by general jack o'niell » Sat Jun 16, 2007 2:46 pm
no, because i've never pretended to be able to play a guitar, even allowing for the fact i'm lefthanded, just never had the patience to sit down and learn, i still can't get my head round how anyone can play and sing at the same time, but since i've heard many a bad guitarist sing well and many a good guitarist sing dreadfully it would appear that any idiot can manage this feat, well there must be countless millions who can do it. i'm just not one of them, my brain refuses to store such things as chords. i was playing bass with the twisted melons last week and guitarist paul was shouting out chord changes to me, i had to tell him to save his breath as i had no idea what he was on about, show it to me and i'll play it, but tell me the chords and then take a picture of me, it's the only one you'll ever get of me looking confused and completely out of my comfort zone. likewise a vocal, don't tell me its in A or C. just play it to me once, then i'll have it, i've always been able to spot a mistake instantly by a guitarist, no matter how minor, but playing? no, never going to happen.
as for any reunion, my voice is my instrument, anyone who claims to have seen me play a guitar has been fooled as i was playing a guitar tuned to a certain key and playing straight bars, just to fill out the sound, must have worked, cos everybody assumes i've always played, tho i never have., i am brilliant on one string tho!!!!