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And that’s how I thought it was supposed to appear according to Rudolf’s original advice. It may have been the case at one stage before the upgrades.
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Yes, I see. However, it is, as I stated, a very convoluted and obscure reference for anyone starting out. How would they know to go to this site in the first place without doing a time consuming search?
As I have advised, I found the site easily early on in my Club membership when I was exploring the web site. However, for anyone who had never known it was there, it wouldn’t be an easy process.
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Following is a copy of the reply to Daniel, which is the path i tried without success. Where is the MLT Club Membership post found?
Hi Daniel,
It’s located on the top right corner of the website (even above the MLT logo) in grey letters (not underlined).
If you’re logged in it will say Logout | “Your User Name”
If you’re logged out it will say LoginHope that helps!
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Yes, that works thank you Jung. However, it is quite a convoluted process to get there and isn’t behind the ACCOUNT DETAILS option or via the process advised earlier by the Tram. Maybe the instructions need to be updated to make it easier for members to find this information. I will contact Team MLT direct. Thank you for your help. Like you, I haven’t had a need to access this information, but it is nice to know what is there.
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Thank you Jung but that doesn’t help. I used to be able to manage my subscriptions through this link but it must have dropped out with one of the web upgrades. The following is the page that is now shown and it only includes my name, email address and password options.
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Hi Rudolf
Still no change unfortunately. Not a priority for me if you are busy. Just concerned it might be the same for others. I’ve been using my iPhone and iPad and will try my Apple Mac later.
This is the current page:
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This is when I’m logged in:
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I know what you mean Jacki. Well known in Australia, especially in the seventies.
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And this is how the Logout page appears:
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Hi Team MLT. I used to be able to locate my account as advised but for some time now this hasn’t been possible. Attached is a photo of the login page as it now appears.
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Thank you Tomas, you didn’t disappoint. However this isn’t just a list composed by magazine editors or journalists. Many people took part in the survey, mainly well known musicians, so even if we added your name and a couple of your Beatles fans friends to the survey, it would not make much difference to the final result. Also, Rolling Stone magazine is a rock heavy publication, hence the proliferation of rock and blues guitarists.
THE VOTERS: Trey Anastasio, Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys), Brian Bell (Weezer), Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple), Carl Broemel (My Morning Jacket), James Burton, Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains), Gary Clark Jr., Billy Corgan, Steve Cropper, Dave Davies (The Kinks), Anthony DeCurtis (Contributing editor, Rolling Stone), Tom DeLonge (Blink-182), Rick Derringer, Luther Dickinson (North Mississippi Allstars), Elliot Easton (The Cars), Melissa Etheridge, Don Felder (The Eagles), David Fricke (Senior writer, Rolling Stone), Peter Guralnick (Author), Kirk Hammett (Metallica), Albert Hammond Jr. (The Strokes), Warren Haynes (The Allman Brothers Band), Brian Hiatt (Senior writer, Rolling Stone), David Hidalgo (Los Lobos), Jim James (My Morning Jacket), Lenny Kravitz, Robby Krieger (The Doors), Jon Landau (Manager), Alex Lifeson (Rush), Nils Lofgren (The E Street Band), Mick Mars (Mötley Crüe), Doug Martsch (Built to Spill), J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.), Brian May, Mike McCready (Pearl Jam), Roger McGuinn (The Byrds), Scotty Moore, Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), Tom Morello, Dave Mustaine (Megadeth), Brendan O’Brien (Producer), Joe Perry, Vernon Reid (Living Colour), Robbie Robertson, Rich Robinson (The Black Crowes), Carlos Santana, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Marnie Stern, Stephen Stills, Andy Summers, Mick Taylor, Susan Tedeschi, Vieux Farka Touré, Derek Trucks, Eddie Van Halen, Joe Walsh, Nancy Wilson (Heart)
In one way I was surprised to see Keith Richards at number four, but on reflection, I can understand where the voters are coming from. During the sixties, Keith and Brian Jones shared lead and rhythm guitar, often weaving between the two throughout their songs. By the mid sixties, Brian Jones was beginning to reduce his guitar playing contributions and eventually became a multi-instrumentalist, while Keith Richards perfected his guitar playing. Consequently they didn’t need to rely on studio musicians as other groups had to (much like Mona and Lisa today).
