RMartinez:
Rockerdude:
RMartinez:
Jimmy was more than just an "average guitar player" he had performed with many of rock's elite, not just McCartney. He certainly could hold his own with any of Paul's other lead players, with the exception of maybe Robbie McIntosh, who was the most versatile of Paul's guitarists. Though Lawrence Juber also was pretty versatile.
Hardly! Jimmy's music resume wasn't very extensive. He was the least talented of Paul's guitarists. During his time there were many better guitarists that could write, produce & were dynamite guitarists. Take for instance Tommy Bolin which you are thinking "Who's That" Former Deep Purple/James Gang who also recorded two amazing albums before he died around the same age as Jimmy from Heroin as well. Most rock guitarist's in the last 30 years would blow Jimmy out of the water. Sorry but its true.There are probably many Wings fans that would totally disagree but my musically taste is somewhat edgier & heavier than pop & fluff. Rock On!
That's your opinion and you are certainly entitled to it. I disagree. He was about 21 when he joined Wings, so yeah, his resume wasn't extensive. But he was discovered by Pete Townshend, who is a pretty good guitar player and knows about such things. Jimmy played with Thunderclap Newman on SOMETHING IN THE AIR when he was about 18. BTW, I saw Tommy Bolin in concert in Albuquerque in 1976, he opened for Santana. He was good! But Jimmy in concert with Wings was no slouch. And he was no pop fluff guitarist, he could handle a lot of slide work, had a raw and distorted tone, so maybe we are talking about a different guitar player.
I don't think that he was a fluff/pop guitarist; he just played in a Pop Band(Wings) That's amazing that you saw Tommy Bolin in concert ; on the other hand I've seen Santana 8 times in concert. I'm going to see Black Sabbath in August; Tony Iommi another great! Are you going to see the tour? Hopefully Ozzy can keep it together if sharon's not there to keep him in line. Good to have a friendly debate. Cheers!