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Re: BOWIE guitarists (looping) (Miles Davis, Bitches Brew)

Apparently, there were some tape loops used in the recording of Miles Davis' masterpiece "Bitches Brew", an album which STILL sounds fresh even TODAY.
(Or, so I have heard...)

-Rev.Fever

On Apr 24, 2008, at 7:09 PM, Toby G wrote:

Zappa actually had some loopage going on with delays on the 82 tour.  He had 3 delays and he'd put in a weird phrase into each and let all of them repeat for a while.
 
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Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 6:25 PM
Subject: Re: BOWIE guitarists (looping)

Oh I dont know if he was actually 'looping' per say, I was responding to the "Heroes by King Crimson" post, by just pointing out that he had a relationship to Bowie before he worked with Crimson and Talking Heads. And that he was particularly gifted at creating "Frippish" sounds live, especially when playing "Heroes": thats why Bowie liked him. 
PS: He also toured with Zappa around that time.
PSS: How could I find the Crimson DVD with Heroes on it?

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Rick Walker to me
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So Belew was looping live in concert?
 
I haven't seen him since he toured with Crimson and the Heads and he wasn't in those days.
 
Do you know what he uses out of curiosity?
 
thanks for all that info.
 
Rick