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   OMG, you're smoking crack. Aja is flawed by Walt's soloing? I don't   
   think so, brother. I dig Walt's solos on Aja. Sure, he could stop   
   over-doing the noodling on stage... that'd be nice. Let's be real here   
   though, this isn't about personal taste, this is about giving props   
   for technical ability. The dude can play a jazzy solo. He's not gonna   
   shred, you're fucking nuts if you expect that. But this isn't metal, I   
   don't expect Walt to play like Dimebag... this is "wannabe jazz". His   
   solo's work fine for what they play.   
      
   That's my word   
      
   Cedric   
      
   On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 19:24:02 GMT, Dave M  wrote:   
      
   >No I'm not.  Becker is simply not a strong gtr player.  And   
   >he doesn't seem to be able to come up w/ strong melodic   
   >ideas, or to build a cohesive solo on the spot; instead he   
   >meanders.  He can sometimes do it in the studio (And as I   
   >posted elsewhere, Roger Nichols commented in a long-ago   
   >interview that Walter works slowly, a little at a time,   
   >putting together gtr solos.  This seems to support my   
   >observation that his forte is not playing live.)  As great   
   >as Aja is, IMO it's flawed by his soloing, which just   
   >doesn't compare w/ the ballsy, sure-fingered playing of the   
   >gtr greats on so many Dan songs.   
   >   
      
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