiar with almost every style and chord . . . whereas solo artists have to have that FEELING . . .

That having been said, my favorite guitar players are Prince and Jubu.
Title: Re: Artist to Listen to.
Post by: jlynnb1 on April 27, 2007, 02:01:21 PM
It's an entirely different style of playing.  Being a session musician is COMPLETELY different than being a solo guitarist.  SRV wouldnt be hired for the session work the likes of DuBose do . . . and Dubose wouldnt put on an SRV blues show and feel like SRV.  Session musicians have to be a lot cleaner, a lot more versitile, and be familiar with almost every style and chord . . . whereas solo artists have to have that FEELING . . .

That having been said, my favorite guitar players are Prince and Jubu.

Dubose wasn't being discussed for his session work, but for his solo projects, so it's really the same thing after all. if you are putting yourself out there as a solo artist then you have to be compared on the same level as those guys.

and don't think for a second that alot of, if not most of, the guitarists aren't capable of doing sessions just because they are identified by their solo artist persona, and the genre they fall in.
Title: Re: Artist to Listen to.
Post by: JayP5150 on April 27, 2007, 03:17:54 PM
Dubose wasn't being discussed for his session work, but for his solo projects, so it's really the same thing after all. if you are putting yourself out there as a solo artist then you have to be compared on the same level as those guys.

and don't think for a second that alot of, if not most of, the guitarists aren't capable of doing sessions just because they are identified by their solo artist persona, and the genre they fall in.

Which brings us back to Warren Haynes lol... Currently with hi own group, Gov't Mule, The Allman Brothers, Phil Lesh and Friends, and so on.  That guy can cover all the bases, and still not be winded.

Oh, he started out with *gasp* David Allan Coe, but I've never heard any of that work... but I'd like to think it was before all the risque stuff lol.

Clapton has proven himself as multi-dimensional, as well; and a lot of people won't admit it, but so was Hendrix.  Listen to his posthumous stuff (First Rays... etc.). It was practially Jazz at times, and I think had he lived any longer, that's where'd he'd be now.
Title: Re: Artist to Listen to.
Post by: jlynnb1 on April 27, 2007, 03:31:32 PM
well, Greg Howe has toured wiht some of the biggest names in music. He played one of the most demanding gigs out there at the time, When Michael Jackson was still touring. Dann Huff is probably the best session player of all time, but he'a monster guitarist. Andy Timmons can play ANYTHING and smoke it. just because those guys put out records where they get to show out doens't mean they don't don't know who to reign it in and play for the song when it's called for.
Title: Re: Artist to Listen to.
Post by: JayP5150 on April 27, 2007, 04:31:29 PM
well, Greg Howe has toured wiht some of the biggest names in music. He played one of the most demanding gigs out there at the time, When Michael Jackson was still touring. Dann Huff is probably the best session player of all time, but he'a monster guitarist. Andy Timmons can play ANYTHING and smoke it. just because those guys put out records where they get to show out doens't mean they don't don't know who to reign it in and play for the song when it's called for.

Exactly... being able to cover a lot of ground well, and being afforded to play what you want to (and feel the most) are two different things.  I, personally, would take either, if offered, lol  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Artist to Listen to.
Post by: ES7Mike on April 29, 2007, 10:26:53 PM
It's an entirely different style of playing.  Being a session musician is COMPLETELY different than being a solo guitarist.  SRV wouldnt be hired for the session work the likes of DuBose do . . . and Dubose wouldnt put on an SRV blues show and feel like SRV.  Session musicians have to be a lot cleaner, a lot more versitile, and be familiar with almost every style and chord . . . whereas solo artists have to have that FEELING . . .

That having been said, my favorite guitar players are Prince and Jubu.

I agree with you about Jubu and I know Prince stays in the studio alot but I see Prince more as a solo guitarist. I hear he plays a mean rhythm guitar.  As for artistto listen to, check out Jubu, Geogre Benson, J. DuBose of course, Errol Cooney or even eddie Hazel or Eric Clapton.
Title: Re: Artist to Listen to.
Post by: katstrat on April 30, 2007, 10:00:04 PM
If you can,try getting the Phil Keaggy dvd..."Philly Live". The guy is so good he makes me want to throw down my guitars in disgust. He is a Christian and has been a Christain artist for years.The dvd is him in concert,with nothing else but a acoustic guitar,and his effects. He makes all the sounds on the guitar,records them with a looping effect known as a "Jam Man" and plays over them. He sounds like a six piece band sometimes!