The Story Of My Life - Revision history

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Emdebe: Category:Favorite Music

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Category:Favorite Music

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Emdebe at 19:51, 9 May 2005

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[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]]

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−	Record by [[Guitar Slim]] recorded for Specialty (490) in ~~1953~~.	+	[[File:Storyofmylifegs.jpg\|thumb\|right]]
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		+	Record by [[Guitar Slim]] recorded for Specialty (490) in 1954.

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 ''"And I especially like Guitar Slim. His solo on "The Story of My Life" (The Things That I Used To Do, Specialty) is one of the best early distorted guitar solos; it really sounds like he's mad at somebody."'' - [[One Size Fits All Interview]].
-[[Category:Favorite Music|Story Of My Life, The]]
+[[Category:Favorite Songs|Story Of My Life, The]]
 [[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Story Of My Life, The]]

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 <blockquote>
-I waited for records that had guitar solos on them, but they were always too short. I wanted to be
+I waited for records that had guitar solos on them, but they were always too short. "I wanted to be
 able to play my own solos -- long ones -- so I taught myself how to play the guitar. I didn't bother to
-learn any chords -- just blues licks.
+learn any chords -- just blues licks."
 </blockquote>
 <blockquote>
-Stylistically, my (approach is closest to Guitar Slim, a mid-fifties blues player who recorded for the
+"Stylistically, my (approach is closest to Guitar Slim, a mid-fifties blues player who recorded for the
 Specialty label (check out the solo on [[The Story Of My Life|"Story of My Life"]]) until somebody stabbed him to death with an
-ice pick.
+ice pick."
 </blockquote>
 <blockquote>
-When I first heard it I thought: "What the fuck is he doing? He really gets 'pissed off at it.' " His
+"When I first heard it I thought: "What the fuck is he doing? He really gets 'pissed off at it.' " His
 style of playing seemed to be 'beyond the notes' -- it had more to do with the 'attitude' with which he
 was mangling his instrument. What came out was not just the sum total of certain pitches versus
 certain chords versus certain rhythms -- to my ear, it was something else. Besides the 'attitude,' he
-also provided the first instance I can recall of a distorted electric guitar on a record.
+also provided the first instance I can recall of a distorted electric guitar on a record."
 </blockquote>
 <div align=right>[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]</div>
 [[Category:Favorite Music|Story Of My Life, The]]
 [[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Story Of My Life, The]]

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 </blockquote>
 <div align=right>[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]</div>
 [[Category:Favorite Music]]
 [[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Story Of My Life, The]]

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 <div align=right>[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]</div>
 [[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Story Of My Life, The]]

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		+	Record by [[Guitar Slim]] recorded for Specialty (490) in 1953.
		+
		+	<blockquote>
		+	I waited for records that had guitar solos on them, but they were always too short. I wanted to be
		+	able to play my own solos -- long ones -- so I taught myself how to play the guitar. I didn't bother to
		+	learn any chords -- just blues licks.
		+	</blockquote>
		+	<blockquote>
		+	Stylistically, my (approach is closest to Guitar Slim, a mid-fifties blues player who recorded for the
		+	Specialty label (check out the solo on [[The Story Of My Life\|"Story of My Life"]]) until somebody stabbed him to death with an
		+	ice pick.
		+	</blockquote>
		+	<blockquote>
		+	When I first heard it I thought: "What the fuck is he doing? He really gets 'pissed off at it.' " His
		+	style of playing seemed to be 'beyond the notes' -- it had more to do with the 'attitude' with which he
		+	was mangling his instrument. What came out was not just the sum total of certain pitches versus
		+	certain chords versus certain rhythms -- to my ear, it was something else. Besides the 'attitude,' he
		+	also provided the first instance I can recall of a distorted electric guitar on a record.
		+	</blockquote>
		+	<div align=right>[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]</div>
	[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)\|Story Of My Life, The]]		[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)\|Story Of My Life, The]]

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