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Which guitarist was better on Controversy Tour? Prince or Roger Troutman? Roger was a child prodigy playing guitar since 3 years old and could play all the instruments more than Prince(roger played harmonica & horns prince couldnt) Who was better in 1982? | |
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I saw them both on that tour and Zapp definitely stole the show. | |
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donnyenglish said: I saw them both on that tour and Zapp definitely stole the show. Yes I did too and I agree ... | |
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Any footage of this to prove your claim? | |
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ask morris or jesse...they agree | |
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Roger was a very good rhythm player but on lead guitar he was never close to His Royal Badness | |
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Roger wasn't that type of a lead guitarist...Zapp's music didn't call for those type of solos either. His influences were guys like Wes Montgomery, James Nolan and B.B. King. He plays a killer clean jazzy solo on the extended version of "So Ruff, So Tuff". I loved his "in the pocket" ryhthm guitar work. | |
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neither did ther Time's music and it had ripping guitar solos ...just because Roger played with more taste as Prince doesnt mean he wasnt as good or better . | |
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Never said Roger was as good or better...but at the end of the day, The Time was P's brainchild. Of course P was going to set up some of The Time's music (that he created) as a vehicle for his style of lead guitar playing (whether it was him or Jesse). And we all know Jesse contributed a lot of his ideas on those albums (credited or not). | |
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I never saw that tour, but I would say Prince. | |
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funkman88 said:
ask morris or jesse...they agree But jesse would readily say some thing negative about prince | |
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Guess not a lot of you seen Roger.he mostly did play distorted rock guitar solos but he was more poliahing his talkbox skills so his playing suffered | |
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no prince would always say jesse cant play...read duane tudhall 1st book | |
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