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kentauros

(29,414 posts) Wed Dec 18, 2013, 02:34 PM Dec 2013

Happy Birthday, Bill Nelson!

Happy Birthday, Bill!
Best guitarist ever! (with a close second by Mike Oldfield)

Here's proof for the naysayers:

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Happy Birthday, Bill Nelson! (Original Post) kentauros Dec 2013 OP

That was a real treat. Thanks for posting the video. In_The_Wind Dec 2013 #1

You're welcome! :) kentauros Dec 2013 #2

It's a first time for me. In_The_Wind Dec 2013 #3

I can understand that, kentauros Dec 2013 #4

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

1. That was a real treat. Thanks for posting the video.

Reply to kentauros (Original post)

Wed Dec 18, 2013, 02:43 PM

Dec 2013

kentauros

(29,414 posts)

2. You're welcome! :)

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 18, 2013, 02:45 PM

Dec 2013

I do find him to be one of the best guitar-musicians on the planet. It's just a shame most Americans have never heard of him.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

3. It's a first time for me.

Reply to kentauros (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 18, 2013, 03:03 PM

Dec 2013

kentauros

(29,414 posts)

4. I can understand that,

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 18, 2013, 03:13 PM

Dec 2013

and I was glad you like it

About the only way most Americans would have ever heard of him was if they were avid listeners of public radio. And because I've met far too many Americans in my life that have admitted to never going further down the dial than 92.1 Mhz, I'm not surprised that most haven't heard of Nelson, or Negativland, or Emergency Broadcast Network, or Einsturzende Neubauten, or Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, or Brian Eno, Layne Redmond, or Bill Laswell, or Tomita, or... well, you get the picture

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