Well, this is one artist that I’m probably NOT going to buy his music via iTunes or E-mule, that’s for sure. Not only did he show up without his own guitar (it was sent ahead to St. Petersburg as he was going to play with Roger Waters on his live “The Dark Side of the Moon” tour after the Castel San Pietro festival), but at one point in the show he almost appeared to have stopped playing all together! Snowy was called up at the last moment by concert organizers as Mick Taylor unfortunately bowed out do to “health” problems (a Rolling Stones biography states that after 5 years that Taylor spent with Jagger and Richards, he came out of that experience completely “destroyed”! No doubt the lifestyle, including the massive quantity of drugs, that the Stones led had quite the effect on Taylor. Richards though had deemed him one helluva guitarist. And here’s what Bill Wyman has to say on Taylor’s playing capabilities. It’s taken from Wyman’s massive autobiography on the Stones and it quotes “The Village Voice” from one of their Boston concerts: “The Stones were marvellous, superb as always in presenting the best type of music around. The horn section was a great contribution, but the real surprise was the lead guitar by Mick Taylor”!).
White’s repertoire may include having played with Pink Floyd from 1977 to 1980 (after 3 years of permanent play with Thin Lizzy) and also with Waters on his 1990 “The Wall” album (which was played near the ruins of the Berlin Wall), but he didn’t leave THE greatest impression that I’ve ever seen in all these years of concerts. My sources tell me that Snowy at one point huddled up with the keyboard player in order to let McCabe and the others jam. That may certainly be so but the general impression from those in the crowd (including me wife) was that he didn’t look too enthusiastic of having to be up there on stage, albeit he is nevertheless a great guitarist (all pics by M. Rimati).
White’s repertoire may include having played with Pink Floyd from 1977 to 1980 (after 3 years of permanent play with Thin Lizzy) and also with Waters on his 1990 “The Wall” album (which was played near the ruins of the Berlin Wall), but he didn’t leave THE greatest impression that I’ve ever seen in all these years of concerts. My sources tell me that Snowy at one point huddled up with the keyboard player in order to let McCabe and the others jam. That may certainly be so but the general impression from those in the crowd (including me wife) was that he didn’t look too enthusiastic of having to be up there on stage, albeit he is nevertheless a great guitarist (all pics by M. Rimati).
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