Sometimes I think: There are musicians and there are people who play instruments.
I don’t like to be harsh about it but it seems like, somebody – an adult I’m talking about now, not a teenager – playing guitar in a rock band or a country band, who doesn’t play – or even like – any other kind of music and who never heard of Charlie Christian or Andres Segovia, is not really a musician. They’re just somebody playing a guitar.
Really, how can you play guitar and not know who those guys are? Or Django. Shoot.
I’d say the same about a classical guitarist who doesn’t know who Eric Clapton is.
Thing is, there are no classical guitarists who don’t know who Eric Clapton is.
It’s not that classical guitarists are better people, it’s just that they’re all good musicians. I don’t mean inherently or anything, it’s a practical…
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George Miner 