Frisell is completely unique for me. Just in his own league. I've said it's as if he was raised on a desert island with no contact with the outside world and a guitar fell from a plane and he learned to play it on his own. His entire approach.. voicings, vocabulary, emotion and mechanics just are totally his own. Thanks Bill for your incredible music.
Bill is an extraordinary musician and a natural leader of groups without any sign of either ego or a demanding nature. It must be wonderful to work with Bill if you are a fellow musician. I became a fan about 10 years before this music was recorded and have remained smitten ever since.
Kinda nice to see bill is still doing the same kind of stuff solo-wise even today. I really can hear voices when he plays this kind of stuff. Beautiful.
l agree. l met him last summer at a workshop during jazz fest in Victoria Canada. Really sort of shy, but friendly. we had a nice chat and he played this song! l have it on my i-Phone!
Is it just me, or is he like an Eric Johnson in slow motion?? No... just an impression I got. Different styles but both great tones and innovative off the chart! Both are amazingly better live. Saw Bill last in ATX at The Continental Club in '08. Intimate setting, awesome lineup... was mesmorized the entire evening with the tapestry of sounds he creates and the freeflow arrangement he seems to allow them to come out in. The music moves forward but not from here to there. More like a sonic journey stopping off here and there to explore. Being a fan of prog music, his music fits perfect to those who like intelligent and adventurous music, not cookie-cutter, spoon-fed, "beginning middle ending" songs- although those are fine too. He plugs his guitar in, and then HE plugs in.. to something higher- an unbound, limitless creative flow. I imagine every show of his is uniquely different, and the lineup changes often I see. He hung around after the show and was a super nice guy- class act all the way. Thank you Bill 👍🏼✌🏼😎
0:55 tuning ends, time to play. I love Frisell's playing, but sometimes the tuning and tweaking some players do live drives me nuts. It's music, let it flowwwwwwwwwwwww
I'm working on this same sound vibe and sonic continuity using Stereo amps with all Stereo effect units and extreme compression is essential however i utilize two layers of stereo modulations and reverbs and also real cool delay' too!
