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| From | Daniel Gackle <danielgackle@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: R.I.P. Bill Pitcock IV |
| Date | Sat, 9 Apr 2011 14:57:17 -0600 |
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I'm very sorry to hear that. Bill Pitcock IV (come to think of it,
almost as good a name as "Dwight Twilley") was a great rock
guitarist, one of the most underrated. Everything Twilley did with him
on it sounded a lot better for it. His blistering three-second solo in
"I'm on Fire" is one of the great rock n roll moments. Actually, that
entire song is one of the great rock n roll moments, not least thanks
to Bill.
I always wished he had ventured out more on his own, played with more
people, found more places for his talent to flourish. He had such a
great sound, classic and original in equal parts, ferocious yet
laid-back in a southern way. His playing gave the impression of a
guitar superpower that could atomize you if he wanted it to, but he
was too much of a gentleman to do it.
There are precious few recordings, even in Twilley's corpus, that
featured that fabulous guitar sound front and center where it
belonged. There should have been many more. But he seems to have been
the sort of person who didn't seek out the limelight, and we're lucky
for what we have. Thank you, Bill Pitcock IV, for some of the most
ultimate soul-satisfying guitar playing ever.
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