Phil Keaggy

Lisnaholic · 12-21-2014, 08:14 AM

For a guy with about 50 albums to his credit, he doesn´t get mentioned much on MB, so as a service to our community here´s a beginners´ guide to Phil Keaggy:-

> alive, American, plays the guitar.

> equally impressive on elec or acoustic.

> founder member of Glass Harp, who performed some pioneering rock jams in the seventies

> likes to mention Jesus in almost every lyric he writes

> is surrounded by rumours that this conversation once took place:
............................Interviewer: So, Jimi/Eric/Eddie, what does it feel like to be the world´s greatest living guitarist ?
.....Hendrix/Clapton/van Hallen: I don´t know. You´ll have to ask Phil Keaggy.

> his best selling album, The Master and the Musician, goes something like this:-

> yes, he is missing half a finger

> at the other extreme of his repertoire, he can play like this too :-

Chula Vista · 12-21-2014, 08:47 AM

Amazing picker. Needs to STFU about Jesus.

Lisnaholic · 12-21-2014, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Amazing picker. Needs to STFU about Jesus.

^

Didn´t have the courage to say it, but in summary that´s my opinion too !

Zhanteimi · 12-21-2014, 04:38 PM

He's not mentioned because of his faith. No matter how good you are at something, if you're a Christian, you get panned. That's now, of course. In the past it was a different matter.

Chula Vista · 12-21-2014, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by mordwyr

No matter how good you are at something, if you're a Christian WITH A BIG MOUTH, you get panned.

Fixed.

Phil makes me want to burn my guitars. He's so damn good.

Lisnaholic · 12-21-2014, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by mordwyr

He's not mentioned because of his faith. No matter how good you are at something, if you're a Christian, you get panned. That's now, of course. In the past it was a different matter.

^ Yes, mordwyr, I wondered about that too; how much his overt Christianity was working to his detriment.

I imagine that in some arts, Christianity is ok, but somehow it doesn´t sit well with rock and blues. Well, they were famously described as the Devil´s music, weren´t they? And although we may not want to hear lyrics direct from the Devil himself, rock is the music of rebellion, so we want some kind of subversive attitude and preferably a stage presence of strutting priapic menace. Poor old Phil K lets us down on both counts.

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Phil makes me want to burn my guitars. He's so damn good.

^ HaHa ! He´s a great player, and he´s got all these tricks, like the volumen knob twirl and the slapping of the body and strings which adds variety and interest to his playing. Didn´t know you played guitar yourself, Chula; have you tried that kind of stuff - or bought yourself an Ebow:-

Zhanteimi · 12-21-2014, 05:22 PM

People complaining that he needs to STFU about Jesus is bullshit. (1) No one tells other artists who sing about a particular topic--like love--to STFU. (2) He may sing about whatever the fuck he wants to.

Lisnaholic · 12-21-2014, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by mordwyr

People complaining that he needs to STFU about Jesus is bullshit.

^ Of course, STFU is an unneccesarily blunt way of putting things, but the same could be said about your own comment, I would´ve thought mordwyr.
In answer to your other points:-

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(1) No one tells other artists who sing about a particular topic--like love--to STFU.

I´m under the impression that we do that here quite often. Isn´t this thread a polite way of saying just that :- http://www.musicbanter.com/general-m...ove-songs.html On this forum, I´m always banging on about guitarists who sing too much. Rather like the fan who shouted "Shut up and play your guitar" during a Zappa concert, I´ve grumbled about the vocals of such venerable guitarists as Hendrix, Gallagher, SRV, Buchanan, Clapton and many others.

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(2) He may sing about whatever the fuck he wants to.

Absolutely! I don´t think anyone would deny that, but once you´re out there in the public domain your material becomes a legitimate target for criticism, doesn´t it?

Zhanteimi · 12-21-2014, 06:21 PM

Absolutely. One may criticize all he wants, but I still call bullshit on criticizing one artist for certain beliefs but not criticizing others for other beliefs simply because one happens to believe in the beliefs of the latter. The music should be taken for what it is, not criticized through the agendas of listeners that have nothing to do with music. If it's good, it's good, regardless of religion.

Chula Vista · 12-21-2014, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by mordwyr

People complaining that he needs to STFU about Jesus is bullshit. (1) No one tells other artists who sing about a particular topic--like love--to STFU. (2) He may sing about whatever the fuck he wants to.

Bull****. Jesus is a HUGE agenda. You wanna wear that t-shirt you better be ready to deal with the blow back.

12-21-2014, 08:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	Phil Keaggy For a guy with about 50 albums to his credit, he doesn´t get mentioned much on MB, so as a service to our community here´s a beginners´ guide to Phil Keaggy:- > alive, American, plays the guitar. > equally impressive on elec or acoustic. > founder member of Glass Harp, who performed some pioneering rock jams in the seventies > likes to mention Jesus in almost every lyric he writes > is surrounded by rumours that this conversation once took place: ............................Interviewer: So, Jimi/Eric/Eddie, what does it feel like to be the world´s greatest living guitarist ? .....Hendrix/Clapton/van Hallen: I don´t know. You´ll have to ask Phil Keaggy. > his best selling album, The Master and the Musician, goes something like this:- > yes, he is missing half a finger > at the other extreme of his repertoire, he can play like this too :- __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

12-21-2014, 08:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Amazing picker. Needs to STFU about Jesus. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

12-21-2014, 04:38 PM	#4 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,874	He's not mentioned because of his faith. No matter how good you are at something, if you're a Christian, you get panned. That's now, of course. In the past it was a different matter.

12-21-2014, 05:22 PM	#7 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,874	People complaining that he needs to STFU about Jesus is bullshit. (1) No one tells other artists who sing about a particular topic--like love--to STFU. (2) He may sing about whatever the fuck he wants to.

12-21-2014, 06:21 PM	#9 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,874	Absolutely. One may criticize all he wants, but I still call bullshit on criticizing one artist for certain beliefs but not criticizing others for other beliefs simply because one happens to believe in the beliefs of the latter. The music should be taken for what it is, not criticized through the agendas of listeners that have nothing to do with music. If it's good, it's good, regardless of religion.