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Thread #128081   Message #2863793
Posted By: Jack Blandiver
14-Mar-10 - 06:25 AM
Thread Name: Obit: Mickey Jones of the Man Band (March 2010)
Subject: RE: Obit: Mickey Jones of the Man Band (March 2010)
To quote from Deke Leonard:

There's something I ought to get out of the way. It's about Jones and me. My musical soul requires that I maintain the conceit that, as guitar players, we are equals, even though, if the truth was told, I am not fit to lick his boots. I have played with Jones for nigh on 25 years and I still don't know what he's going to do next.

Daily he blows my mind. And the worst thing is that I know that he knows that I know that he's better than me. I know this. He knows this. Occasionally, he reminds me of the fact. He sometimes cushions the blow by pointing out that we have different strengths, that he isn't much cop at writing lyrics, but this is freezing cold comfort in the long dark watches of the night. The upshot is that I will have to content myself with being the second-best guitarist in the world.


Deke Leonard - from Rhinos, Winos & Lunatics - The Legend of Man - A Rock 'n; Roll Band, Northdown Publishing, 1996, p.8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E21APHL0P68

(Micky's the SG; Deke's the tele.)