I’ve heard it put that when comparing good guitarists, if the decision came down to having only one guitarist in your band, the preference would be for someone like Keith Richards over a more virtuoso guitarist. The reason is the ease with which Keith Richards can weave between rhythm and lead guitar. He has been instrumental in creating the Rolling Stones sound and has also come up with some of the best rock riffs of all time. Not too many guitarists could compare with his output.
And Thomas, Richards over Roy Buchanan? Richards over Mark Knopfler? For me, yes. I found Mark Knopfler to be a revelation when he first burst onto the scene, much like everyone else did, but it wasn’t long before I found his work to be repetitive, and eventually boring. Compare his work to Keith’s “Sympathy For The Devil”, “Street Fighting Man”, Honky Tonk Women”, ”Midnight Rambler”, Gimme Shelter”, “Brown Sugar”,…. the list goes on.
Jung, for criteria, re read my initial post and my quote from Andrew Ryder.
IS ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE RATINGS A BAD ONE?
Following are a couple of responses to this question.
“In their list of top 100 guitarists the thing that outraged me was seeing John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers at 18 and eddie van halen at 70 and kirk and kurt in top 20’s and gilmour and pete after 50’s??? r they trying to fool us ? then they released their crappy 100 immortals which had eminem and jay z but no QUEEN , CREEDANCE , and PINK FLOYD?? then came the most foolish ever list I’ve seen 500 greatest songs 9) smells like teen spirit 33) STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN?? and u hav pink floyd songs starting from 300??”
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“Rolling Stone changes their lists constantly to reflect what’s “hip” at the time. I’ve read their magazine since the late ’80s and have the complete back issues on CD-ROM, and I’ve noticed that every time they do one of their so-called “essential” lists they always feature whoever’s current near the top, but if they don’t stay “hip,” they’ll be demoted next time they do the list or kicked off the list altogether. For example, when they did their “best albums of the 1980s” list at the end of 1989, they put a lot of deserving albums like Def Leppard’s Pyromania and Don Henley’s Building the Perfect Beast on it, but those albums never made any future Rolling Stone lists because they aren’t as “hip” to the magazine’s writers as Nirvana or Pearl Jam.”
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-guitarists-153675/thurston-moore-39681/
By the way, it’s not just Rolling Stone magazine that includes these guitarists. The following publications have similar results:
10 Greatest Guitarists
https://heightline.com/10-greatest-guitarists/TIME and others. Following the death of Les Paul, TIME website presented their list of 10 greatest artists in electric guitar. As in Rolling Stone magazine’s list, Jimi Hendrix was chosen as the greatest guitarist followed by Slash from Guns ‘N’ Roses, B.B. King, Keith Richards, Jimmy Page, and Eric Clapton. Gigwise.com, an online music magazine, also ranks Jimi Hendrix as the greatest guitarist ever, followed by Jimmy Page, B.B. King, Keith Richards and Kirk Hammett.
Finally Tomás, regarding your “Like a Rolling Stone.” I think they are poking fun at themselves and “best of” lists.”
I tend to agree with them on this one. I’m old enough to remember the impact this song had when it first burst onto our radios in the mid sixties. It divided people into those who thought Dylan was a rock god and those who thought it was the worst music ever. Most of us would have been somewhere in between. I know I was for a while. However, in retrospect, I can see what an incredible impact it had on the world of pop music, with Dylan ditching folk and acoustic guitars to go full on electric. At the same time, the Beatles were heading in the opposite direction by the time of “Rubber Soul”. -
Yes, Congratulations Mona and Lisa, you now have over 100k YouTube subscribers. ?❤️
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Now that’s more in tune with my musical abilities, a roadie! I’m sure Mona and Lisa wouldn’t like other people handling their prized guitars etcetera, but I could definitely assist with luggage transport, stage set up, refreshment provisions and in being a general gopher! I could also be handy assisting Michaela with marketing and promotions. Standing on the corner in a sandwich board would be my forte!
As for the singing bit, the following song has the sort of vocals I had in mind.
45 version without the brass.
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Maybe if the MLT were to cover Bob Dylan’s “Wigwam”, I could support them on vocals.
Wigwam – Bob Dylan Cover
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Agreed! In that case I’d also like to include Neil Young. Not everyone’s cup of tea but his lead guitar work is special in some of his solo work and with CSN&Y.
