Too Good Monday

I’m sure there’s many but, off the top of my mind, I can’t think of anyone else that makes a nylon string guitar make sense. One of the finest guitar players, nylon string or not, of the last century.

“Lord, Mr. Ford, I just wish that you could see what your simple horseless carriage has become. Well, it seems your contribution to man—to say the least—got a little out of hand …”

• Jerry Reed – Lord, Mr. Ford

Too Good Monday

• Happy Mondays – Kinky Afro

I can probably think of about 50 good bands with great musicians (they play tight, have a couple good songs) and 20 great bands that are special and influential (had an original sound and definitely changed how things were done). But, for the life of me, I don’t think I could come up with more than about five truly meaningful bands; bands that have something where the total is magically larger than the sum of its parts. This is one of them.
“Is [Shaun Ryder] our W.B. Yeats, is this our T.S. Eliot? You bet your fucking life it is.” — Tony Wilson