Re: (TV) Interesting Review

[Jesse Hochstadt <jesseh58@yahoo.com>]

"Craftsman" might be damning with faint praise in some circles - but I think 
it's true that in addition to his genuine musical genius, RT works hard at his 
craft. I believe he puts in regular "office hours" for songwriting when he's 
home. I'm reminded of an interview I once saw with Wilt Chamberlain where he 
said something like, "All those people who think I had it easy because of my 
height weren't there when I was practicing my shooting at 5:00 in the morning."

I do feel that in more recent years RT has become so facile a songwriter and 
player, and perhaps such a contented person, that his work rarely has the "soul" 
that I feel in earlier records like Pour Down Like Silver (one of my very 
favorites).

I'll add one other thing to the discussion: neither Clapton nor Tom can come 
close to holding a candle to RT on acoustic guitar, and I'm not only talking 
about virtuosity.

- Jesse
 



----- Original Message ----
From: Keith Allison <keith@thewonder.co.uk>
To: tv@obbard.com
Sent: Mon, January 31, 2011 5:55:29 PM
Subject: Re: (TV) Interesting Review

On 31/01/2011 06:47, Jesse Hochstadt wrote:
> What are you missing?
> 
> Short answer: A lot.
> 
Indeed.

I yield to no-one in my admiration of Verlaine but... Verlaine is a stylist, 
Thompson is a master craftsman. And he's not lazy, didn't squander his talent 
and doesn't treat the people who admire him with disdain. I listen more and more 
to RT and less and less to TV.

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