SPYZFAN1 said:

Extremely down to Earth. Kid has skills on that axe man....but it was so LOUD I had to leave the show.

SPYZFAN1 said:

The kid was in rare form that night...he was in the zone..I haven't heard him play like that before or after.

I've heard better versions of the song. You can't touch Eddie anyway.

Novabreaker said:

Which one do you prefer?

Tosh said:

Impossible to recall, I've taped over most of my old funkadelic live boots a long time ago

I think the only live versions I have left are actually from the same year. And now that I've checked on it, the only one I have on CD is the same as on this clip... I think I have to certain degree eat my own words now...

Novabreaker said:

I just found a clip of Eddie Hazel doing MAGGOT BRAIN from '83....I dont think yall ready for that one..

Is that the one w/ him jamming on the Les Paul trading licks with Mike? Killer.
..where is my brother Black Guitarizt?

SPYZFAN1 said:

YES, thats the one!

As much props as Mr. Hazel deserves for being the originator and a bad-ass on the six-string, I have always favored Hampton on Maggot Brain. Check out his live versions of the jam (as well as others such as Cosmic Slop and Red Hot Mama) and I don't think he could be touched. He is one of my all-time guitar heroes and I believe gets overshadowed by Hazel. This from a lifelong funkateer who has seen the band more than 50 times dating back to the late 1970s.

Peace,
Scott

HardcoreJollies said:

I personally dont care who's better. Honestly, I'm glad just to see a black man playing rock like that!
Im not tryna make it a race thing, but I'm sure that blacks on here know where I'm coming from

CalhounSq said:

Damn, Cal. U NEED to hear some things from them and....

SPYZFAN1 said:

Hello...did someone call me?

SPYZFAN1 said:

Right here, my bro-ham! Dig, I've stated it several times on here in the past that Hazel is a MAJOR influence on my playing. There are some folks on here that can and will attest to these. (coughing, Paligap). Anyways, this version of MB is coldblooded. Hampton, who can burn, isn't on Hazel to me, but that's o.k. Dwayne is the cat that ya'll shouldn't sleep on, anyways. I prefer him over Hampton, hands down. But none of George's guitarists were on Hazel, in my mind.

blackguitaristz said:

black Guitaritz do you have Hazel's 70's solo LP?

blackguitaristz said:

Jimi.....is that u?

blackguitaristz said:

You on point, BG...Dwayne is the truth!
Hazel was "on a whole 'nother level"...those were the words from none other than Ernie Isley.

panther514 said:

I wouldn't mind hearin' Ernie do it

Byrd is fierce. He's always been my fave next to Eddie. Love Alive, you should pick up "Games, Dames, & Guitar Thangs" and "Rest In P" if you haven't got them. It's probably some of the best music ever created by man. Eddie's just pouring his soul out on his guitar.

SPYZFAN1 said:

Yea..I been tryna locate those 2 albums for a few months now.I see them on ebay selling for hundreds of dollars..

LoveAlive said:

I did cry the first time I heard it and I still do. It just don't git no better than that. Daaaaamn!

LoveAlive said:

What? Where?
Awww, be nice!

Graycap23 said:

whoaaa! I'm the biggest Prince cheerleader here, but I dunno 'bout that...

I ain't no guitar player. I can only speak about what I feel from the music, so bear with me. from what I've seen and heard, the difference for me is not that Prince don't get into the groove, but most times he won't hold it long enough.

lemme try to explain what I mean. Prince will get into a sweet groove and then, bam, he'll change up on ya before you can get satisfaction from it. kinda like coitus interruptus or something. ya know how it is when you're in the clinch and you get a good rhythm going and suddenly your partner changes the stroke? that's what I mean. (incidentally, I think homicide is justifiable in such cases) and yes I'm a female. Brotha P has some premature "you know what" goin' on, see?

Joy in Rep is eargasm, but Maggot Brain is multiple eargasm,..know what I mean?

the only time I've seen Prince come close to holding it down for that long is on The War and I love it.

I'm not prepared to say that I think Prince could top maggot brain today, but the thing I love about him is that I know that he COULD do it tomorrow if he put his mind to it.

babynoz said:

I KNOW exactly what u mean.

Graycap23 said:

Thanks!.... I tell ya, for a minute there I thought y'all was gonna leave a sista hangin'!

LoveAlive said:

hey, nice youtube link

SPYZFAN1 said:

Ndeed!! by the way, this is one of my favorite Jimi Hazel / 24-7 pieces:

http://download.yousendit...757C05EC45




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SPYZFAN1 said:

Yep and also Ruth Copeland's two albums. That's some of Eddie's best playing, to me. Funkadelic is ALL over Ruth's albums AND Eddie and Co. played as her backing band when she toured. They opened for Sly! Now can u get to that, by brother?!

Graycap23 said:

Nah, baby. It's just me,.. Chris.

paligap said:

I'll check this out cause Jimi killed my ears last week. It was way too LOUD.

Graycap23 said:

Yeah, he's not so relentlessly loud on record, But I dig this particular track, "Sireality", especially toward the end, when he just heads for the sky....



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