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11-03-2000, 01:48 PM

Sundreme,

I was reading your statement, and I also have to DISAGREE with you,

Terry Clements is NOT like a snickers bar or a bag of potato chips, he is more like a "spare tire" when then the car has a flat. Yes he might have played on SOME of Gord's chart topping hits, but on most of them, and on some of the albums that are available on CD!!! but when you come to think of it, Red had played MORE different guitars on Lightfoot's recordings than Terry did!!! He played a Fender Stratocaster, a Fender Telecaster, A gut-string classical, a dobro, A Martin D-28, and a Martin D-35!!! Terry on the other hand ONLY played TWO guitars: A Martin D-18 and A Gretsch Country Gentleman. When Lightfoot was "Lightfoot" in those glory days, Clements' ONLY used the D-18. The Edmund Fitzgerald from 1976 was the ONLY chart topper and most successful hit that he used the Gretsch Country Gentleman on!!! The same thing applied to Summertime Dream. Red Shea plays in different ways: Fingerstyle: Using thumb and fingers, fingerpicks, flatpicks, and Travis style, like Gord's!!! He can also play using classical techniques, and in a Nashville Country style!!! Terry's style of playing is very limited he ONLY plays with a pick. He uses a capo, which Red very seldomly does!!! Gord has once said that he would NOT recommend others using the capo a lot. Red is NOT only a back up musician, he was also an arranger and a musical consultant for two albums: ENDLESS WIRE, and DREAM STREET ROSE. Terry just plays the guitar and that's just about it.

11-03-2000, 01:48 PM	#42
DB Guest Posts: n/a	Sundreme, I was reading your statement, and I also have to DISAGREE with you, Terry Clements is NOT like a snickers bar or a bag of potato chips, he is more like a "spare tire" when then the car has a flat. Yes he might have played on SOME of Gord's chart topping hits, but on most of them, and on some of the albums that are available on CD!!! but when you come to think of it, Red had played MORE different guitars on Lightfoot's recordings than Terry did!!! He played a Fender Stratocaster, a Fender Telecaster, A gut-string classical, a dobro, A Martin D-28, and a Martin D-35!!! Terry on the other hand ONLY played TWO guitars: A Martin D-18 and A Gretsch Country Gentleman. When Lightfoot was "Lightfoot" in those glory days, Clements' ONLY used the D-18. The Edmund Fitzgerald from 1976 was the ONLY chart topper and most successful hit that he used the Gretsch Country Gentleman on!!! The same thing applied to Summertime Dream. Red Shea plays in different ways: Fingerstyle: Using thumb and fingers, fingerpicks, flatpicks, and Travis style, like Gord's!!! He can also play using classical techniques, and in a Nashville Country style!!! Terry's style of playing is very limited he ONLY plays with a pick. He uses a capo, which Red very seldomly does!!! Gord has once said that he would NOT recommend others using the capo a lot. Red is NOT only a back up musician, he was also an arranger and a musical consultant for two albums: ENDLESS WIRE, and DREAM STREET ROSE. Terry just plays the guitar and that's just about it.