http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:19:59 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/04/28/010800.php#comment-725665 Walter's guitar playing is definitely not what it used to be. Listen to his work in the songs "FM" and "Josie" - little weird masterworks of seemingly unrelated notes that end up working well together and defining the song when you do a little "memory recall". Now? He's just lazy and has been since SD reunited in 1993. He just noodles along, never really catching fire. Luckily Jon Herington is on board to at least approximate what the records sound like. He's the next best thing to actually having Larry Carlton in the touring band. 725665@blogcritics.org Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:19:59 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/04/28/010800.php#comment-717477 Donald, Nice review! Your points are very well-stated... I agree that rather than being a band, it's more of a concept that could result in recordings, and sometimes a band, when they feel like it. I'm a big fan of SD, and I enjoy that the luxurious sheen of their craftmanship hides very cynical (and often humorous) characters and views. But I just made a very snarky blog post about Walter's guitar playing, which isn't what it used to be, IMO. Thanks! D 717477@blogcritics.org Mon, 12 May 2008 14:35:45 EDT