Roky Erickson - "I Think Of Demons"
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I've been trying so hard to find other stuff that Duane Asliksen has played on, but to no avail. His leads are simply perfect. This being the prime example.

With a description like that... I have no choice.

I figured you'd respond.

The playing isn't quite virtuosic -- just perfect and quite lyrical.
It's like this on the whole damn record, but I think this is the very best example.

Television's "Marquee Moon" also.

Or just about any song from Television, for that matter.
Although, with "Marquee Moon", I tend to think of it as a whole-band effort: the guitars intertwine, sure but then so does the rhythm section. (The bass is locked in with the kick, while the snare locks with one guitar and the high-hat with the other.) It's a beautiful thing.

Interesting. He's playing through a tiny amp, probably a single ten, with something like a tube screamer in front of it, and definately humbuckers. Reminds me a lot of of Carl Jah's tone from Dread Zeppelin. His m.o. was to put a fender champ on a stool behind him on stage, run through an old-school Boss DS-1 distortion pedal (the orange one), and mic the shit out of it. A very tight, controlled, focused sound.

That's a pretty apt description.

And thanks, now I have that song in my head.

So.. what did you htink of the playing?
I happen to like the tone, too. But I think the part is goddamn perfect.

The playing is good. There are no surprises, but he does those parts well. I also feel like the part makes the song better than it would be otherwise, for sure. But I don't much like the song, aside from the guitar, so it has nowhere to go but up.

He's very clean, but not "studio pro" clean, which is a good thing. I can't stand it when the guitar could've been a keyboard. He sounds like he has the ability to more or less do what he wants, and when coupled with good taste, that means he can have a really big effect on a band.

Say it aint so by weezer is a song like that. with the mellow jazzy verses that lead into the heavy chorus and ends up with a very lyrical solo.

The guitar is great in that song.
But I think that the hook is strong enough that it's not ONLY about the guitar.
In fact, I think it's all about that enormous hook.
But that's just my opinion.
And I could be wrong.

Slayer - Piece By Piece

Too many to count.