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Buckethead is my favorite instrumentalist. He's not a Jazz musician though.
by potta_coffee 3y ago
Buckethead is my favorite instrumentalist. He's not a Jazz musician though.
- lapcat 3y ago> He's not a Jazz musician though. He's not human.
- potta_coffee 3y agoTrue enough. I'd like to be that good at guitar but it seems like he's somewhat of a savant. I can't say I envy his social life.
- Gualdrapo 3y agoBetween the prolific musicians I admire the most, like Allan Holdsworth, Devin Townsend, Zappa, Pat Metheny or him - he seems to be the most troubled but interesting character. It's like if the only, coherent and 'real' way he speaks is only though the guitar - any other way you'll get some gibberish our simple minds can comprehend. Heard the other day he has health issues and hope he's better now.
- lapcat 3y ago> Pat Metheny That reminds me, Pat Metheny is another instrumentalist who had some gold albums in the late 80s/early 90s. > Heard the other day he has health issues and hope he's better now. I had not heard that until now!
- squeaky-clean 3y agoHadn't heard of the health issues, hope he's doing well. He does speak sometimes, but only through a deranged puppet named Herbie. Apparently when Guns N Roses manager was working out the details of him recording and touring with them, he would only speak to the manager through Herbie. It's all just a character though of course. He did some recordings with the LOTR actors, Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd (Merry and Pippin) spoke a little bit about it on their podcast. He had a strict rule about no cameras or cell phones when meeting him, and they were able to hang out with him sans bucket and Herbie.