I don't know about all this--I don't know how anybody can answer this without knowing what sort of accompaniments Andrew is playing in the first place--Murray, you have amazing confidence--without hearing him play, or at least getting a good acount of what he is playing, I couldn't have told him whether to listen to Jimmie Rodgers or Jimmy Reed--IanB, how do you know he isn't already doing that LadyJane/Bach/Blues thing?

Most of all, I am confused by the seemingly contradictory impulses about "less abtrusive" and " I feel there must be so much more I could be doing with simple rhythm variations and such." Of course, when one comes down to a note by note consideration, the object may be obvious--but there really isn't much to go on--

Music is very exact--a definite number of notes, a clear rhythm, and precise parts--which is why it is reproduceable--the trouble here is that none of us have been given a clear enough idea of what Andrew is playing to suggest changes in it--