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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2018 19:05:18 GMT
nino and Quoincidence both brilliant posts on Andy, one of the most talented musicians around, also one of the funniest and most charming.
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Jan 14, 2018 20:38:57 GMT
He is incredibly talented - on piano, keyboard, harmonica etc. A great musician, songwriter and man! Definitely too loud in the mix, yes, but not his fault at all. Too much synthies on albums in the 80s/90s but if Rick and Francis hadn't given their approval it wouldn't have happened. He himself backed out of the reunion (Francis wanted him there) saying no one wanted to hear keyboards there. His latest solo album is cool as well. Im glad he didnt play on the reunion tours. It was great just having guitars and no plinky plonk piano or awful keyboards. I didnt miss him at all. Andy is a solid multiinstrumentalist who does a good job whatever he does. If they want a virtuoso keyboardist, it probably isn't him, not least because that is not what Quo music does. The problems with keyboards is usually over-use of the instrument as a filler. Iron Maiden have a keyboard player they keep stuffed behind the curtain (occasionally peeking over the stacks) and he helps to keep the keyboards where they belong, adding depth and colour without swamping anything (usually). |
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Post by MrWaistcoat on Jan 14, 2018 21:37:06 GMT
Although Andy doesn't really communicate with the fans, I think he understands the fanbase pretty well
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Post by americanquo on Jan 14, 2018 22:03:26 GMT
I've said this before but it bears repeating. I only discovered Quo in 2014. To me there was no FF, Quo Lite, etc. I didn't know the difference. The current lineup is embarrassingly bad. Quo Lite was actually pretty good, maybe even very good at times. But the FF was incredible. Easily one of the greatest rock and roll bands of all time. What Rossi did to the band should have been illegal. Edwards is an average base player, Bown is an average keyboardist and no drummer comes close to Coghlan. That's the appraisal of someone who didn't know anything about them 3 years ago. Pete Kircher did IMO Cheers We'll have to disagree on that one. I can't see where Kircher was even close. I did like what Jeff brought to the table, and Matt was a steady element, it's just that Coghlan's style is almost unique and matched the rest of the band perfectly. |
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