Guest Daniel Smith
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The Spoonful had a talented guitarist named Zal Yanovsky. Before joining Sabastian to form the Spoonful, he played in a folk group called the Mugwumps which included Denny Doherty and Cass Elliot who later formed the Mamas and the Papa with John and Michelle Phillips. This is chronicled in M&P’s song Creeque Alley. Zal died in 2002.
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I also received mine today (wednesday).
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Harp guitars and other guitar-like instruments were popular in the 1920, the era in which the ukulele was almost as popular as the guitar. Gibson made a lot of such instruments. I have seen some modern ones, though, made by custom luthiers.
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It seems that Mona kinda got “stuck” with the drums in their early years, which may be why Lisa is the better guitarist in the group, as she was never burdened with the drumming and could concentrate fully on the guitar.
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I would not presume to say I liked one more than the other. For one thing, it might hurt the feelings of the “2nd best” twin if her sister gets substantially more votes, and I wouldn’t want to do that. This is probably a bad topic.
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But Allison’s is much easily to slow-dance to. 😉
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Door hinge, maybe?
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I was around “back in the day.” Jimi and Jimmy were recognized as great during the main period of their careers. Greatness wasn’t bestowed upon them posthumously. 😉
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My post was in no way meant to denigrate Lisa’s ability, which is certainly far beyond anything of which I am (or was) capable. You’re right that “best” often means “favourite.” I was just saying “expand your horizons,” because there are a lot of great female guitarists out there. Also, there is no reason that they have to be ranked in order, because then you’re getting entirely into the area of personal preference.
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If you believe that, then you haven’t heard too many female guitarists lately. Some of them are phenomenal. As much as I like Lisa and the Twins music in general, she is not my favorite female guitar player. Of course, I can’t say who is, as this forum is supposed to be just about them. But there is no denying that Lisa is pretty damn good.
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Given the guidelines, I wonder if we should be discussing other artists. I like other YouTube artists too, including one I like even more than MLT (believe it or not!), but this isn’t the place to talk about her.
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Favourite? Perhaps Count on Me from Orange. Favourite cover: Friday on My Mind. Least favourite: The Future from Orange. Not sure that even counts as a song.
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I like their versions of Friday on My Mind and Bus Stop better than the originals, but all of their covers are good.
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George had to come up with the riffs for songs that, for the most part, he didn’t write. Lisa and other cover artists are basically just improvising within the scales of the original riffs. George did that himself when the Beatles did cover songs (e.g. Roll Over Beethoven). As for age, George was only 20 when the Beatles first came to America. Due to the huge influence the Beatles had on popular music, people forget that they were all under 30 when the group disbanded. That being said, yes Lisa is a great guitarist. I wish I was half as good as her.
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Thank you, Lisa. By the way, did you receive any t-shirts from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that you don’t know what to do with?
