Overshadowed by bandmates

I recently watched the Keith documentary on Netflix. It was enjoyable and I liked Keith as a person, but I was underwhelmed by his playing. I guess his value is higher as a songwriter than as a player. I used to admire his guitar solo on Heart of Stone, but apparently that's John McLaughlin and not Keif.

I attended the tribute show for Gram Parsons at The Universal Amphitheater in 2004. Unbelievably, Chris Hillman was not there (though Emmylou was), but Keith closed the show. He also performed "Love Hurts", a song associated with Gram though his version was merely a rather weak imitation of the great Everly Brothers original, as a duet with Norah Jones. Keith was kind of pre-occupied with Norah, doing his whole "lascivious Uncle" shtick on her. VERY leeringly, too. Really creepy.

A good bit late but YES, great idea for a thread Marty (as others have already commented). Find myself agreeing with many of the nominations... John Paul Jones - Zeppelin. Campbell & Tench - Heartbreakers, Mick Taylor - Stones. Two I'd like to see "get some love" (don't think they've yet been mentioned) are Tony Kaye of Genesis and Corky Laing of Mountain. A lot of the "classic" Genesis sound is due to Tony's arrangements and keyboards...but obviously, he was in the shadow of Peter and Phil, not to mention Steve Hackett and Mike Rutherford. As far as Corky Laing... to my mind, he's right up there (or should be) with some of the rock drummer greats...Baker, Moon, Bonham. Take a listen to his playing on "Never In My Life"...it is just ferociously propulsive. But he was overshadowed (and understandably so) by Leslie & Felix and, further, in a band that never got the kind of respect it deserved. OK...relinquishing the soapbox now. Ciao.

Yeesh...make that Tony Banks.