Amy Helm & The Handsome Strangers: 'Rescue Me'

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Amazing, love Amy's voice, the band it great, it really groves and has a great hook. Really appreciate the guitar player, very tasty knows how to stay out of the way and his use of delays is pretty awesome. Great drummer and bass. Its a new favorite band. Thanks for sharing.

I am not a fan of the guitar player. If you appreciate this guitar player, I am really confused. Staying out of the way is truly not his strong suit. The part is horrible, the sound is even worse and not one of his sounds matches the context of the song. The guitarist may be a great player and a good person, but this guitar part is a complete fail. The brutal nature of his part makes me believe this particular player does not understand the difference between ensemble playing and lead guitar. I know many guitarist like that. Listening is not their stock and trade. They know only how to listen to themselves and as a result the ensemble suffers as in this rendition. Every mix of this from every mixer is about trying to effectively deal with the guitar instead of using skills to enhance the song with the part. Everyone is doing everything they can to minimize the horror of it. It lends nothing to the song. If you have to work this hard just to find a place for this part, you could say there is something wrong with the part.

Just my opinion.