who played lead guitar on Memphis Underground?

ken quirici

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Feb 13, 2018, 11:27:25 AM2/13/18

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...by track?

I know Larry Coryell and Sonnie Sharrock played guitar, but who played what where?

This is a great album, firing on all cylinders IMHO.

Thx!

Ken

Lord Valve

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Feb 13, 2018, 12:06:32 PM2/13/18

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Coryell and another dude. BTW - Memphis Underground is
arguably the first Fusion album, predating Bitches Brew
by nearly a year.

Lord Valve, ThD
Jazz Organist (like it or not)

ken quirici

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Feb 13, 2018, 7:26:21 PM2/13/18

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I've never heard Bitches Brew - but I really like Tribute to Jack Johnson - Right Off is kind of like Memphis Underground except John McLaughlin is more extended (and hypnotic?) than the guitar on M.U. ON the other hand M.U. guitar is more immediately appealing.

I'd like to know who played those tasty licks on M.U. Apparently Sonnie Sharrock died just before he signed his first big contract; and Larry Coryell seems to have faded from the limelight - but whixhever played whatever on M.U. did some really fine work.

Thanks.

Ken

reilloc

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Feb 14, 2018, 3:19:46 PM2/14/18

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On 2/13/2018 11:06 AM, Lord Valve wrote:
> On Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 9:27:25 AM UTC-7, ken quirici wrote:
>> ...by track?
>>
>> I know Larry Coryell and Sonnie Sharrock played guitar, but who played what where?
>>
>> This is a great album, firing on all cylinders IMHO.
>>
>> Thx!
>>
>> Ken
>
> Coryell and another dude. BTW - Memphis Underground is
> arguably the first Fusion album, predating Bitches Brew
> by nearly a year.

When you say "arguably" do you mean, as I think you do, "asserted so by
people intent on advancing the agenda of White Supremacists?"

>
> Lord Valve, ThD
> Jazz Organist (like it or not)

No, I've heard you. You're not a jazz player. You're a three-chord chop
copier.

LNC

ott...@hotmail.com

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Feb 14, 2018, 6:08:23 PM2/14/18

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and Larry Coryell seems to have faded from the limelight ->

> Ken

Larry Coryell died not too long ago, RIP
Bg.

Lord Valve

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Feb 14, 2018, 6:38:16 PM2/14/18

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On Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at 1:19:46 PM UTC-7, reilloc wrote:
> On 2/13/2018 11:06 AM, Lord Valve wrote:
> > On Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 9:27:25 AM UTC-7, ken quirici wrote:
> >> ...by track?
> >>
> >> I know Larry Coryell and Sonnie Sharrock played guitar, but who played what where?
> >>
> >> This is a great album, firing on all cylinders IMHO.
> >>
> >> Thx!
> >>
> >> Ken
> >
> > Coryell and another dude. BTW - Memphis Underground is
> > arguably the first Fusion album, predating Bitches Brew
> > by nearly a year.
>
> When you say "arguably" do you mean, as I think you do, "asserted so by
> people intent on advancing the agenda of White Supremacists?"

No-one gives half a dead rat's ass what you think.
C'mon over and check my bedsheets for eyeholes,
why doncha...

>
> >
> > Lord Valve, ThD
> > Jazz Organist (like it or not)
>
> No, I've heard you.

You haven't heard jack shit, so shut up. No-one's
heard YOU, either.

You're not a jazz player. You're a three-chord chop
> copier.

I'll probably be up all night, worryin' about
your critique. Piss off, schmuck.

Lord Valve, ThD
Jazz Organist (fuck you)

funkifized

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Feb 14, 2018, 9:50:08 PM2/14/18

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Reggie Young – guitar

funkifized

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Feb 14, 2018, 9:56:13 PM2/14/18

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On Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 12:06:32 PM UTC-5, Lord Valve wrote:

Gary Burton Quartet – Duster (1967)
Jean-Luc Ponty – King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa (1969)
Frank Zappa – Hot Rats (1969)
Tony Williams Lifetime – Emergency!(1969)
Larry Coryell – Spaces (1969)

Lord Valve

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Feb 16, 2018, 9:51:38 AM2/16/18

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On Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at 7:56:13 PM UTC-7, funkifized wrote:
> On Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 12:06:32 PM UTC-5, Lord Valve wrote:
> > On Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 9:27:25 AM UTC-7, ken quirici wrote:
> > > ...by track?
> > >
> > > I know Larry Coryell and Sonnie Sharrock played guitar, but who played what where?
> > >
> > > This is a great album, firing on all cylinders IMHO.
> > >
> > > Thx!
> > >
> > > Ken
> >
> > Coryell and another dude. BTW - Memphis Underground is
> > arguably the first Fusion album, predating Bitches Brew
> > by nearly a year.
> >
> > Lord Valve, ThD
> > Jazz Organist (like it or not)
>
> Gary Burton Quartet – Duster (1967)

Disagree. Parts of it do sound a bit like
country and western, though. Long time
since I heard it, took a refresher course.
Burton kicks mucho ass!

> Jean-Luc Ponty – King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa (1969)

Never heard this. I'll have to go and listen
when I get time. I dig Ponty.

> Frank Zappa – Hot Rats (1969)

Well, yeah. I'll confess to not being a huge
Zappa fan, though. I just listened to this
a few minutes ago, the whole thing, and I'd
say if it ain't Fusion, whatever it is is
pretty close. I found the trashy-sounding mix
distracting. Some kickass players on that disk.

> Tony Williams Lifetime – Emergency!(1969)
Haven't heard it. I'll give it a listen.

> Larry Coryell – Spaces (1969)
I'd say this certainly qualifies, although the
release date is listed as 1970 by most sources.

Your filter for what constitutes Fusion may be a
bit wider than mine, I think. With a less-stringent
metric, BS&T (1968) would probably qualify, as would
the Electric Flag (1969).

Lord Valve, ThD
Jazz Organist (fuck you)