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Kevin Eubanks - on Acoustic and Electric ...
Kevin Eubanks was always a favorite, but when he got the Tonight Show gig, his gifts as a guitarist suddenly took back seat to being Jay Leno's joking buddy. Luckily, people who've caught his live shows get to see him really at his best, on acoustic and electric, like Wes Montogomery, he doesn't use a pick, just his hand.... On acoustic Same tune on electric, with Smitty on drums Live Jam ... [Edited 4/27/08 19:40pm] " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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paligap said: ...
Kevin Eubanks was always a favorite, but when he got the Tonight Show gig, his gifts as a guitarist suddenly took back seat to being Jay Leno's joking buddy. Luckily, people who've caught his live shows get to see him really at his best, on acoustic and electric, like Wes Montogomery, he doesn't use a pick, just his hand.... I'll be seeing him in that setting shortly... 
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theAudience said: paligap said: ...
Kevin Eubanks was always a favorite, but when he got the Tonight Show gig, his gifts as a guitarist suddenly took back seat to being Jay Leno's joking buddy. Luckily, people who've caught his live shows get to see him really at his best, on acoustic and electric, like Wes Montogomery, he doesn't use a pick, just his hand.... I'll be seeing him in that setting shortly...
 Ahh Yesss....the West Coast...
Well, y'know what I....ahhh nevermind, 
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theAudience said: paligap said: ...
Kevin Eubanks was always a favorite, but when he got the Tonight Show gig, his gifts as a guitarist suddenly took back seat to being Jay Leno's joking buddy. Luckily, people who've caught his live shows get to see him really at his best, on acoustic and electric, like Wes Montogomery, he doesn't use a pick, just his hand.... I'll be seeing him in that setting shortly...
tA Tribal Disorder
http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431  Enjoy. Those who aren't in the know don't realize that Kevin is on point. So, this thread is an education for them of sorts. | |
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some Kool early Eubanks albums, from back when he had hair, :
My favorites are "Guitarist", "Sundance"..... shoot, I love all of these....    
I really dug the format of his "Face To Face" album --The First side was collaborations bewteen Kevin and Marcus Miller, while Side Two featured Kevin and Ron Carter... ... ... [Edited 4/29/08 9:18am] " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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theAudience said: paligap said: ...
Kevin Eubanks was always a favorite, but when he got the Tonight Show gig, his gifts as a guitarist suddenly took back seat to being Jay Leno's joking buddy. Luckily, people who've caught his live shows get to see him really at his best, on acoustic and electric, like Wes Montogomery, he doesn't use a pick, just his hand.... I'll be seeing him in that setting shortly...
tA Quiet as it's kept, Eubanks slips out and does shows around WeHo and Studio City. I caught one night (of a 2 night stand) he did with Living Colour's drummer Will Calhoun over at the Baked Potato. They did 60 min of guitar/drum percussion acoustic/electric improv. It was amazing! If I had gone to the first night I'd have come back for the second night. Reminds me, I'm supposed to keep checking his website to see if that run got recorde. Check it out; he runs his own label from there. http://www.kevineubanks.com/ test | |
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PFunkjazz said: theAudience said: I'll be seeing him in that setting shortly...
tA Quiet as it's kept, Eubanks slips out and does shows around WeHo and Studio City. I caught one night (of a 2 night stand) he did with Living Colour's drummer Will Calhoun over at the Baked Potato. They did 60 min of guitar/drum percussion acoustic/electric improv. It was amazing! If I had gone to the first night I'd have come back for the second night. Reminds me, I'm supposed to keep checking his website to see if that run got recorde. Check it out; he runs his own label from there. http://www.kevineubanks.com/ Yeah, it's a Kool site...I grabbed a few of his recent CDs from the site last year--my favorite was the live album: 
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Kevin is a very talented musician. A friend of mine introduced me to his music years ago and I'm always impressed with what I hear from him. | |
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Nice clips.  | |
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This is the same Kevin Eubanks that some of the members of this site said that Prince kills him on guitar.  Yeah. Suuuurrrreeeee.
I've always dug Kevin's playing. He's one of those cats that never seems to get mentioned along side the great players but when someone thinks to remember to say "Oh yeah, what about Kevin Eubanks?" people go "Oh yeah, he's a bad ass!" | |
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BlaqueKnight said: This is the same Kevin Eubanks that some of the members of this site said that Prince kills him on guitar.
Yeah. Suuuurrrreeeee.
I've always dug Kevin's playing. He's one of those cats that never seems to get mentioned along side the great players but when someone thinks to remember to say "Oh yeah, what about Kevin Eubanks?" people go "Oh yeah, he's a bad ass!"  True!!
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BlaqueKnight said: This is the same Kevin Eubanks that some of the members of this site said that Prince kills him on guitar.
Yeah. Suuuurrrreeeee.
I've always dug Kevin's playing. He's one of those cats that never seems to get mentioned along side the great players but when someone thinks to remember to say "Oh yeah, what about Kevin Eubanks?" people go "Oh yeah, he's a bad ass!" BK it takes awhile for the high from the brainwashing purple kool aid  to wear off.  | |
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