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Title: Hmm...
Review: The first reviewer pretty much said it all. Carlos Santana, Robben Ford, Brian May, Taj and whoever else is on here are very good guitarists, but they get buried beneath the orchestration and in some cases get devoured by the tunes themselves.John McLaughlin, on the other hand, does not. His version of "The Wind Cries Mary" is timeless. It's what ever cover ought to aspire to (what Jimi did to "All Along the Watchtower" and "Hey Joe") - he takes the original song, and through his own vision and personality, pushes it farther. His solo is simply phenomenal. Just the sound he gets from that guitar is a killer, sort of After the Rain (his 1995 Coltrain Tribute album) plus distortion. It really sounds wicked. In sort of a winsome tribute, he goes nuts on the vibrato bar at the end of the song.So, should you buy it? I think you might as well - if anything just for Johnny Mac. Those used copies are going pretty cheap.
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